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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
Source this or retract it
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You didn't say please, but I'll post a source anyway:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=13
They've tried to avoid official ties, but they do recruit heavily out of the National Alliance. It only makes sense, really. Who would be better to keep Mexicans in Mexico than people who want to 'keep America white'? When Gim Gilchrist, the head of the Minutemen, was on Democracy Now!, he was challenged in a debate about having ties to the National Alliance. He didn't deny it, but ended the interview without giving response. Had he publicly made any negative statements about the National Alliance or any other white supremacist groups, he would have been risking losing a great deal of Minutemen. In fact, when Gilchrist has rarely come out and said that the Minutemen is not a supremacist groups he has
lost members.
The Minutemen are not good guys. They are both racists and xenophobes. They prey on those that are less fortunate and have no choice but to try and cross the border. I really enjoyed the episode of 30 days where a Minuteman had to live with an immigrant family. I only wish all Minutemen had that opportunity.