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Is here<\/a>. \u00a0I know virtually nothing about the protesters in Oregon. \u00a0I don\u2019t know the case, the details of their complaints, or the detailed criticisms of their actions. \u00a0I\u2019m a little nervous about people showing up to a situation like that because of what can happen. \u00a0But then, if the protesters are to be believed based on what I\u2019ve heard so far, things are getting pretty bad for them already. \u00a0Not everyone embraces the post-modern notion that proclaims \u2018who cares?\u2019. \u00a0But listening to interviews and listening to the folks speak for themselves, they seem to have a gripe and have said they want it resolved peacefully.<\/p>\n

Thus, when Harry Read and the Left stumble over each other to jump out and label the group terrorists, it seems to fall flat. \u00a0Or at least it feels grossly premature, if not deliberately provocative. \u00a0And yet, from the modern, progressive view, the definition of hate, evil, murder, killing, bigotry and ignorance is not falling into line with progressive values. \u00a0And because it\u2019s clear this modern movement is willing to put its money where its mouth is<\/a>, a growing number of people are looking for someone who will call this assault on American liberty, as well as Americans in general, for what it is. \u00a0And for all that Trump says and does, he does position himself between his followers and those who would dismiss those same followers as evil losers whose welfare is of little concern for the new world order.<\/p>\n

Are they terrorists? \u00a0Based on what I\u2019ve seen so far and what they\u2019ve done and not done (like kill people), I don\u2019t think they are any more terrorists than the Non-White, Non-Hispanic, Non-Asian, Non-Native American Lives Matter protesters running about and calling for more dead cops. \u00a0I disagree and think they acted deplorably, but they weren\u2019t terrorists. \u00a0Likewise, I\u2019m not thrilled with the actions being taken by this group in Oregon, but as of now, they are no more terrorists than Senate leaders who drop the term on fellow Americans a thousand times faster than they do on folks who actually do kill in the name of that religion we are not allowed to critique. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"