# 1, 2, 3, 4 I declare a race war

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**Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4-i-declare-a-race-war/916348/2 "2020-07-25T23:01:54Z")

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But the right-wing white militia here, the Three Percenters, are not necessarily the white supremacists that you might assume, and may not be pro-Trump. Given the demographic of their membership, there are undoubtedly many racists in the group; but see this article that @Senegoid linked recently, and my subsequent comment. They may care little for black lives _per se_, but their primary agenda is opposition to Federal government, and many of them are not happy with Trump’s recent excesses.

> [@Hang on … where are the well ordered militias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hang-on-where-are-the-well-ordered-militias/915961/26):
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> Just came across this report from the scene: [The Battle of Portland: Trump’s escalating tactics against protesters are backfiring in Oregon](https://news.yahoo.com/the-battle-of-portland-trumps-escalating-tactics-against-protestors-are-backfiring-in-oregon-200349636.html), Patrick Symmes, Yahoo News, July 23, 2020. From near the end of the article:

Bizarre as it seems, it’s not inconceivable that if violent Federal action against protesters gets worse, Three Percenters might line out on the BLM side against the Federal agents.

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