It has NOTHING to do with this man. This incident is but convenient.
It has NOTHING to do with this man. This incident is but convenient.
History is clear. Those we honor as Saints and heroes were admirable figures - not squatters who did not follow property rights. I get it. I don’t like the fact that the government owns the property to begin with, but that’s the way it is - the public owns it.
There are lots of people around here chomping at the bit to take up pitchforks, but if you can’t find a better Saint than Bundy in the craptastic world in which we live most won’t hold onto their pitchfork for long. Your cause will be lost before it even begins because the average Joe understands squatting without paying the owner. They won’t buy it no matter how many threads are posted on FR as some kind of battle cry.
Defending this man is a recipe for marginalization and defeat because he was wrong and he had his day in court (several according to some). He paid - then he chose not to. He destroyed his own argument and claim. Grazing rights on BLM land is a common practice that his peers accept and follow. Every major movement has a face or central theme people can rally around - this one is a squatter who eroded his own arguments through his behavior.