Could be wrong to ignore the literal meaning 15:55 Jun 10, 2014
The "wilderness" is the political wilderness, the metaphorical space inhabited by would-be politicians who are irrelevant to practical politics and, perhaps, also shunned by those involved in real power and decision-making. However, it may also be referring to the real wilderness as right-wing extremists are actually quite into survival training and para-military activities both for the purposes of preparing for violent political action and for bonding their group members. Such activities would involve camp-fires, which are useful for cooking dinner as well as for sitting around (preferrably at night) while listening to addresses from the leadership, bonding and building up nostalgic atmosphere.
While in Britain this brings to mind boy scouts and woggles, in the US there is also a more sinister association with the KKK. |