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Got some dark corn syrup and Kaluha? Well, get thee to a grocery store, because it looks like it might be time to make a Schadenfreude pie for the Minutemen.

Internal strife is at an all-time high and there are ousters! And take-overs! And shrieky banners screaming “ALERT! HIJACKERS HAVE HIJACKED THIS SITE!” on the official minutemen website, which I would totally upload if I could so that you could see them in all their glory without dirtying your browser history with a visit to the actual site. After printing all the emails he’s recieved on the topic, Men’s News Daily’s Casey Hendrickson reduces the problem to its essence:

Question is … are the three “hijackers” really doing this because they feel Gilchrist is corrupt? Do they just want money, and power? Are they in fact working for the Mexican government?

OK, maybe he was a bit subtle, but you really do have to read all the recriminations in all the hysterical emails to really get why that last sentence (emphasis mine) is so very crazy. Casey’s harping on the accusation that the Minutemen’s conquorers have stolen email lists and pre-signed official stationary, while ignoring the conquorer’s accusations that Gilchrist was mismanaging donations in a way that they felt they’d be held accountable for when the IRS came a callin’. By immediately suggesting that the group’s boardmembers are puppets of the evil Mexican government, it’s clear that Casey is on the side of those who are willing to do any mental gymastics necessary to keep their faith in their charismatic leader. Which means that if the situation escalates, there will be bloggy fun for all!

From the sounds of it, either a) this is a very ordinary hate-group power struggle of the type that commonly tears newbie men’s rights groups and racist organizations asunder or b) Gilchrist actually has been mismanging funds. Either way, it’s time for pie. The pie, of course, is for the part of the drama that
has bubbled up into the mainstream. If in fact, Jim Gilchrist was fleecing the Minutemen’s money, then maybe sueing the people who kicked his ass out wasn’t the best idea. The board of directors claims to have “unreleased tape recordings” that will prove they did have the authority to kick the guy out. Oh, God, please let there be tape recordings, and please let them become public record.

Here’s looking foward to a long, resource-sucking, group-crippling clusterfuck of suits, counter-suits, and the public airing of dirty laundry.