been to some npp events. met the folks in the gun club. they invited me to combat training.

they're not a hate group. nobody is hurt by the word "cracker". it's like a feminist saying "kill all men" or a trans person saying "die cis scum". I'm white, I didn't feel hated.

there's continuity, at least in some chapters. they also network a lot with the ipp and other radical orgs around here, contrary to the article's claims of a lack of intersectionality.

yeah they have fewer social programs, but things are harder now than they were back then, even just from an economic standpoint. these kinds of organizations are grassroots funded by poor people, and these days wages are lower than ever.

yeah they're short on theory, but so is everyone on the ground these days. I'm skeptical of the leadership, they act really theatrical and are of the compromise-with-yourself sort found in every aboveground organization, but the local kids are smart and more conscious than most radicals I've met. I'd take a few more of them over all the liberal signholders that make up most of this scene.