Nevada ranching family claims victory as government releases cattle

[Xithras]

64. That's among the nuttiest things I've ever read on DU.

A mass slaughter of American citizens by the military, when those citizens are simply exercising their right to protest under the laws of this land, would be justification for at least an impeachment followed by a long imprisonment for Obama, at at the worst would be justification for a general uprising against the U.S. government. Unless the protest turns into a full scale armed rebellion, there is ZERO justification for the use of force against them.

Understand that these protesters are breaking no laws. You and I might not like or agree with their positions, but they are there to support a political clause, and are complying with all of the laws of this country (it's perfectly legal to carry a gun to a protest in Nevada). To advocate that the government murder them is astonishing.

Luckily, President Obama is smarter than you are, and isn't going to make a move that would not only be unconstitutional on several points and would not only violate multiple federal laws, but that would constitute a fundamental human rights violation and a crime against humanity under international law. The right to protest against your government without being mowed down by attack helicopters and tanks has long been recognized as a fundamental human right, and leaders who have violated that right have rightly been overthrown, imprisoned, or isolated on the world stage.