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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

10,000 Birds

Incidents like this one, led by far-right militant, anti-government extremists, should be a concern of all Americans, especially birders, hunters, environmentalists, conservationists, and anyone else concerned with keeping public lands public. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLFQnW7CUc. v=flLFQnW7CUc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYouXzAez-I.

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

Animal Ethics

The word ‘extremist’ runs a close second. Extremist’ connotes a fanatical whacko incapable of being reasoned with. Their concerns can’t be legitimate if they are “fanatical extremist terrorist whackos.” The rhetoric of terror has been used to “justify” the wire-tapping of America citizens' phone calls without probable cause.