By jacobtothe on Skatehive
I have mixed feelings about Ammon Bundy. I can see his side in the Bundy Ranch standoff and the Malheur wildlife refuge occupation, and find most of the left-wing criticisms of both events hypocritical in light of the protest actions they typically endorse. However, his tendency toward a lot of typical Republican party anti-liberty attitudes concerns me. And, of course, while I know a lot of Mormons, and generally find them nice people, their religion is just plain weird. Image credit That said, his essay from November of last year, entitled The Stranger, certainly overturns the stereotype of the "far right" often applied to him. I saw it referenced elsewhere online, and tracked it down at this link via this article from The Atlantic (not my favorite publication at all) after some web searches. Since it took more searching than I would like, and things seem to get memory-holed by search engines and websites, I decided to reproduce it here on HIVE, doing my best to preserve the source d