I understand why we do this framing dance on a regular basis but I think "militia" is functionally synonymous with "right wing domestic terrorist organization" in the lexicon of everybody who actually thinks the latter is a bad thing to behttps://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1314359098734006272 …
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But the state militia was still sort-of-internally organized. There were ranks, they were responsive to the governor, and they could have federalized, even back before the guard.
I think, as a matter of definition, that's the key distinction. What separates 'militia' from thugs, bandits, gangs, etc. is state sanction. And I think extending the term to these guys implies that they walk in the tradition of the Revolution.
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And...they don't. The guys at Lexington&Concord were the Massachusetts militia. They had commanders, appointed by colonial/state government. Just like the neo-Confederates don't walk in the tradition of the US Army, these thugs don't walk in the tradition of the Minutemen.
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These so-called militia aren't the modern-day minutemen. They're the modern day Whisky Rebellion. The actual militia (and George Washington) were on the other side.
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