the piece i forwarded was actually a very good overview of the split between the NRA and more radicalized organizations. the references to the role of southern culture seemed stilted even to me, someone who ain't southern! it was also an "interesting" analysis of intraclass warfare. this:
Should the American nation fracture, whether due to a massive terrorist attack, the repressive domestic policies of its government, or a combination of both, it is clear that there are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Americans who are already organized in paramilitary armed formation for the goal of seizing power and restoring the Constitutional Republic that they feel progressive liberalism has lost them.
was a little overwrought.