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Is the Oregon Standoff Evidence of a Racial Double Standard?

Not really. And we are in danger of drawing the wrong lessons from the fact that these armed militiamen are white.

By Jamelle Bouie Jan. 4 2016 7:19 PM


Media and satellite trucks are seen at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon, Jan. 4, 2016.

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In any case, why won’t they shoot at armed white fanatics isn’t just the wrong question; it’s a bad one. Not only does it hold lethal violence as a fair response to the Bundy militia, but
it opens a path to legitimizing the same violence against more marginalized groups. As long as the government is an equal opportunity killer, goes the argument, violence is acceptable.

But that’s perverse. If there’s a question to ask on this score, it’s not why don’t they use violence, it’s why aren’t they more cautious with unarmed suspects and common criminals? If we’re
outraged, it shouldn’t be because law enforcement isn’t rushing to violently confront Bundy and his group. We should be outraged because that restraint isn’t extended to all Americans.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/01/the_oregon_standoff_with_ammon_bundy_isn_t_evidence_of_a_racial_double_standard.html

Gotta agree with that.

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Bundy Family, Sovereign Citizen Loons Have Special Constitution That Says They Can Steal All Our Sh*t

By Doktor Zoom - January 3, 2016 - 1:49pm



Also, about that village we want to save…

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The Hammonds’ supporters insist that the BLM land was totally theirs to do with as they please, not the U.S. Government’s, because as
the Bundy wackaloons argue in an online manifesto, the Constitution forbids the federal government from owning land, duh. Maybe
no court has ever agreed with them, but it’s right there in the Constitution, if you look at it through your rifle scope just right.

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[ hidden description: Yes, this Patriot sports a line from 'Annie' on his chesticles ]

Ritzheimer, you’ll recall, is the Patriot who organized the big Yell At A Mosque event in Phoenix last year, then tried to raise $10 million dollars to protect himself from killer Muslims or at least sell his motorcycle to buy guns (he later claimed his Facebook account had been hacked and he’d never tried to ask for money); more recently, he sent himself off on a Sovereign Quest to arrest and try for treason every Senator who failed to block the Iran nuclear deal, as one does. And now here he is on YouTube, tearfully pledging to give his life For America and the sacred principle that arson is OK if you say public land really belongs to you:

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Bundy’s own thinking on the matter, as posted in a December 7 manifesto, is, to put it mildly, creative:

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Let us go to article IV sec. 3 of the Constitution which states: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States … This section of the Constitution grants Congress the power to make needful rules and regulations while the land is still a Territory (capital T) and grants Congress the power to dispose of the land. It does not grant unto congress the power to retain the land, only to dispose of it. This means that the federal government does not and never will OWN the land, which is a Territory. They can make the rules while it is a Territory, but they have the obligation, duty and authority to dispose of it. In other words, the people OWN the land and have charged the Federal government to be administrators until it can be disposed of.
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So the part that actually says “Property belonging to the United States?” Just ignore that part. It’s probably about forts and stuff.

Video, links, et al .. http://wonkette.com/597530/bundy-family-sovereign-citizen-loons-have-special-constitution-that-says-they-can-steal-all-our-sht

That Jon Ritzheimer above? He's the bigoted anti-rational American face, Muslim hater below.

EXCLUSIVE: FBI warns NY police about anti-Islam Arizona man who may be headed to state to confront Muslim group
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