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Episode 79: Posse Comitatus Part 1 - The Rise of William Potter Gale
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This episode in our posse comitatus series begins with William Potter Gale, the anti-Semitic and racist Christian Identity minister who would go on to found the United States Christian Posse Association, the direct ideological forebears of contemporary sovereign citizens. We cover his life from the immigration of his Jewish father to the United States to his yearly habit of lying about his military service and liver problems while in the army. We end on the first inklings of his posse comitatus legalistic mumbo jumbo inspired by the mere thought of black kids going to school.
For links to our Patreon page, merch store, and Discord server, head on over to nonedarecallitordinary.com
144 episodes
Manage episode 261716677 series 2168634
This episode in our posse comitatus series begins with William Potter Gale, the anti-Semitic and racist Christian Identity minister who would go on to found the United States Christian Posse Association, the direct ideological forebears of contemporary sovereign citizens. We cover his life from the immigration of his Jewish father to the United States to his yearly habit of lying about his military service and liver problems while in the army. We end on the first inklings of his posse comitatus legalistic mumbo jumbo inspired by the mere thought of black kids going to school.
For links to our Patreon page, merch store, and Discord server, head on over to nonedarecallitordinary.com
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