[greeneyes]

Big difference between OWLS and what just happened.

The cowboys didn’t get rowdy. They didn’t throw rocks, they didn’t destroy and tear up the land, and they didn’t give the BLM the excuse they needed to open fire and have another Waco type battle.

Had the BLM fired on them, the cowboys were well equipped to defend themselves. BLM showed up armed to the teeth, so of course they had their weapons in case they needed them.

Popular? I don’t recall the Occupy movement as being popular, nor the Vietnam War protests either.

Bobby Jr is a whiny little sleeze and belongs to the blame America firtst crowd. He doesn’t have the brains or the gumption that God gave a goose.

[greeneyes]

firtst = first

[21twelve]

Responsible people with guns are just that. They typically don't scream and yell and toss rocks. They are responsible. And the threshold of violence goes up quite a bit when one is armed. I have known people to get in fist fights over words. That is an unwise thing to do when armed.

I imagine that some on the BLM side of things understood that as well. The guns that the cowboys and the militia and the wives and daughters had were not for show. They were for their protection if so needed.

It would not surprise me that at some time in the future the Feds will need to install provocateurs into the people's ranks in order to fire the first shot.

Like the reports of snipers at Kent State. When no tangible evidence existed for that.

Hmm. Seems like when a group of Feds IS facing an enemy with known or presumed snipers, they are less willing to fight.