I don't consider the term "tyranny" to be a problem in this context where government force is used against citizens exercising their freedom of assembly to protest government ownership of land they have no right to, depriving the citizens of its rightful use, making them pay more than they can afford for that rightful use, then confiscating their cattle and arresting some of them. According to Stone they have also been denied normal communication with lawyers and others. I don't think we have to have cruelty on the order of North Korea to use the term "tyranny" for any wrongful use of government force against its citizens. It's not needles under the nails but being jailed for exercising a Constitutional right ought to figure at some degree on the tyranny scale. However, SOME word is needed and if you don't like "tyranny" or "oppression" for heavyhanded government interference with citizen rights, what would you suggest?
Ever since I moved to Nevada almost thirty years ago I've heard how most of the land of the state is wrongfully owned by the federal government -- a whopping 80%. Stone says the Federalist Papers argue for state ownership of the land, and in any case it should be available to ranchers for grazing their cattle. Although if you take a glance at the desert in this state it makes you wonder what on earth there is for a cow to graze on anyway, but that's another issue.
Sometimes I'm not sure if we're still a "liberal democracy" these days -- I'm not exaggerating at all when I say the activities of the Left, in government power and on the streets both, look like tyranny to me more and more every day, tyranny aimed at shutting up the right in particular. It's also tyranny enforced by murder, including an attempt on Stone a few months ago, though of course most of that can't be proved. If you don't see it you are not paying attention to the right sources. I voted for Trump as did so many in the hope that we could at least slow down that encroachment but all that's happened is that they've become more aggressive about it and Trump has caved on too many issues too.
As long as you don't call me PC names like racist and all that I'm not going to yell at you. In fact I may no longer even yell at those who do since as I've been pondering it I've realized God will vindicate me for all the lies against me anyway; vengeance is His, not mine. It just takes me a few days to recover from the wounds.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.