ATV riders do damage to a bad cause: Armed riders seen as hoodlums

[struggle4progress]

First Published May 12 2014 04:31 pm
Last Updated May 12 2014 04:31 pm

... The cause of those who carried automatic weapons, protest signs, Don’t Tread On Me flags and, worst of all, their own children Saturday on a clearly illegal ATV ride through Recapture Canyon near Blanding does not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as the Civil Rights Movement ...

Those pushing for the illegal ride — specifically San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman — are doing irreversible damage to the cause of open access to more of the federally owned land that dominates Utah and much of the West.

In the eyes of most of the American people — and their members of Congress — who really own all that land, Saturday’s ride was accurately discerned as a childish snit fit that should only confirm BLM policy to keep such folks out of environmentally or historically sensitive lands.

The only hope these protesters had of winning an ounce of public sympathy would have been for them to have acted in the true spirit of American civil disobedience and gotten themselves thrown in jail. Where they belong.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/57934191-82/cause-clearly-parks-ride.html.csp

[IronLionZion]

1. Even conservative sportsmen would respect the land more than these assholes. nt

[bahrbearian]

2. Check list

ATV Check
Assault Rifle Check
Tea Party flag Check
Child Human Shield Check

[beemer27]

3. These people are showing the world how pathetic they are.

Breaking the law to make a point is usually stupid. Carrying weapons to fight trained well equipped professionals is even more stupid. Taking children along as "shields" is a cowardly tactic. I do hope that the public will remember how pathetic and cowardly these losers are in the future. I also hope that others will have the same attitude about the property of these losers as they have about public property.

[central scrutinizer]

4. "wise use" hooligans

These arrogant dickheads make me sick. This has been going on in the west for years. They even make their kids shun the kids of BLM or Forest Service workers who attend the same schools in these small towns. They are just tools of the Kochs and their ilk who want to open up all public land to rape and pillage.