[momtothree]

IMHO... this is how this is playing out. Many Americans support Bundy. In order to remove such support so the government can come in (and remove him or kill him), they have to remove the support. This is probably the “first” story. There will be more. They will dig up some high school sweetheart who says he beat/raped her. They will “discover” child porn. They will do whatever it takes to take the man’s image and make it monstrous. Many Americans still believe what they see on the news or read in print. I also fully expect a “breaking news” story where Reid saves a choking person or something similar. Just my predictions...

[NorthMountain]

Many Americans still believe what they see on the news or read in print.

I am quite shocked by the number of them on this forum.

[Psalm 144]

Just my predictions...

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All reasonable and with precedents.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

You are quite right, and this was seen a long time off by a lot of FReepers even before the tie in with Harry Reid emerged. They have been looking for any excuse to demonize the Bundy family and play the race/class/extremist trump card from day one.

Is Glenn Beck honestly suggesting that if the man is a racist the government has more of a right to confiscate his cattle and seize the land than if he is not. Even if the comment is accurate ( I suspect this is on of those fake but accurate reports myself)it is a far crying from saying you want to return to slavery or want to enslave people.

[FreeAtlanta]

When I saw “the New York Times” I immediately thought Beck is out of his mind or in Dingy Reid’s pocket.