The Attack On Science At The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Zombies ignore their dead.

[Unbeliever]

Not very empathetic, huh?

[Shiranu]

The lunatics want to be martyred. They drool over another Ruby Ridge. Troops would be the worst response in this case. Disdain will infuriate them.

And making the government looking completely incapable of dealing with domestic terrorism is a better alternative?

The law is the law is the law; either we want equal treatment under it or we don't.

[Unbeliever]

Aren't they just exercising their right of assembly?

[Shiranu]

Aren't they just exercising their right of assembly?

No.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceablyto assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Storming a place with guns and threatening violence is hardly peaceful.

[Unbeliever]

So, just carrying guns (which are legal) equals a crime?

[Shiranu]

So, just carrying guns (which are legal) equals a crime?

No. However illegally occupying a federal building and threatening to shoot federal representatives does. Theft of government vehicles also counts as a crime.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/01/15/3740249/first-members-of-bundy-militia-arrested/

Using stolen federal vehicles to destroy government property likewise is a crime.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/01/15/3739909/oregon-standoff-malheur-grand-jury-explainer/

In the same link; declaring yourself above the American judicial system and establishing your own sovereign government with it's own laws is both a crime and treason.

Costing the county $70.000 a day is a crime... as is costing the federal government $63.400 a day.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/01/12/3738570/the-true-victim-of-the-bundy-occupation-is-taxpayers/

All this is doing is signaling that treason and terrorism are acceptable if you have the right complexion... as well as making the federal government appear incapable of handling things they are actually suppose to be handling. This is not a problem that is going to go away in time; these people are milking conservatives and nutjobs for donations of supplies and money while costing the federal government hundreds of thousands of dollars a week and putting good people out of work.

No... fuck them. Lets treat them like we treat any other terrorist group.

[Baruch]

And making the government looking completely incapable of dealing with domestic terrorism is a better alternative?

The law is the law is the law; either we want equal treatment under it or we don't.

There is no law in the US.  And they are unmolested ... because they are agents of the State, like the boys from Chechnya.  Controlled opposition attracting the real targets.

With any luck Putin will liberate N America from the putrifying Americans ;-)

[Baruch]

So, just carrying guns (which are legal) equals a crime?

If you carried a gun into a bank ... you should die with your boots on, like the Dalton boys.

If you don't like right-wingers ... stop supporting their billionaire backers.  For every Hitler, there is an entire industry of Krupps.

[josephpalazzo]

They don't want a repeat of Waco, obviously. They should just be flipped the bird, and ignored, just as other protests are ignored. No need for riot gear, or tear gas, or night-sticks, or water canons, and all that stuff they also don't need in other protest situations.

I don't think of them as terrorists, as long as no one's been hurt or killed. They're just protesting in a manner that is unusual, and not gunning down civillians, or even harming the birds (I hope). Fortunately, those bird-watchers are probably keeping an eye on them.

Notwithstanding that it gives a prime example to emulate should you have a beef with the government...

[Baruch]

Notwithstanding that it gives a prime example to emulate should you have a beef with the government...

Better so far, than the nut who flew his light plane into the Texas IRS building a few years back.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

And making the government looking completely incapable of dealing with domestic terrorism is a better alternative?

The law is the law is the law; either we want equal treatment under it or we don't.

You solution is...

[The Skeletal Atheist]

You solution is...

Close off the area. Shut down power, water, and gas. No resources in or out. They'll come out.

Sent from Hell

[stromboli]

Close off the area. Shut down power, water, and gas. No resources in or out. They'll come out.

Sent from Hell

But-but- out of desperation they will start killing and eating each other. Oh wait.....

[The Skeletal Atheist]

So, just carrying guns (which are legal) equals a crime?

No, but walk in a Post Office with one and see what happens.

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