After violence in Charlottesville last August, a Washington Post article asserted that alienated right-wingers had “sparked the deadly standoff in Ruby Ridge, Idaho” in 1992. Ruby Ridge has recently been invoked by many people to show the need for federal crackdowns on dangerous extremists. Unfortunately, the mainstream media has largely forgotten – or expunged – the federal misconduct and deception that permeated that showdown. But it is difficult to comprehend the fear that many Americans have of the government without reconsidering Ruby Ridge.
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I have heard it said---and it seems true---that the difference between a policeman or the military and a vigilante is that a policeman/military does the will of the State, a vigilante does the will of the People.
ReplyDeleteIt will happen again. Snipers guns were aimed at the Bundy's before the protestors arrived.
the difference between a policeman or the military and a vigilante is that a policeman/military does the will of the State, a vigilante does the will of the People.
DeleteWell said.
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Snipers guns were aimed at the Bundy's before the protestors arrived.
Criminals.