your thoughtful question<\/a>, it might be because, at this point, the Oregon Ranchers have said they want to resolve the issue peacefully, they haven\u2019t killed anyone, cops or innocents or otherwise, and they haven\u2019t destroyed property, burned buildings and cars, assaulted innocent bystanders, or killed other people because their lives don\u2019t matter. \u00a0That\u2019s why.<\/p>\nIf they start doing these things, we can revisit the terminology and be prepared to up the stakes by labeling them thugs, at least if they begin destroying things or start saying they want the Feds dead. \u00a0And if they begin randomly killing innocent people in the name of their cause, why not? \u00a0Let\u2019s do what we never do with that religion we\u2019re not allowed to criticize and actually call them terrorists. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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