#oregon terrorists

[afknows]

Ammon Bundy arrested. Bless.

[heir-of-puns]

I’m interested to see when the Oregon terrorists’ “rugged wilderness man” instincts will kick in and they try to build like a barricade or something entirely out of the dildos people are sending them. Live off what you’ve got, right? Reporters are gonna show up one day and there’s just gonna be a big ass fence or sign or something made out of dildos of various sizes, of course painted red, white, and blue for maximum patriotism. 

[soul-dwelling-not]

From Ben Norton: 

Many of the people who work in the government would be more than happy to privatize federal lands and other properties. The Bureau of Land Management is chock full of conservatives, and has a long history of opposing left-wing movements — particularly environmental and indigenous ones.

This is the ultimate irony. The Bureau of Land Management is full of right-wingers pushing a pro-privatization and pro-corporate agenda, but hated by right-wingers who support this very agenda because it is a federal government institution.

None of this is in any way meant to deny the impact of white privilege in the armed Oregon occupation; it certainly is a big factor. Police brutality and state repression are much harsher on activists of color than they are on white activists.

The Black Panther Party was systematically infiltrated and destroyed by the U.S. government, and leaders like Fred Hampton were assassinated (although it should also be remembered that they were revolutionary socialists, not right-wingers).

The black liberation group MOVE was heinously massacred in 1985, when the U.S. government firebombed its Philadelphia headquarters, killing 11 people and destroying 65 homes (although, once more, they were radical leftists, not rightists).

The American Indian Movement was likewise violently crushed when it occupied Wounded Knee in 1973, with the U.S. government killing two activists and wounding 13 (although, yet again, they were on the left, not the right).

Like the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement today, these past grass-roots movements led by people of color were violently repressed. But the U.S. government feared these movements not just because it is racist (which it mostly definitely is, at a structural level), but also because they were calling for a radical change to the right-wing status quo. These movements were not just led by people of color; they were led by people of color who were radical leftists.

Again, this is not meant to downplay the influence of white supremacy in federal authorities’ reaction to the armed Oregon occupation. But a brief look at history strongly suggests that, if the armed militants occupying the federal facility in Oregon were white leftists, and not white rightists, they would be crushed by the U.S. government.

[otterish]

Why the heck are those terrorists still in the bird sanctuary AND they let in journalists without being taken down? Oh wait, I know why. They are white old men.

[sleepyleftistdemon]

“After they shut off the power, they’ll kill the phone service,” the government official added. “Then they’ll block all the roads so that all those guys have a long, lonely winter to think about what they’ve done.”

Get ready for some frozen Bundy buns

[kiwianaroha]

Oregon Terrorists: We are prepared to KILL for our cause and we plan to occupy this federal building for years!

*three days later*

Oregon Terrorists: We’ve run out of food; if you would like to send a donation, here’s our PO box number

[potamideriver]

Someone just called me racist for saying that we should treat the terrorists in Oregon the same that we treat terrorists anywhere else bc I was "dehumanizing them for being white" girl you need to learn what racism means

[afknows]

We just interviewing domestic terrorists now, huh? Where the hell is the FBI and why the hell hasn't this nonsense been squashed?