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This is sickening. It’s okay, apparently, to be a terrorist if you’re white, Christian and right-wing. If blacks or Native Americans had done the exact same thing, they’d likely be shot, and any survivors would be doing hard time. Same goes for leftist activists.
To me, one of the most striking things about America’s current reality is this: The angriest Americans are white, Christian males, ideologically aligned with the far right. And they are easily the most privileged, pampered, pandered to, protected and propped up Americans. In short, they have the least reason to be so angry. The system in general is “rigged” in their favor, not against them, unless they’re poor — and the Bundys aren’t.
OTOH, the people who actually do have legitimate grievances — ethnic, sexual and religious minorities, women, leftists — virtually never resort to violence, arms, etc, and all too often accept their lot stoically. If they protest, they do so non-violently. And they’re far, far more likely to be jailed for this than right-wing white, Christian males.
A percentage of this country, especially those who look to nutcase, paranoid, freak-show, far-right fringe media like WND, Breitbart, Infowars, Zerohedge, etc. etc. etc. . . . has a seriously screwed up vision of what America is. They’re beyond divorced from reality. They’ve invented their own parallel universe.
I haven’t followed any of what went on, or the trial, but i heard a snippet about it on NPR. The reporter hinted at some things that made me think the prosecutor just mischarged them. It could be when the jury looked at what happened and tried to match it to the actual charge (conspiracy i think) the facts didnt quite add up to the charge. In other words they probly shoulda been charged with something ELSE, and not what they were on trial for.
NPR said they arrested Bundy’s lawyer as well, for being obstreperous in the courtroom or somethin.
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