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Liberals on twitter call for the murder of the Bundy family in Nevada by the federal government.

Feel the love: Liberals on twitter call for the murder of the Bundy family in Nevada by the federal government.

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6 comments

  • Cotour

    They may have gotten their gun camera video if drones existed during Waco. Now that was an example of things getting out of control where innocent children were IMO murdered by government entities. I wonder where Janet Reno is spending her time these days, I suspect she has a heat rash problem.

  • Orion314

    It’s an ill wind that blows no good…they way things are going, soon , very soon, one of these standoffs with the feds will result in blood. think waco or ruby ridge…

  • mpthompson

    Talked with a number of liberal acquaintances regarding the standoff. To them, there is no question that EVERYBODY should stand down to government authority. If not, they deserve what they get.

    I agree with Orion314, this will indeed result in bloodshed. Probably much quicker than any of us would have imagined just a few weeks ago.

    BTW, a thought occurred to me a few days ago. There can be little doubt that in today’s surveillance culture that the federal government knows the identify of every person that showed up to defend the Bundy ranch and cattle. What will happen to these people over the next few months and years? Will they become IRS targets? Will they experience mysterious health care or other federal benefit snafus? Or perhaps worse? That being said, the identity of everyone who has even made a blog posting or comment in support of the resistance is probably tracked and likely identified to a real person (or at least to a real person’s home or work). Are we all being identified, as Harry Reid would call us, as potential or actual “Domestic Terrorists”. Do we doubt there is a digital dossier on each one of us in the vast NSA domestic intelligence databases? I know this sounds paranoid, but one has to wonder…

    We better ultimately win this battle in the political sphere? If not, the alternative will be VERY ugly for anyone not in support of government authority and action.

  • Edward

    Liberals. For people who declare that they are peaceful, they certainly spend a lot of time, ink, and internet space preaching violence. Maybe they aren’t as peace loving as they proclaim.

    I suppose that would explain why the liberal French Revolution guillotined so many people.

  • Deplorable indeed, but the linked article doesn’t have the best sources,

    This one at least links directly to the tweets in question.

    http://www.infowars.com/statists-call-for-drone-strike-on-bundy-supporters/

    Even better, read the replies to the original tweets.

    https://mobile.twitter.com/VegasJessie/statuses/458286872465121280
    https://mobile.twitter.com/songsteve/statuses/457315846730178560

    It’s enlightening to note that original posters are not the only ones behaving poorly. Commenters on both the right and the left made similar threats with one conservative stating his wish that the original poster ‘drop dead’.

  • Orion314

    Jeez-let’s not give these psychopaths any more ideas, I can just see the TSA with guillotines in the airport check-in lines….

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