A 'Liberty' Rebellion in Idaho Threatens to Undermine Coronavirus Orders

[BunnyMcGee]

Source: MSN / New York Times

SANDPOINT, Idaho — Inside an old factory building north of Boise, a few dozen people gathered last week to hear from Ammon Bundy, the man who once led an armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge.


The meeting, which appeared to violate orders by Gov. Brad Little of Idaho to avoid group gatherings, was an assertion of what Mr. Bundy said was a constitutional right to peacefully assemble. But Mr. Bundy said he also hoped to create a network of people ready to come to the aid of those facing closure of their businesses or other interference from the government as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.


“If it gets bad enough, and our rights are infringed upon enough, we can physically stand in defense in whatever way we need to,” Mr. Bundy told the meeting. “But we hope we don’t have to get there.”

In a state with pockets of deep wariness about both big government and mainstream medicine, the sweeping restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the virus have run into outright rebellion in some parts of Idaho, which is facing its own worrying spike in coronavirus cases.

The opposition is coming not only from people like Mr. Bundy, whose armed takeover of the Oregon refuge with dozens of other men and women in 2016 led to a 41-day standoff, but also from some state lawmakers and a county sheriff who are calling the governor’s statewide stay-at-home order an infringement on individual liberties.


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One way to lose the deplorables

[Squinch]

1. Oh, FFS. Let them party and give it to each other.

I am sick to death of these assholes.

[BunnyMcGee]

3. I knew...

I'd get a response that would make me smile

[Rebl2]

11. Yes

Please proceed to gather. The fewer of them the better.

[Maxheader]

42. Bundy bravado.....

Yeah, take all your buddies there bundy...and take over another park camping shelter...This time remember to bring your toothbrush and cigs...Like you forgot last time....

[Loki Liesmith]

2. C'mon karma

[bucolic_frolic]

4. The right to contract coronavirus shall not be infringed

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

[Throckmorton]

6. Or as my late grandfather, a staunch atheist, would say:

"It is our god give right to be snake handlers. Now praise the Lord and pass the anti-venom".

He also had a very interesting version of the Lord's prayer, but that's a story for another day.

[TeamPooka]

16. I think I need to hear your Granddad's version of the Lords Prayer, please and thank you

[GeoWilliam750]

40. Don't be such a tease...

[ashredux]

5. Let'm go and meet....Bundy would go down fast

[Thekaspervote]

20. Let them all go!! Better off without them

[Vogon_Glory]

7. There was a lot of that mindset back in the 19th Century

A lot of backwoodsmen who didn’t let “government,” abolitionists, D**n Yankees or whatever tell them what to do and defied quarantines for such diseases as smallpox, yellow fever, measles, cholera, etc. and all too often brought contagion home with them. Friend Bundy might get to go through a brutal history re-enactment. So will families, friends, and innocent bystanders.

[DBoon]

8. If they get sick, not one penny of government money for them

they can pay for their medical care out of their own individualist money

[TheFourthMind]

9. The only "there" these morons will get is face down dead in the snow like Robert LaVoy Finicum. n/t

[Marthe48]

10. then the a**holes will die

I just got done taking a grocery delivery, wiping it down, repacking, washing my clothes and taking a shower. So if these idiots want to go out and get something that turns their f'n lungs into bloody blobs, enjoy your trip to the Pearly Gates.

[packman]

12. Bundy is smelling money to be made-

Why don't we give him and his kind an island and let them live or die as they please.

[Dem2theMax]

13. As long as no doctors or nurses have to take care of them,

I'm fine with them gathering, contracting Coronavirus, and dying.

[salin]

14. FU, Bundy and other idiots. My nephew is in med school in Boise - is in school to save lives.

Fu for not givng a damn about other peoples' lives (let alone your own - but that is your choice to gather together and increase spread during your meetings.) May your actions "Liberty" without life, is meaningless. Forcing that behavior onto others (who work in essential services, who live with people who do) via potentially spreading the virus among yourselves and then spreading it to others, is pure ignorance that raises to the level of malignant evil.

[bermudat]

24. Idaho does not have a medical school

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/topic/wwami-idahos-medical-school

[jmowreader]

31. One opened in Meridian in 2016

https://www.idahocom.org/

It is a College of Osteopathic Medicine that opened in 2016. In modern America osteopaths and MDs are trained in the same things...but if someone would have opened a college in Idaho to train MDs, the “American Redoubt” crowd would have burned it down by now.

[salin]

34. Thanks for the link. This is where my nephew attends.

[not fooled]

15. How dumb are they?

It was a little easier early on to give the mouthbreathers a pass because the news consisted largely of scary-sounding concepts such as "models" and "projections" of what was likely to happen in the US, plus coverage of furriners dying.

But now there is nonstop footage and stories from right here in the USA of many deaths, immense suffering, and easy transmission. Yet these kooks somehow think they're special? I agree with above posters--no medical care after they get sick.

[Renew Deal]

17. I'm not sure there is anything to do here

[James48]

18. Perhaps they need some gifts from supporters

You know, let’s send them some blankets.

[jmowreader]

32. Also bags of gummi penises

Because the Malheur crew was so happy to receive gummi penises when they were still occupying a park.

[PufPuf23]

19. Ammon Bundy should still be in prison for the Oregon standoff

and bankrupted for the cost of the fiasco.

[Firestorm49]

21. It's unfortunate, but I guess we have to expect such blatant stupidity from certain segments.

It’s almost like one could write the script for this early on, and sure enough, there it is, for all to see. Stupidity on full display. Guns at their side and and a roll of toilet paper to wipe up the crap coming out of their mouths.

If they want to die, let them. They’ll be doing the rest of us a huge favor.

[Initech]

22. I predicted there would be civil unrest over this.

I never predicted that the Bundy douchebags would be the ones to lead it though. I did not have that on my "Pandemic Fucknuttery" Bingo Card.

[Aristus]

23. If the states were kids you went to school with, Idaho would be that guy who ate

Elmer's Glue.

[FiveGoodMen]

25. Bomb them

Enough from these fuckers!

[jberryhill]

26. Sandpoint, Idaho - Birthplace of Sarah Palin

[Zambero]

30. North of Boise is somewhat of an understatement

It's 4 1/2 hours driving time non-stop to be exact, just south of the U.S.- Canada border. Palin history notwithstanding, Sandpoint is a very cool and scenic spot, and the only place in Idaho where one can catch an Amtrak train to Chicago.

[jmowreader]

38. Unless it's summer, catch Amtrak in Spokane

The train comes through in the middle of the night, and the station isn’t near anything.

[Zambero]

43. Spokane is a more realistic choice

Still, as far as Idaho goes, it's the one and only option. Sadly, Boise was taken out of service over a quarter century ago.

[samnsara]

27. friggen bundys.. that was my intro to Twittler land.. a group of us were trying to..

..stop them. I actually got a venue cancelled when I contact the ppl who owned the bldg and reminded them that they be breaking the law since their building was butted up against a play ground and all the bundy lovers were going to show up armed.

Cancelled!

[DBoon]

28. They want the "freedom" to ignore lockdown orders

Then when they start dying, do we have the "freedom" to not treat them?

You want your individual liberty to ignore public health orders, you get the individual liberty to suffocate to death without treatment.

[BlueIdaho]

29. Give Ammon what he wants...

A few days ago he said he wanted to catch the virus. I say give it to him.

[Flaleftist]

33. Okay. Make sure to give them lots of hydroxychloroquine when they test positive.

[jmowreader]

39. Better idea

Inform Ammon (who is Mormon) that the current Coronavirus treatment calls for the consumption of a fifth of whiskey and six reefers a day.

[Politicub]

35. A pandemic can not be undermined because it is a phenomenon

The virus doesn’t care about a rebellion. It will actually thrive in this group of unhealthy losers, if it’s made of the same sorry bunch that invaded the national park.

[oasis]

36. The idiot deplorables assemble without using protective masks. I hope.

[Progressive Jones]

37. Riling Up The Rubes. nt

[maxrandb]

41. The one mistake President Obama made

was not bombing the fuck out of these dipshits.

If you don't take these fucksticks out, you end up empowering more of them.