Mark Kessler has been something of a media darling the past few weeks. The small town (Gilberton, PA) police chief has posted a series of flamboyant videos that have threatened elected officials and private citizens whom he has called “libtards.” The media have largely ignored these threats, instead focusing on what they call Kessler’s “potty-mouth” language and his fascination with anal sex.

But the real story is not the cussing. Nor is it Kessler’s threats to Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry or to “shoot a libtard” (although he should be prosecuted for those threats).

The real story is Kessler’s call for a military coup. Kessler has called for a massive march to be held next week in Washington, where he hopes the military will join with the people to “give the tyrannical government 48 hours to step down.”

Here is Kessler’s call to action from his Facebook event page, unedited:

“we need millions upon millions of American people to attend and march on Washington DC, September 9th, (peacefully,) look at what is happening right now in Egypt, millions and millions of Egyptians citizens are demonstrating peacefully & demanding their tyrannical government step down, they are doing it peacefully, WITH NO WEAPONS! , now the Egyptian military has sided with the people and has given the tyrannical government 48 hours to step down or the military will intervene,

we can do the same here, but we need millions and millions to stand up go to Washington , and have our military stand with we the people & the constitution once and for all !

Sincerely,

Chief Kessler

we can do the same , but we need Millions & Millions

RALLY POINT WILL BE 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, RIGHT IN FRONT AND AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE”



Image taken from Kessler's call to action.

He wears Confederate flag t-shirts, which in the militia movement is considered patriotic because the Confederacy was the Second American Revolution.His Facebook page features masked and heavily armed militia members with the flag of the Third American Revolution.He and his supporters use their code language for this revolution by calling themselves “III%ers.” “III%” refers both to this Third American Revolution, and to their belief that only 3% of the population of the Colonies was under the command of General George Washington during the First American Revolution. They believe that an armed 3% can win a revolution today to overthrow the current, illegitimate government.

Kessler has repeatedly posted on his Facebook page and website that he believes he will be the spark for this Third American Revolution.

And his plan is for it to begin on next Tuesday. His model is the Egyptian military coup. He has called for the military to “do the same” as the military in Egypt has done, and overthrow the illegitimate tyrants. He believes that millions of people will arrive in Washington next week to tell the “tyrannical government to step down.” His vision is for the military to see this massive uprising and join the people in removing President Obama and Congress from power, ushering in the Third American Revolution.

It is easy to dismiss Kessler as a megalomaniac with a martyr complex and classic delusions of grandeur. He clearly lacks the support and the ability to pull this off. But it would be wrong to dismiss him as simply a lone kook. There are thousands more like him across the country who are just as willing to take up arms to eliminate their political opponents. And they will likely escalate their rhetoric and their actions to create the spark for their Third American Revolution. To ignore and trivialize them puts us at risk.

Chief Kessler's Peaceful March on D.C. 9/9/13

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