Seems that her book "The Beans of Maine" is mostly about the goings on of poor rural folks in a small town in Maine. The title of the TIME story about the organization is not meant to say that the Beans - the "one-family inner city of dismal little Egypt, Maine" - are one and the same as the organization. However I can see how many people will easily put the two together and conclude that the political ideology of the rural organization belongs in the "white trash heap" of history. Maybe that is the point? They did the same thing to the MOVE organization in Philadelphia - calling them dirty, kooky, violent - practicing a strange marginal existence. Not sure if that Maine organization can be lumped into the category of "White Libertarian/Militiaman/KKK/Skin Head/etc" - however, maybe that's the point too - the more marginal the better - didn't say anything about kkk or skinheads in the article - however maybe many will simply conclude that too. I agree - not the best article to "win hearts and minds." However the point remains, and best elucidated by Cynthia McKinney " . . . those of us who have stepped outside of the “acceptable” political paradigm must be willing to break bread with one another and find common ground on which we can operate. My experience has been that such interactions only enhance future opportunities for positive political interactions. . . "