04-25-2014, 09:03 PM
Well, there it is.
Cliven's invoked all the typical and skewed (IMO) comparisons, claims, and rationalizations as other disgruntled citizens who refuse to acknowledge the US government -- with a slant to try to stave off the denouncements of his "racism" -- two birds, one stone, and a whole lotta predictable oft-spewed rhetoric.
So now he fancies himself a slave and he's suffering discrimination comparable to that of Rosa Parks. He's a victim. But that's not all, folks... he's also a leader working towards emancipation for all; carrying the torch for Martin Luther King and telling me that I, HOTD, am also a slave and that I should share his views and join his revolution. Mighty white of you there, Cliven, but I'm gonna take a pass.
If he's got a single conservative pundit or tea-party politician still hailing or supporting him after that press-release, I'll be surprised.
Cliven doesn't wanna pay the same taxes as everyone else in his area/industry and thinks it's not fair that the rules changed after he'd already started grazing on that land.
Welcome to my world, Cliven. The taxes and regulations in my neck of the woods, not to mention the labor laws, keep increasing too. It hurts my bottom line and I don't like it. But, it's the same for everyone in the industry in this area and sometimes our protests are heard and we affect votes in our favor. When things don't go my/our way, I choose not to go on the rogue and stop paying my taxes, form an armed militia, and denounce the US government. And, I certainly don't liken myself to a slave who's been stripped of personal freedoms and choices because that's delusional and it's a little, well, batshit.
In my eyes, racist or not, he's just a criminal tax evader with delusions of grandeur. According to him, he's a victim of the American government and a savior of the American people. In the eyes of other disgruntleds, he may still be a hero.
Ah well, different views and different strokes...good thing we're not REALLY like those fortunate slaves of old and Cliven and the rest of us all have the freedom to speak our minds and express our dissenting opinions.
Cliven's invoked all the typical and skewed (IMO) comparisons, claims, and rationalizations as other disgruntled citizens who refuse to acknowledge the US government -- with a slant to try to stave off the denouncements of his "racism" -- two birds, one stone, and a whole lotta predictable oft-spewed rhetoric.
So now he fancies himself a slave and he's suffering discrimination comparable to that of Rosa Parks. He's a victim. But that's not all, folks... he's also a leader working towards emancipation for all; carrying the torch for Martin Luther King and telling me that I, HOTD, am also a slave and that I should share his views and join his revolution. Mighty white of you there, Cliven, but I'm gonna take a pass.
If he's got a single conservative pundit or tea-party politician still hailing or supporting him after that press-release, I'll be surprised.
Cliven doesn't wanna pay the same taxes as everyone else in his area/industry and thinks it's not fair that the rules changed after he'd already started grazing on that land.
Welcome to my world, Cliven. The taxes and regulations in my neck of the woods, not to mention the labor laws, keep increasing too. It hurts my bottom line and I don't like it. But, it's the same for everyone in the industry in this area and sometimes our protests are heard and we affect votes in our favor. When things don't go my/our way, I choose not to go on the rogue and stop paying my taxes, form an armed militia, and denounce the US government. And, I certainly don't liken myself to a slave who's been stripped of personal freedoms and choices because that's delusional and it's a little, well, batshit.
In my eyes, racist or not, he's just a criminal tax evader with delusions of grandeur. According to him, he's a victim of the American government and a savior of the American people. In the eyes of other disgruntleds, he may still be a hero.
Ah well, different views and different strokes...good thing we're not REALLY like those fortunate slaves of old and Cliven and the rest of us all have the freedom to speak our minds and express our dissenting opinions.