[Pio1980]

A goodly number of kids my age, well-before, and after, were indoctrinated with the self-serving "Lost Cause "rationalization for the Southern rebellion. Folks knew "states rights" was a thin cover for Christian white supremacy. Learning the difference between facts and fiction is part of an educated growth. "Way of life" is still a synonym for Christian white supremacy down hereabouts, the politics rotate around it as powerfully now without enforced segregation as it did when it was. It is extant in other regions as well. It seems to focus on unrestricted second amendment "rights" as the political expression to defend them, and it.
Whatever the FFs intended with the Minuitman concept, successful National defense hasn't been based on unordered random collectives of nonuniformed randomly armed volunteers for a couple centuries.