Does he have a job? Is he looking to the future with optimism and anticipation for the quality of life his job is bringing him and one day his family?
This is just the next young man in the USA to make the biggest mistake of his life. Radical. Violent. Self-righteous and not particularly interested in a productive life that will give him a retirement.
Our young men are becoming victims to White Supremacists because they lack any identity that defines their manhood. Extremism. Guns. Power. And the only identity they accept as American is the one that states I have some responsibility for the world I live in, called democracy. But, the responsibility he accepts as an American is not about democracy is about chaos, anarchy and death to those that believe differently.
If someone would hand these guys memberships to a gym where there is wrestling or bodybuilding like Ahhhhnold or a fighting ring where everyone in the building has a masculine identity that enjoys the sport of competition, they might have a fighting chance in a world that seems to mostly abandon them.
They need more than God.
They need a sense of self that radiates working hard until they find a place of success. They also need a government that doesn't abandon them to Wall Street. "Occupy Wall Street" resulted because an entire generation of college graduates had no jobs. Well educated, well trained, expecting their hard work in college would get them success in the workplace, but, low and behold not a job to be found. So, what was born to this generation? Food Trucks. Self-employed craftsmen and women. Bakeries. A culture of homemade brews that sell well enough to make a living and convert some northern Michigan farmers into hop growers.
The Millenials grew their own economy based on rather excellent values.
I hold Mr. Wyckoff responsible for the poor choices he made, but, I do not hold him responsible for the lack of purpose in his life. His government failed him and he turned to an anti-American hate group to feel good about his failures.
This must change and every American that is growing up is the responsibility of the government at all levels to see them to a job that is rewarding with good wages for the work they did in school from Pre-K.
By Beth Leblanc
The picture to the left is Maxwell Wyckoff, one of the men involved in a plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
A member of a militia group (click here) accused of being involved in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Tuesday to separate, unrelated charges in Oakland County Circuit Court.
Maxwell Wyckoff, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of converting a semiautomatic to an automatic weapon and one count of possessing a silencer device. The felonies are punishable by up to four and five years in prison, respectively, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel's office.
Wyckoff's plea included an assurance that he would cooperate with Nessel's investigation into the Wolverine Watchmen and some members' alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer.
In exchange for his cooperation, Nessel's office made a preliminary agreement for Wyckoff to be sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, which would allow Wyckoff to seek expungement after completing probation....
A member of a militia group (click here) accused of being involved in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Tuesday to separate, unrelated charges in Oakland County Circuit Court.
Maxwell Wyckoff, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of converting a semiautomatic to an automatic weapon and one count of possessing a silencer device. The felonies are punishable by up to four and five years in prison, respectively, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel's office.
Wyckoff's plea included an assurance that he would cooperate with Nessel's investigation into the Wolverine Watchmen and some members' alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer.
In exchange for his cooperation, Nessel's office made a preliminary agreement for Wyckoff to be sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, which would allow Wyckoff to seek expungement after completing probation....
