Armed 'patriots' turn protests toward Muslim Americans

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

Dec. 11, 2015 7:10 PM ET

DALLAS (AP) — They are known as "Three Percenters," followers of a movement that has rallied against gun control efforts nationwide, patrolled the U.S. border with Mexico and recently begun confronting Muslim Americans.

Followers describe themselves as armed "patriots." But some of their leaders have been blamed for threats and vandalism against lawmakers, police and Muslims. One prominent member from Phoenix prompted an FBI alert in November after posting an expletive-filled Facebook video saying he was headed to upstate New York with guns to challenge a Muslim group. A Three Percenter in suburban Dallas led a mosque protest by armed, masked men that same month.

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"We will interfere with every move they (Muslims) make towards taking over our country," Dallas protest organizer David Wright said in response to questions the Associated Press sent to his personal Facebook page. "We are ready to fight back if they come at us violently."

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The Three Percenters movement began in 2008, galvanized by President Barack Obama's election, followers and researchers say. The name comes from the disputed percentage of colonials who armed themselves and fought the British during the American Revolution.



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[Skittles]

1. gun humping thugs

biggest cowards on the planet

[Jack Rabbit]

2. They should have an easy time countering attempts by Muslims to take over the country

Have there been any?

[PatrickforO]

3. Nothing but a bunch of KKK survivalists

They need to be disarmed and then crawl back under their patriot rocks.

[rockfordfile]

4. They sound like terrorists

They sound like terrorists and like all terrorists completely insane.

[PSPS]

5. "galvanized by President Barack Obama's election"

The Three Percenters movement began in 2008, galvanized by President Barack Obama's election, followers and researchers say.

In other words, racists who became unhinged when "one of them" was in the "white" house.

[SoapBox]

6. For me the key word is...Americans.

They seem to have forgotten that they are stalking and talking about Americans.

Sickos and wackos...they should never have access to guns.

[Hoyt]

7. I think it is more than 3% who are racist gun fanciers.

[hopemountain]

8. wonder how connected they are to

the nationwide organization of "oath keepers". the "oath keepers" are prolific in their numbers in the western u.s. and include local law enforcement.

[jmowreader]

16. I'd call them "sympathizers"

An "Oath Keeper" is a member of the "Oath Keepers" militia. You have to be an active duty police officer, active duty military, a first responder, or a veteran of one of those organizations, to join Oath Keepers.

Three Percenters are what the wannabe militias are calling themselves. Anyone with the proper mindset can be a Three Percenter.

[hopemountain]

18. thank you for clarifying.

appreciation!

[Locrian]

9. what a bunch of idiots

The funny and sad thing is -that they are birthing our own terrorist culture/hate right here while they think they're "protecting" against the terrorists. They need to look in a mirror.

[LiberalElite]

10. Does the 3% refer to the

part of their brains that's functional?

[Grassy Knoll]

12. They are being called the "3 inchers"

seems about right.

[LiberalElite]

14. Oh. ...

[jmowreader]

19. Nope...

It refers to the three percent of Americans who know what their motto, "wir bin schwanzlos Arschlochen" means.

[jwirr]

11. Every American citizen who is of German, Japanese, Italian

Korea ancestry should unite against this kind of bigotry. All of these groups have been so called enemies during military conflicts and have seen this kind of treatment in our own families in the past. Then add the black and brown citizens who are still facing hatred from the past. And of course our Jewish population also has faced this bigotry.

We need to stand with the idea that no American should be persecuted because we happen to be a war with their country of ancestry. I don't know about your families but my family stood with the US during both WWI and WWII and we did not deserve to be shunned or treated as the enemy. Neither do the people from the ME.

Innocence or guilt should never be proven by our ancestry.

[Judi Lynn]

13. Witless idle @$$holes. Too much time on their hands.

They should use their hate mongering time for productive, positive purposes, not making the world more miserable.

[lisby]

15. Tiny, little men

who think they are the stuff of heroes with a goal to hurt and frighten their fellow citizens. Pathetic.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

17. Micro-penis. 'Nuff said.

[Darb]

20. Where are the Gumpers to defend their allies?

Cowards avoid every thread that points out how badly they have fucked this country up, but rush right in to disparage anyone who tries to do anything to solve the problem. Just like in the manual.

[Paladin]

21. Yeah, how about it, DU Gun Enthusiasts?

What if anything are you doing in the overwhelmingly right-wing gun militant community, to put a brake on the increasingly out-of-hand actions described here? You spend plenty of time here at DU, trashing those who don't share your pro-gun viewpoints; what about doing a little house-cleaning on your side of the issue? It damned sure needs it......

[Darb]

22. It's very plain in their manual.

Do not engage in threads about gun violence, only gun control.