02-11-2016, 11:26 AM
Yeah, F.U., the details of what actually happened are kind of important to the reality of the situation.
Cliven Bundy was not put in jail because of unpaid fees and taxes, F.U. Instead, the government tried to shut down his illegal grazing after giving him 20 years of law/court violations and grazing. He "protested' by gathering a bunch of 'patriots' to point loaded weapons at law enforcement who finally came to stop the mooching by taking his cattle. And, he and his patriot militia planned to put women and children on the front lines if any gun fire was exchanged, so everybody could see them being gunned down by the government.
LE chose to avoid bloodshed and pursue Cliven in court; he again dodged his court appearances and then inserted himself into the 2016 illegal occupation of federal property orchestrated by his sons (which was probably emboldened by Cliven's 2014 stand-off, but had nothing to do with unpaid fees according to Ammon Bundy).
So, it doesn't all boil down to unpaid fees as a form of protest. It boils down to breaking several laws as a claimed form of protest. The breaking the law part is what you seem to ignore or try to minimize, however, it's reality.
Cliven Bundy was not put in jail because of unpaid fees and taxes, F.U. Instead, the government tried to shut down his illegal grazing after giving him 20 years of law/court violations and grazing. He "protested' by gathering a bunch of 'patriots' to point loaded weapons at law enforcement who finally came to stop the mooching by taking his cattle. And, he and his patriot militia planned to put women and children on the front lines if any gun fire was exchanged, so everybody could see them being gunned down by the government.
LE chose to avoid bloodshed and pursue Cliven in court; he again dodged his court appearances and then inserted himself into the 2016 illegal occupation of federal property orchestrated by his sons (which was probably emboldened by Cliven's 2014 stand-off, but had nothing to do with unpaid fees according to Ammon Bundy).
So, it doesn't all boil down to unpaid fees as a form of protest. It boils down to breaking several laws as a claimed form of protest. The breaking the law part is what you seem to ignore or try to minimize, however, it's reality.