American patriot movement

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political movement social movement

The American patriot movement is a loosely organized collection of conservative, anti-government, and constitutionalist groups in the United States that advocate limited federal power and often emphasize gun rights and resistance to perceived government overreach.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
American patriot movement canonical	4
American militia movement	3
Patriot movement	2
U.S. militia movement	2
American Christian Patriot movement	1
American Patriot movement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1251256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American patriot movement
Context triple: [Virginia Sons of Liberty, movement, American patriot movement]

A. White movement
The White movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought to overthrow the Soviet regime during the Russian Civil War.
B. Know-Nothing movement
The Know-Nothing movement was a mid-19th-century American political movement and party known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic stance and secretive, nativist organizing.
C. American nationalism
American nationalism is a patriotic ideology centered on loyalty to the United States, its founding principles, and its perceived exceptional role in the world.
D. Populist movement
The Populist movement was a late 19th-century U.S. agrarian-based political movement that challenged corporate power and advocated economic and political reforms to support farmers and working people.
E. Red Power movement
The Red Power movement was a Native American civil rights and self-determination movement of the 1960s and 1970s that used activism and protest to demand sovereignty, cultural pride, and the honoring of treaty rights.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American patriot movement
Target entity description: The American patriot movement is a loosely organized collection of conservative, anti-government, and constitutionalist groups in the United States that advocate limited federal power and often emphasize gun rights and resistance to perceived government overreach.

A. White movement
The White movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought to overthrow the Soviet regime during the Russian Civil War.
B. Know-Nothing movement
The Know-Nothing movement was a mid-19th-century American political movement and party known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic stance and secretive, nativist organizing.
C. American nationalism
American nationalism is a patriotic ideology centered on loyalty to the United States, its founding principles, and its perceived exceptional role in the world.
D. Populist movement
The Populist movement was a late 19th-century U.S. agrarian-based political movement that challenged corporate power and advocated economic and political reforms to support farmers and working people.
E. Red Power movement
The Red Power movement was a Native American civil rights and self-determination movement of the 1960s and 1970s that used activism and protest to demand sovereignty, cultural pride, and the honoring of treaty rights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Bundy standoff ⓘ Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation ⓘ Oklahoma City bombing discourse ⓘ Ruby Ridge standoff ⓘ Waco siege ⓘ
coreBelief	individual gun rights ⓘ limited federal government ⓘ resistance to perceived government overreach ⓘ states rights ⓘ strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criticizedFor	anti-government extremism ⓘ extremist rhetoric ⓘ links to domestic terrorism incidents ⓘ promotion of conspiracy theories ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
grewInPeriod	1990s ⓘ Barack Obama presidency ⓘ post-2008 financial crisis ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	anti-federal government ⓘ anti-regulation ⓘ anti-tax ⓘ conspiracy-oriented factions ⓘ loosely organized ⓘ militia-oriented ⓘ often Christian-influenced ⓘ often rural-based ⓘ
ideology	conservatism ⓘ constitutionalism ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ right-wing populism ⓘ
includes	Oath Keepers ⓘ Three Percenters ⓘ constitutional sheriffs movement ⓘ militia movement ⓘ sovereign citizen movement ⓘ tax protester groups ⓘ various county-level patriot groups ⓘ
monitoredBy	Anti-Defamation League ⓘ Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Southern Poverty Law Center ⓘ
positionOn	opposes federal gun control laws ⓘ opposes federal land management policies ⓘ opposes federal taxation ⓘ opposes perceived deep state influence ⓘ supports Second Amendment absolutism ⓘ supports local and county-level authority over federal authority ⓘ
usesSymbol	Gadsden flag ⓘ Three Percenter symbol ⓘ various militia insignia ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia Sons of Liberty → movement → American patriot movement ⓘ

Journal, 1774–1775 → relatedTo → American patriot movement ⓘ

Boston Committee of Correspondence → partOf → Patriot movement ⓘ