Originally Posted by bigswede
The main difference between those earlier civil protests and the western farmers, is that the former wanted new rights, the latter want their old rights back.
What complete and utter bullshit. The previous ones want to protect themselves from infringement of rights, while the latter want to impose their view on others. You have it exactly backwards! Bundy and his gang are not asking to be left alone, they are demanding that they be given something that is not theirs. What's more, they are using force to take it. They don't own that land, it belongs to us. Bundy was grazing on my land. His sons were invading and degrading my property.

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