and not to hold up Cliven Bundy as a hero.
I am interested in why not? I remember when blacks voted for George Wallace and someone asked them why would you do that? They said, "because we KNOW what he thinks".
Some say Bundy is a hero because he took a stand against the overgrown, overburdening, over-intruding, federal government and say it doesn’t matter what Bundy, himself, argued. I can partly agree with that.
However, most of the pro-Bundy arguments with which I agree have been made by Bundy supporters and not by Bundy himself when he made his arguments before judges.
Bundy’s argued that he’s a sovereign citizen when it comes to the federal government. He specifically says he’s not a U.S. citizen and that what he calls the “territory of the United States” has no jurisdiction over him.
I believe most of Bundy’s supporters are proud citizens of the United States who want to reclaim their God-given rights and to limit the federal government to the powers given it under the Constitution of the United States of America. They don’t see themselves as something other than a U.S. citizen nor the U.S. as a territory with no jurisdiction over them.
Again, if the revolution starts here, I’ll stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Bundy.