The fact is that the government revoked their lease. Told them to get the cattle off of the bulk of their lease and designated it as tortuous habitat.
They refused. Kept using the land, and payment was offered to the state instead. That was refused.
Like I said, it wasn't my hill to die on, and I would have done things differently, but when your back is against the wall, people do all sorts of things.
Nothing to argue about there, especially the tortuous habitat.
It just pizzes me off so see them held up as some kind of folk hero. Far far far from it.
And openly advocating for shooting the BLM agents on scene from a computer screen anonymously is cowardly and kgunty. And NO I know you did not put that forward, though others have and to my disappointment those statements have basically been allowed to stand.
Birdy of all people was the one to condemn the statements. Damn I hate agreeing with him.
