Saturday, January 30, 2016
Malheur, completeness, something
For the sake of internal integrity or completeness or something, I ought to comment briefly on the Malheur protest.
I've made a strong point of defending the 'anti-government' side in the Weaver and Waco cases. Can't do it here. The difference is clear and sharp. Weaver and Koresh were living their own lives, out in the country without near neighbors. They were NOT COMMITTING ANY CRIMES, not starting any fights. BATF decided for its own infinitely evil purposes to COMMIT A CRIME. After BATF committed the crimes, BATF mounted a rapidly escalating war against the victims of the crimes, followed by FBI and Delta Force killing a whole bunch of Christians. BATF got what it wanted, a bunch of dead Christians. Pogrom.
This current case is reversed. The Bundys were jailed for TRESPASSING on federal land to start backfires. The feds made a stupid mistake by jailing the ranchers, but nevertheless the ranchers did COMMIT A CRIME. Without any stings or agents provocateurs, they STARTED THE FIGHT. The later protesters were TRESPASSING on federal property again. In this case FBI gave them plenty of room, plenty of chances to stop trespassing. They stayed. Result was unfortunate but inevitable.
Labels: Age of Stings
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