I'm fine with a little healthy civil disobedience, but once you add guns to the mix and threaten to use them against the powers that be, you're no longer just a protester. You are, at the very least, a militant. As many others have rightly noted, the kid gloves treatment these extremists are getting would likely be denied to other groups attempting to occupy a government building with weapons. Not that I don't support letting them slowly run out of Twinkies.
Did you know the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was established by Teddy Roosevelt and hosts over 320 bird species? Speaking as an occasional birdwatcher, it looks awesome. Hopefully those bozos will be gone in time for the Harney County Migratory Bird Festival to proceed in April as planned.
And yes, somebody actually had to write this for their website:
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