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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat's Happening in Oregon Is Nothing Less Than Armed Sedition
You have to give Captain Daniel Shays this: When he launched his armed sedition against lawful authority, he at least was invited in.
Overnight on Saturday, in an obscure corner of the Oregon wilderness, and contrary to the law, and in defiance of democratic authority, both federal and local, another act of armed sedition was committed. It seems to me that this ought to be a bigger story than, say, the belated prosecution of Bill Cosby, or whatever most recently came out of the mouth of the vulgar talking yam.
In a small place in Oregon, the essential compact of the United States of America has come apart.
This is an act of armed sedition against lawful authority. That is all that it is, and that is quite enough. This is not "an expression of anti-government sentiment." Flipping off the governor as he drives by is "an expression of anti-government sentiment." What Alex Jones does every day is "an expression of anti-government sentiment," and god bless them all for it. That's what the Founders had in mind.
This is not an "occupation" following "a peaceful protest." That would be all those folks who got bludgeoned and pepper-sprayed out of Zuccotti Park a couple of years back. (And when exactly did ABC News decide it wasn't a news organization anymore?) These are men with guns who have declared themselves outside the law. These are men with guns who have taken something that belongs to all of us. These are traitors and thieves who got away with this dangerous nonsense once, and have been encouraged to get away with it again, and they draw their inspiration not solely from the wilder fringes of our politics, either. Ammon Bundy and his brothers should have been thrown in jail after they gathered themselves in rebellion the first time.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a40914/oregon-bundy-militia/
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Puffs and any responsible news organization would have treated them that way. But since the purpose of Fox Noise is to sow discontent among average Americans to distract them so the 0.1% can rob them fucking blind, they are perfectly happy to put these morons on TV while blacking out coverage of Bernie Sanders or making up shit about HRC or the President using an onion to fake tears.
Everybody has bad ideas at times, some worse than others, like homophobic Kim and PharmaBro. They need to be smacked down by the media and asked "are you on fucking crack?". But we can count on those lying, soulless, rightwing tools at Fox never to do the responsible thing.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)gvstn
(2,805 posts)Thank you for reading my mind and putting it out as text.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)slam the cage shut and take em to jail. See? It's not hard to do this with no bloodshed.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)The article is not all cleverness and laughs. Very good point being made. Definitely worth a read, and not too long for those who can't do long reads.
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
See https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384
handmade34
(22,758 posts)this is of particular note (from the detestable Reagan Era and beyond)
http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v07n2/wiseuse.html
jalan48
(13,888 posts)Who exactly will benefit from allowing states to takeover Federal land? States which are strapped for cash, states which can't afford to fix their roads or keep schools open? The land would be quickly sold to the highest bidder for grazing, mineral exploration or simply to be owned by super wealthy individuals who can afford to own it. These militia fools in Oregon are simply pawns in a bigger game they have no clue about. And when the wildlife refuge no longer exists and is in all likelihood poisoned by greedy businessman what will the fools say?
2naSalit
(86,804 posts)CanonRay
(14,119 posts)Thanks for posting this article.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)Loves me some Charlie Pierce.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)[center]Exactly as you described the scene
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027504479
question everything
(47,538 posts)just to see how it deals with the teabaggers. But then I slap myself..