Aw, nuts!

I hate having my stereotypes challenged as much as the next guy, but every once in a while, you need to be a grown-up about it. Two posts that I ran across on militias: the first, from Ed Brayton, has some wider background, but mostly pointed me toward this one by Todd Heywood, specifically on the views of some members of the SMVM (Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia) toward gay rights. (And apparently most of them seem to feel this way -- be sure to read the comments on this one.) These guys are much more in the mold of Barry Goldwater than the loons running the Republican party these days, and not at all in league with the religious nuts on the right. It also looks as though the "mainstream" militia members do understand that the founding document of this country is the Constitution, not the Bible.

No, I'm not going to run off to Michigan to join a militia -- there's still a lot I don't agree with them about, but at least it's nice to know they're not all crazy terrorists.