Anyone who has had to deal with the BLM over the past few decades has seen the increasing hostility toward private property, and the increase in government tactics to encroach upon the ability of private property owners to use their resources and be stewards of their own land to the point that the land can no longer pay for itself, much less be a source of ongoing revenue for the owners.
Use of Federally owned land is also greeted with hostility, and the hoops to jump through are many and complex.
Having read the list of events and taking that at face value, I agree that injustice has been served upon these people.
I can identify with those who have been stripped of their ability to use their own resources by the Government, for the cause of "wildlife", which only exists because landowners looked out for it before the government was involved.
Now for the downside.
Most of America won't 'get it'.
They will not understand pasture land, water rights, grazing rights, the need to access all parts of the ranch, the implications of not being allowed to have a firearm despite your stock in trade being essentially predator bait for the first few months of its life.
Most of America has been programmed with 'This Land is Your Land' mentality, that for reasons ranging from crony land-grabs to dirt worship, there are those in the general population and Government who revile private property, the owners, and will do all in their power to force them off their land--always for the "good" of some critter or the "environment" or whatever, disregarding that keeping land continuously agriculturally productive for a hundred or more years requires a knowledge of the land in question and good farming/ranching practices.
Apartment dwellers aren't likely to understand, nor are those who live in metro areas who only notice wildlife at the zoo, on vacation, or on TV.
Far too few Americans will understand the issue, and too few will care enough to take umbrage against a government that already owns a third of the land in the US, and well over half west of the Mississippi River--and growing.
To them a large landholding is enough yard to need a riding mower, and the need for land for grazing or water access is an issue they wont' comprehend.
When casus belli exists, it will be a cause that even the fragmented and special interest of our short attention span society understands universally. Anything less will only lead to greater repression, not reform.
When casus belli exists, it will be a cause that even the fragmented and special interest of our short attention span society understands universally. Anything less will only lead to greater repression, not reform.
Unfortunately, I cannot shoehorn it in to the Tweet-sized tagline, so I ask your permission to use it elsewhere.
THANK you for saying it like it is. Excellent post!