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Not every gun-worshiping, Second Amendment-quoting 鈥淧atriot鈥� thinks it鈥檚 a good idea for militia members to descend armed to the teeth on the Nevada desert to confront a small army of federal agents and

Take the gray-bearded host of on YouTube, who looked into the camera the other day and declared that when the militiamen 鈥渟how up with their guns and get killed鈥� the feds will be able to say 鈥渋t鈥檚 a bunch of half-cocked miscreants from a fringe group of radicals鈥� and 鈥渢hey鈥檙e going to be right 鈥� and you鈥檙e going to be dead.鈥�

The host, who only identifies himself as Matt, said he was alarmed at what he was seeing and hearing on YouTube and social media about the weeklong standoff between dozens of federal agents and cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and his growing number of supporters, many of them armed, and with more reportedly on the way."Some people have even planned for offensive strikes during the day,鈥� Matt said on his show, sitting at a table in front of a Don鈥檛 Tread On Me flag and a poster that said 鈥�2nd Amendment America鈥檚 Original Homeland Security.鈥�

鈥淭his is not somewhere we鈥檙e going to win by another show of force,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here will be a time for that. That time is coming, but this is not it.鈥�

Matt said the militia and Patriot movements had to get 鈥渢he court of public opinion鈥� on their side first, 鈥渂ecause until that happens we鈥檙e going to lose no matter what.鈥�

He said he knew, however, that his opinion would not be popular 鈥渁mongst the chest thumpers.鈥� But confronting an army of heavily armed federal agents with militiamen with little training or experience would be a disaster, he said.

鈥淥ne person even said, 鈥業鈥檓 all in for it, but I need a ride,鈥欌�� Matt said. 鈥淩eally? This is the great group that is going to start the revolution?鈥�

While in the minority, Matt鈥檚 was not the only voice expressing caution from the right.

鈥淥ne of the great failings of our side is a seeming avoidance of learning from the past, or learning from our enemies,鈥� Bob Wright of the 1st Brigade, New Mexico Militia, told the Patriot-run . 鈥淩evolution is not going to spring whole from the desert floor in Nevada. If one were to judge from the angry posts on social media millions of patriots are just waiting to take a sack of beef jerky and Daddy鈥檚 30.30 and rush off into full blown armed conflict with leviathan.鈥�

Speaking of lessons of the past, as militia members flock to the Bundy ranch about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, they might want to recall the name Linda Thompson.

in 1994, Thompson issued a call to arms similar to the one screaming across social media today.

Thompson wanted her unorganized but weapons-bearing army to invade Washington, D.C., and demand the repeal of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Brady Bill, a gun control measure. U.S. senators and congressmen who refused to accede would be arrested, tried for treason and, if necessary, executed by firing squad or hanging, she said.

Thompson鈥檚 plan was almost universally denounced by right-wing groups, including most of the militias that were then appearing all over the country, who accused her of attempting to lead them on a suicide mission. Many in the movement suspected that Thompson was an agent provocateur working for the government.

One of rancher Bundy鈥檚 14 children seems to be concerned that the angry posts flying around could turn into angry action.

The Sipsey Street Irregulars blog quoted an E-mail from the leader of another Patriot group, the Oath Keepers鈥� Stewart Rhodes, who is at the Bundy ranch 鈥渟tanding vigil.鈥� Rhodes said Bundy鈥檚 son, Ammon, asked him to pass along some rules to supporters coming to Nevada.

"No Military Cammo [sic],鈥� rule number one says.

鈥淭his is a protest by rural Americans,鈥� the E-mail said.

Also, no open-carry rifles.

鈥淎ny rifles people may have with them,鈥� the rules state, 鈥渘eed to stay in the vehicles.鈥�

Judging from television news footage from the standoff, that rule is already being ignored.