Ooops! Should have spelled it out! Society for Creative Anachronism, an international medieval reenactment group. There are chapters in Alaska. One group comes down to Pennsylvania every year, for the annual Pensic War and decorates their camp with wooden cutouts of rampant polar bears.
The S.C.A. has been called, on occasion, the Society for Consenting Adults, because a lot of interesting stuff does go on at our events. But I wouldn't call any of it compulsive.
I don't think Mrs. Palin is unintelligent, I think she's uninformed, which is not a failing, and prefers to stay that way, which is.