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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Are They (Armed) "Patriots" in Nevada But (Unarmed) Rioters in Ferguson?
Why Are They (Armed) "Patriots" in Nevada But (Unarmed) Rioters in Ferguson?BY Zach Baron at GQ
http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2014/08/ferguson-missouri-protests-bunkerville.html
"SNIP.............................
I've been thinking about Marky this week a lot. In Nevada, Marky and dozens of his companions were armed: with sidearms, rifles, and at least one .50-caliber anti-vehicle rifle, the kind used in war zones to shatter engine blocks from up to a mile away. They were forthright about the type of disobedience they were willingeven hopingto put into action. "One bullet at a time, straight in line," another militiaman told me. "Destroy anything in sight."
Needless to say, his hands were not raised in the air at the time.
No one ever showed up. No tanks ever came to Bunkerville. No sound weapons, no tear gas, no flash grenades. No sniper rifles, except those in the hands of the civilians. The militiamen assembled freely, dispersed freely.
Not one of them is in jail. Not one of them is in Ferguson, either. But perhaps that goes without saying too.
..............................SNIP"
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Why Are They (Armed) "Patriots" in Nevada But (Unarmed) Rioters in Ferguson? (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2014
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msongs
(67,502 posts)1. the feds tolerated NV behavior nt
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)2. OBAMA!
Plus warrgle-barrgle.
It has always been a-ok to shoot black people in this country. Always. The theory that this is a post racial society is total bullshit.
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)3. To Paraphrase Ron Burgundy in Anchorman 2
"Oh... Uh... Black. They're black. I'm terribly sorry I don't know why I can't stop saying black ...blaack"