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And, in anticipation of a particular rebuttal, I don't believe for a fucking second that the federal government threatened these ass clowns.
Who are "these ass clowns"?
Your statements are logical and correct. However, without attempting to argue the merits of any court order (an order is an order, after all), I will simply say that just because the government says "we are right and this is how it's going to be", doesn't mean it's actually right. Every civil war since the beginning of time started with the people in charge claiming they were right and trying to enforce that right with might. Look at the Ukraine if you want a recent example.
I recently watched Valkyrie. It intrigued me, so I started doing some research on the historical facts behind the movie. Not sure if you're familiar with the story? In any case, even high ranking officials within the Nazi regime realized near the end of the war that Hitler has gone bonkers and wanted him over thrown and wanted to surrender to the allies. These "traitors" failed in their assassination attempt and were all tried before The People's Court, found guilty of treason and executed. Was that right? Of course not, but it happened because those in charge used force to carry out these orders and those who were victimized by the orders did not have the power to fight back.
I am certainly not attempting to compare this to Nazi Germany, I only used it as an example because it was the first one I could think of that had to do with internal conflict between interested parties of the same government that resulted in the "stronger" side imposing their will through force. I am not familiar with the incident he's referring to in the video but I'd think that regardless of the particulars, it should be more alarming that the sheriff, when objecting to the presence of armed federal agents in his jurisdiction was threatened with a SWAT team at all. You don't find that more alarming than his response? I most certainly do. Why would the federal government ever threaten another law enforcement agency with use of a highly trained, militarized assault force simply because they told them their presence wasn't wanted? Court order or not, you'd think that when facing resistance from American citizens, especially other law enforcement, they would do everything possible to come to a peaceful resolution.
