"The Waco siege was the siege of a compound belonging to the Branch Davidians, carried out by American federal and Texas state law enforcement, as well as the U.S. military, between February 28 and April 19, 1993. The Branch Davidians were led by David Koresh and were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of Axtell, Texas, 13 miles (21 kilometers) east-northeast of Waco. Suspecting the group of stockpiling illegal weapons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) obtained a search warrant for the compound and arrest warrants for Koresh and a select few of the group's members.
The incident began when the ATF attempted to raid the ranch. An intense gun battle erupted, resulting in the deaths of four government agents and six Branch Davidians. Upon the ATF's failure to raid the compound, a siege lasting 51 days was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Eventually, the FBI launched an assault and initiated a tear gas attack in an attempt to force the Branch Davidians out of the ranch. During the attack, a fire caused by Federal agents engulfed Mount Carmel Center. In total, 86 people, 82 of which were innocent died, including David Koresh. "
Daily reminder that you're living in a nightmarish police state.
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[–] 16383131? ago
I would hardly count this as a wide availability of alternative information.
You have worked yourself into a froth, full of self-righteous indignity.
People hated what happened at RR and Waco
The reason they did nothing was the quick succession of the events, and the VERY problematic nature of Waco
RR proceeded forward through the justice system. The GenPop is reasonably correct to await the pronouncements of 'Justice' because RR would be a defeat for the government, the best way: by their own devices in Court.
David Koresh was a wacko. Pure and simple. The Brand Davidians were a cult. Pure and simple.
Not many people liked what happened at Waco, and there was strong talk, but the problematic nature of the Waco Cult meant that you could never go far to defend them before someone pointed out they were a wacko cult. Just like I am doing to you now.
This is the problem with attaching your cause to wackos. You give the Government a much freer hand to crack down.
Waco is such a shitty cause to attach to, it watered down the RR incident because people were really getting angry about it as the facts trickled out.
And trickle out they did. Even IF you listened to fringe radio or received fringe publications (which you paid for because you believed in conspiracies, had strange and flawed ideology, or had an axe to grind, or were just displaying your personal craziness that way, we've all got it), you didn't get much information about it.
Then WHAM, a group of wackos endures a 2-month siege.
People were angry about it but if it happened today it would be called a FF event by the Jonesians, that's how much it torpedoed support for Populist Militia.
I've been of the opinion that more than OKC, Waco destroyed the growing Militia Movement. Now people who got together with semi-automatic, military-style weapons, could be equated to the Waco Cult.
Prior to that, you could look at RR and say "Gee, I should have more weapons and connecitons than what Randy Weaver had, he got hung out there on his own."
After Waco, it was "Oh yeah, those wackos down in Texas had a whole cash of weapons. Just what am I doing here, offering to help the police search for missing children out inawoods? And that guy over there, he ain't quite right. Maybe I won't show up for next week's muster."
Waco is cancer. Koresh is a poison. The Davidians were toxic.
On top of it, Timothy McVeigh then killed children, which scuttled any and all moral superiority left in the Militia movement. That movement then swiftly petered out, and not until about 15 years ago when BLM madness and accelerating anti-white hate propaganda became blatantly obvious on our EASILY ACCESIBLE AND WIDELY AVAILABLE FORM OF ALMOST-FREE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA, did the militia movement arise again.
And then, only with almost complete reasonableness. As we saw at the Bundy Standoff, when most groups would support defending Bundy assets, but not actually go on the Offensive against a government asset. Because the militia and citizens movement GREW THE FUCK UP AFTER WACO.
You are a very good shill, or delusional, or just a smart kid. But I wish you'd shut the fuck up with your DivertProp about it, young boy, or Chang, or Yuri, or FBI, or whatever the fuck you think you are.
t. I was alive, aware, informed, and connected at the time.
[–] 16383134? ago
The 90's militia movement saw a tank in support not due to waco and ruby ridge but all the laws states and clinton passed after the event of waco and OKC. shut the fuck up.
[–] 16383135? ago
Ssh, you are ruining this Responsible Conservative's carefully constructed rationalization for the compromises, inaction, and politically correct recitations which he futilely hopes will earn him the (((ADL))) kosher seal.