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Oregon Occupier Talked of Suicide as Sympathizers Implored Him to Leave
The New York Times ^ | February 11, 2016 | Julie Turkewitz

Posted on 02/11/2016 1:43:21 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian

They implored him to think about the Holy Spirit. They explained that the First Amendment is about freedom of speech and the Second is about the right to bear arms, and said that they were in that order for a reason. They asked him what he thought Jesus would have done in his situation. He, in turn, asked for pizza and marijuana.

In the final moments, it all came down to one troubled young man and the exhaustive attempts by two of his ideological sympathizers to get him to surrender peacefully and end the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

"I'm actually feeling suicidal now," said David Fry, 27, of Ohio, the only one of the four remaining protesters who refused to leave the wildlife sanctuary on Thursday morning. "I will not go another day a slave to the system. I'm a free man. I will die a free man."

On Thursday, about 9:30 a.m. local time, three of the last four occupiers left their encampment at the refuge. [snip]

On Thursday, after his companions left, Mr. Fry spoke about his disillusionment with his fellow occupiers, with the Americans who did not join the occupation, with the banking system, with international wars and with the fact that "all those Pakistani children" had been "drone striked."

Ms. Hall tried to appeal to his ego. "Don't you want them to have to listen to you?" she said of the F.B.I. and of the world in general. When that did not work, she tried a caring tone. [snip]

In the end, Mr. Fry did sit up, rising and walking toward a scrum of officials. "One more cookie, one more cigarette," he said, just before leaving his hide-out. "Alrighty then."

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
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Pizza? Marijuana? Pakistani drone strikes?

If I were his lawyer, I'd ask for a psych evaluation.

1 posted on 02/11/2016 1:43:21 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian
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To: Lurking Libertarian

I’d give him a 1952 Vincent to ride home ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJdrfzjAg


2 posted on 02/11/2016 1:48:27 PM PST by soycd
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Delusional, like all Cliven Bundy supporters. Listening to the live feed, I do not know what I laughed at harder. David crying for more weed, or the playing of the bagpipes during the surrender.


3 posted on 02/11/2016 1:54:00 PM PST by redreno (Americans don't go Gault. Americans go Postal.)
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Goop from the commie NY TIMES.


4 posted on 02/11/2016 1:54:27 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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Was all this on the live feed? I have no trouble believing this guy was troubled but I don’t trust the NYT to tell me that.


5 posted on 02/11/2016 1:57:42 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: Lurking Libertarian

“I’m actually feeling suicidal now,” said David Fry, 27, of Ohio, the only one of the four remaining protesters who refused to leave the wildlife sanctuary on Thursday morning. “I will not go another day a slave to the system. I’m a free man. I will die a free man.”

...

I don’t think freedom includes the right to trespass.


6 posted on 02/11/2016 1:58:57 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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I’m glad he surrendered and kudos to Bundy or whoever talked him down.

In the end, he had more sense than Lavoy Linicum.


7 posted on 02/11/2016 2:00:54 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Trump and/or Cruz, it's all good)
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Tens of millions of illegal aliens trespassers we’re all forced paying hundreds of billions for, are laughing their asses off.


8 posted on 02/11/2016 2:01:39 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Congratulations to Ms Hall. As worked up as Fry was last night, I really didn't think they would get him out of there alive
9 posted on 02/11/2016 2:02:10 PM PST by TXSearcher (Longtime Lurker......now a newbie)
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I don't think freedom includes the right to trespass.

Tens of millions of illegal alien trespassers we're forced to pay hundreds of billions for, are laughing their asses off.

10 posted on 02/11/2016 2:03:27 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“They asked him what he thought Jesus would have done in his situation. He, in turn, asked for pizza and marijuana.”

Wow.


11 posted on 02/11/2016 2:10:20 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: redreno

Yeah, hilarious....


12 posted on 02/11/2016 2:33:13 PM PST by subterfuge (TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
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To: johniegrad

It was pretty sad, sort of every weird conspiracy thing we joke about. This guy definitely has some strange stuff trapped in his head.


13 posted on 02/11/2016 2:37:05 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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Too bad this Cruz voter won’t be able to vote from jail.


14 posted on 02/11/2016 2:38:34 PM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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I think he was experiencing a bad case of the I don’t want to go to the slam at the end.


15 posted on 02/11/2016 2:40:58 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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I think he was experiencing a bad case of the I don’t want to go to the slam at the end.

A little late to think of it then...

16 posted on 02/11/2016 2:42:46 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian; goodnesswins; PROCON; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; ...

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me.

I lost my Oregon list when my computer crashed last year, so please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

17 posted on 02/11/2016 2:56:35 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: johniegrad

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3395744/posts


18 posted on 02/11/2016 3:01:03 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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with the Americans who did not join the occupation,

Sadly, he's spot on!

There will be no revolution as long as so called braggadocio "patriots" have jobs that are paying for their home mortgages, their payments on their new F-150's, their boats and various RV's and soccer, football and baseball practices to attend with their kids...........

Maybe next week.........

19 posted on 02/11/2016 3:04:53 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Salvation

Thanks.


20 posted on 02/11/2016 3:17:03 PM PST by johniegrad
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