re: How are Bundy's statements on negroes related to the ranch standoff with BLM?

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Painting him as a racist allows

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To be fair he was the painter.

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Well, the media had initially portrayed him as an innocent, 10 year-old boy when his high school records revealed that he wasn't. It made Zimmerman's belief that he was being threatened more credible.

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Well right-wing media initially portrayed Bundy as an innocent rancher who was having his ranch stolen by the government when the facts revealed that not to be the case. His racist statements now further the argument that he's a crack pot.

Both of the above are unfair as they do not relate to the actual facts of either case.

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His comments about Blacks forces politicians and pundits to drop him like a bad habit, lest they get smeared trying to defend him. My guess is that he'll no longer be Sean Hannity's cause celebre.

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I still think the BLM was wrong to react in the way they did. Has nothing to do with his thoughts on anything else. I don't think anyone will need to back away from previous statements of support in that matter.

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What on earth did Trayvon's school records have to do with the fact that he was minding his own business when a racist decided to follow him, pick a fight with and him and then shoot him after he started getting his arse kicked?

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FIFY

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I still think Bundy had every right to do as he was doing and was completely innocent

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What was he doing that was within his rights in your view?

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when a racist decided to follow him

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haha ah yes the multi-racial white guy who volunteered his time toward AA and supported AAs against authority with black AA friends...

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multi-racial

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white guy

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who volunteered his time toward AA and supported AAs against authority with black AA friends...

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Also not relevant to the case.

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Also not relevant to the case.

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I agree with you. We wouldn't know any of that stuff about Zimmerman had he not been crucified by the media. No one would have had to defend him if he had never been depicted as someone he wasn't.

You have said from the beginning, without any basis in fact, that the BLM used 200 agents with guns pointed at the ranchers.

Where did you get your 200 number? Where did you get the notion that those 200 were aimed at ranchers? How are you an expert on how many agents it takes to round up 900 cows across 12000 square miles of desert? Who are you to say what was disproportionate force when the BLM, in fact, used no armed force and the lives of those BLM agents were at risk from militias threatening gunfire?

The BLM did not enter Bundy's ranch. They didn't threaten anyone with armed force. You're spewing right wing lies created by gun loving loons.

And now you're conveniently trying to divorce yourself from one element of your lunatic stew when the truth is that it's all cooked from the same pot. Mr. Bundy's racism can't be separated from his ideology that he needs guns to protect his white world from a government that doesn't cater solely to his own interests.

You bashed the BLM for no valid reason and, thus,, in the process justified Mr. Bundy's call to arms. Why don't you just own up to it and admit you were wrong a out everything?

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I don't think he did anything wrong at all.

A better question: What did he do that warranted the response from the BLM?

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Try not to avoid the question...you proclaimed "Bundy had every right to do as he was doing and was completely innocent."

What does that mean? Did he have the right to use land rent free? Did he have some greater contractual right than that provided by law? Please explain.