{"id":2017,"date":"2016-01-30T09:20:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2016-01-30T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T17:30:18","slug":"the-bundy-militia-is-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/?p=2017","title":{"rendered":"The Bundy &#8220;Militia&#8221; is a Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing proves this more than a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opb.org\/news\/series\/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates\/ammon-bundy-tells-occupiers-to-stand-down-malheur-refuge-oregon\/\">quote<\/a> from Ammon Bundy himself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis was never meant to be an armed standoff. Please do not make it about something it wasn\u2019t supposed to be. Go home to your families.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, really now? Then why were people allowed \u2014 encouraged, even \u2014 to show up with firearms? Yes, yes \u2014 I know: You&#8217;re a big fan of the right to keep and bear arms. Well, guess what? Just because it&#8217;s your <em>right<\/em> to do something does not automatically make it a wise decision.<\/p>\n<p>And it was <em>not<\/em> your right to occupy the Malheur NWR and:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prevent Federal employees from doing their jobs,<\/li>\n<li>Interfere with the freedom of other citizens to visit their public lands,<\/li>\n<li>Vandalize government property,<\/li>\n<li>Use government computer and Internet resources without permission, and<\/li>\n<li>Steal government vehicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of these things are quite illegal, in fact criminal, acts. You may not personally <em>like<\/em> the fact that the Federal government owns so much land, but the fact is that it <em>does<\/em> and that current law (upheld by court after court) allows it to.<\/p>\n<p>All of this means that in choosing to engage in an illegal action, you chose to expose yourself to criminal charges. As such, it was your job to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research what those charges were likely to be,<\/li>\n<li>Research what the consequences (punishments) would likely be,<\/li>\n<li>Decide if you were willing to accept those consequences, and<\/li>\n<li>Modify or call off the action if you were not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is all <em>very<\/em> basic stuff. Left-wing groups I&#8217;ve been involved with do this whenever they plan actions. (And committing a crime armed is a great way to enhance the charges and punishments you face for it.)<\/p>\n<p>If you let people participate whose beliefs and goals did not mesh with your own, that is your fault. It was your responsibility to clearly state your goals and methods, and to screen those directly supporting you to ensure they agreed to those standards.<\/p>\n<p>This is an instance of a general failure to communicate and plan which the comments of other participants that I&#8217;ve seen in the media makes most evident. (For example, many were surprised by your decision to depart for that forum in John Day, and didn&#8217;t even realize you had planned to until the moment your convoy left the refuge.)<\/p>\n<p>That you failed in all of the above indicates just what a joke your &#8220;militia&#8221; is. You clowns couldn&#8217;t even properly organize a takeover of a bird refuge while it was closed during the winter holidays, yet you act as if you&#8217;re some sort of a military force? It is to laugh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/laugh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2018\" src=\"http:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/laugh.jpg\" alt=\"laugh\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/laugh.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/laugh-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/laugh-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing proves this more than a recent quote from Ammon Bundy himself: \u201cThis was never meant to be an armed standoff. Please do not make it about something it wasn\u2019t supposed to be. Go home to your families.\u201d Oh, really now? Then why were people allowed \u2014 encouraged, even \u2014 to show up with firearms? 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