Trying to imagine what the media coverage would look like if right-wing extremists had commandeered six blocks of a major American city
Key distinction: the wildlife refuge was abandoned; Capitol Hill contains thousands of residents. The autonomous zone is a de facto breakaway state.
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So what? They were facing off with federal agents in a lawless manner.
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Didnt the guy win his case against the government?
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No it isn't. It's a make-believe fairy tale within a polity that has some tolerance for such. The rancher revolt was the same.
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They occupied a visitors center for months. Guess that's totally legal.
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And there were plenty of convictions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge …
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Miggt want to clarify "abondoned" as, the people who work there being told to stay home bc rightwing extremists, who a few years prior had federal agents in a sniper scope, were in the city and expecting to do some shit.
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the autonomous zone was abandoned too.
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These violent people in Seattle?
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1271045367111524355?s=20 …
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I’d saw the key difference is at the wildlife refuge they threatened to kill law enforcement with guns
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Also true! And from what I recall, they were rightly prosecuted for this.
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