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emulatorloo

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36. No, your "conclusion" was OTT hyperbole.

Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:05 PM

Oct 2016

I am sympathetic to your position, but you do yourself no favors with this kind of dishonest rhetoric.

Between that and your easily disproven claims regarding who set the fire at the compound, you are ruining your credibility.

JMHO, of course. These tactics may work well for you in the future.

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‘Off the charts unbelievable': Will acquittal of Oregon refuge occupiers embolden extremists? [View all] NaturalHigh Oct 2016 OP

Time to treat these folks as terrorists. Don't care if they are white krischins. muntrv Oct 2016 #1

Don't overlook implied jury intimidation by the supporters beachbumbob Oct 2016 #2

Or? atreides1 Oct 2016 #6

Both could still be a result of intimidation...funny how I haven't heard beachbumbob Oct 2016 #8

No, this was a unanimous acquittal. Each and every juror was a nutjob extremist nt geek tragedy Oct 2016 #9

Damn right it will ghostsinthemachine Oct 2016 #3

Yes. They're already making plans on FB. Hugin Oct 2016 #4

Additional point: They attribute their win to God's Will. Hugin Oct 2016 #5

Do you have any specifics? NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #44

It's all over the place on the usual Bundy pages. Probably, out on the Extremist websites, too. Hugin Oct 2016 #62

FBI just needs to Waco them next time nt geek tragedy Oct 2016 #7

Um, wtf? appal_jack Oct 2016 #15

Branch Davidians burned themselves by setting those fires. geek tragedy Oct 2016 #17

I have no sympathy for the Koresh types... NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #21

obviously laying siege to a residential compound with children inside isn't called for geek tragedy Oct 2016 #24

We should have let them freeze Jason1961 Oct 2016 #53

What was the rationale for this? vi5 Oct 2016 #10

There's plenty of evidence sovereign citizens are armed and dangerous jmowreader Oct 2016 #47

Will acquittal of Oregon refuge occupiers embolden extremists? Hayduke Bomgarte Oct 2016 #11

Incomprensible verdict Moral Compass Oct 2016 #12

This is a jury's right. appal_jack Oct 2016 #16

which is why cases of armed insurrection should not be trusted to juries, outsourcing geek tragedy Oct 2016 #18

Fine: advocate murderous dictatorship if you want. appal_jack Oct 2016 #23

lol, the Bundy occupiers are now 'innocents' in your estimation? cool story bro geek tragedy Oct 2016 #25

Please try to keep up. appal_jack Oct 2016 #27

"The Feds shooting flammable gas" geek tragedy Oct 2016 #32

Stop stuffing words in other people's mouths emulatorloo Oct 2016 #33

"FBI just needs to Waco them next time" -geek tragedy appal_jack Oct 2016 #35

No, your "conclusion" was OTT hyperbole. emulatorloo Oct 2016 #36

So you want to take away their constitution rights? Calculating Oct 2016 #29

No, I'm saying the wait them out, peaceful approach has proven geek tragedy Oct 2016 #34

I agree with you on this point. roamer65 Oct 2016 #31

Agreed. It was obvious from the beginning that these nuts were going to be Nay Oct 2016 #55

grow up Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2016 #45

It may be their right drm604 Oct 2016 #37

Well, they are white. WinkyDink Oct 2016 #13

I read a comment on Kos saying that now due to the Bundys being acquitted maryellen99 Oct 2016 #14

That's just some random poster on Kos. drm604 Oct 2016 #22

I hope not but don't think it will either nt maryellen99 Oct 2016 #28

One has nothing to do with the other. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #41

so RW militants can take over fed facil's with rifles and wordpix Oct 2016 #19

of course it will. barbtries Oct 2016 #20

almost inevitable lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #26

What was the estimate on damages? JonathanRackham Oct 2016 #30

We need to rid ourselves awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #42

That's like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #43

You're right, of course awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #57

I get paid by my company too. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #58

I really wish I would get picked once awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #59

I was on a jury for a civil case. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #60

Juries in free states used to refuse to convict under the Fugitive Slave Act. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2016 #46

Good point. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #48

Valid point. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #56

what is guilty here might be innocent there dembotoz Oct 2016 #61

does the pope shit in the woods? spanone Oct 2016 #49

Not to my knowledge. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #50

One of these jerks asked me, after he heard I was left-of-center: Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #51

LOL...good retort. NaturalHigh Oct 2016 #52

is water wet? DonCoquixote Oct 2016 #54

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