Well the Leftards have won this round as we are all talking about racism now and not govt stealing land and cows. :-)
You cut right to the heart of the matter.
However! We may be able to use this to smear these kind of hand-wringing responses as "barking at Leftist dog whistles" or "infection with Racism! malware".
Interestingly, I find myself unconcerned with what Cliven Bundy said, and I think that you and no doubt others are similarly unconcerned.
They pulled this exact same crap on Sarah Palin, but I don't think they ever tagged her with the "Racism!" card.
Of course, she is an "idiot" forever and ever, while Chief Slave Overseer and Sub-Assistant Idiot Harry Reid continues to spew his addled, racist, hateful bile to an adoring media, which laps up his vomit like it's nectar...