You’ve missed the point. Mr. Bundy will not be reaching the “thick-witted folk”, as you put it. Racists will be racists.
Whether you like it or not, Mr. Bundy made it everyone’s business when he took this to the public, so to speak. With that action, he assumes a certain level of responsibility to conduct himself in a way that is befitting of his position.
Do me a favor. Go visit a rancher in our area and ask him what his views are about Mr. Bundy’s statements concerning this. Let me know what he says.
You’re mistaken if you think people aren’t interested in this case.
I have no idea where you live. However, where I live we have farmers and commercial fishermen who have been putting up with Federal government crap very similar to this for years and I know very well where they stand.
As for this racism nonsense, I don’t know who enticed Mr. Bundy to talk his way into a trap but since the story seems to have originated with the NY Times, it’s not hard to see what they were up to. Get the unsophisticated old rancher to speak in plain English, then put the racist spin on it for all it was worth for the benefit of the dullards. It’s the same stunt they pull on TV when the topic is gun control. Trot out some backwoods drooler to give the NRA point of view. Works every time.