New Militia Alliance in Georgia Signals New Phase for Far-Right Groups
New details from Chris Joyner at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about dangerous extremist alliances in Georgia. *
Thayer said the Martyrs have allied themselves with fellow “Three Percenter” militia the American Brotherhood of Patriots and American Patriots USA (APUSA), a north Georgia group headed by Chester Doles, a Dahlonega resident who belonged to various racist and neo-Nazi hate groups before forming the new group in 2019. The combined groups will advocate for Georgia’s secession from the union through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution or through “the collapse of the American experiment,” Thayer said.
“For the last 150 years, the Imperial Yankee culture of the northeast has been molding Georgia — and the South in general — into its ‘perfect’ image,” he said.
In an AJC interview this week, Doles confirmed the groups were working together, but he would not say what they intended to do.
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* Side note for Charles - it always feels weird nowadays posting this stuff under the “Wingnuts” category because wingnuts are people we used to laugh at while criticizing - but nowadays this ain’t no disco, these people are not funny anymore. Can we get wingnuts updated to “American Extremism?” or something similar?