Then why did he say that perhaps blacks were better off under it? Sorry, but Bundy decided to go media hog and runn off on a tangent, shooting his mouth off on things totally unrelated to his own actions and his problems with the BLM. Why he would think that anyone would give a damn about what he thinks about blacks and Mexicans is beyond me. People can try and explain it away and justify it and say "what he really meant was..." all they want. All this is still self inflicted. He shot himself in the foot all on his own, and he has kept firing round after round into it ever since.
he did not say they were - he wondered if generational welfare was any better
he was answering a loaded question from a reporter
Because people speak in rough drafts, as they also write in rough drafts.
If Clive Bundy were to sit down and write out his thoughts, and then go back to them a few days later and edit them, and then take a third look a week later, he would likely do better expressing what is on his mind.
As would most of us.
The man is well into his seventies. He is doing all he can to defend what he views as his way of life and freedom. That is not going off "media hog."
People pointed guns at him and his family. They tazed his son, and threw his relatives to the ground.
Folks who ranch all of their lives are not what you may consider "sophisticated," but they can generally spot a ringer from a mile off, and he knows down trodden people when he sees them.
Good on him for at least standing in the breach. Would to God that we had tens of millions more willing to stand in such a fashion.