I am not saying that he said anything racist. What I am saying is that he totally changed the discussion. He was winning and now he is losing. There was ZERO reason for him to say anything other then the government is screwing with him. No he had to go on some tangent which was unnecessary. I guess he feels that this is the important discussion that needs to be the focus and not the federal government getting into his business. He totally screwed himself. Sure he has his first amendment rights, but what do you think is going to happen in the next couple months when the feds come for him again? He will not have his supporters that is for sure. He did it to himself. He should be proud of his first amendment rights. He must have some sort of agenda that the rest of America does not have insight on. We will see how he ends up.
I don’t think he intended to change the discussion, naps. I think the media wanted to get him to say something they could use to try to “re-direct” the folks who aren’t inclined to think objectively about the present reality.
From what I read around the ‘net, most serious thinkers are on his side, and are ridiculing the media, including Beck and Hannity for being so shallow.
Actually, since I mentioned Glenn Beck, there is every possibility that he has lost a good portion of his audience with his pathetic metamorphosis into an “Elmer Gantry” figure.
But, since most folks probably have no memory of that movie, that reference will have no meaning.
There is a direct connection between his comments and the BLM situation. If you do not see it, I do not know what to say.
It is the truth. The fact men cower in the face of it is why we have the mess we do. The BLM has treated the public as slaves on the land of the Kings Deer. I fought them...that exact office in fact, for many years over OHV/landuse issues while Senior Ed at off-Road.com in the 90z/2000s. I know full well the elitism there and how the genpub is looked on.
Bundy’s slave comments indirectly to the issue have launched ANOTHER long overdue conversation on the subject of Blacks and government destruction. They together and separate are needed. Man the hell up and fight the battle.
I think your head is screwed on backwards.
You think that he will not have support...I think he will. Millions of folk are tired of Central Government overreach, and the suppression of the First Amendment...gutted via “political correctness”. I will stand with Bundy. Where will you stand?
I ask, because my black friends are closet conservative....cowed by political correctness. Yes, I call them coward.
No he didn't. He was talking about the negative influence of government in people's lives. Right on topic.
We shall see if he has lost his real support. I am not sure the folks that went to his side are the type to be bothered by PC stuff, or the race card being played.
People who play politics have to really worry about such things, but this is not politics to Bundy and the people that stood with him that day.
CNN interviewed a Black man that is one of Bundy’s body guards and he said Bundy is not racist and has treated him like one of his family.