White extremism is winning in my Vermont town. I'm selling my animal sanctuary and moving.

[mikeyp]

Wow, what a bitch

White extremism is winning in my Vermont town. I'm selling my animal sanctuary and moving.

The assault-weaponed bullies are winning on my road, and I refuse to weaponize myself to fight back. My town is unsafe if you're non-white or unarmed.

www.usatoday.com

The assault-weaponed bullies are winning on my road, and I refuse to weaponize myself to fight back. My town is unsafe if you're non-white or unarmed.​

There’s a movement metastasizing across America. It’s well armed, it’s extreme, and it’s led largely by white men. They’re enraged, they’re feeling entitled, and they’re taking ground wherever it’s given. And while the movement clearly got new wind in its sails under the Trump administration, it’s now self-sustaining. The Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill was just the tip of this seething iceberg, as last week’s anguished police testimony to Congress made clear. This movement isn’t going away anytime soon.

It’s everywhere. It’s even in Vermont, where I live, which some people mistakenly consider a progressive haven. It’s bullied countless people of color in Vermont – who had to flee their communities because it became increasingly hostile and unsafe for them – and now it’s pushing me out, too. I’m selling my farm this summer, in fact, because the assault-weaponed bullies are winning on my road, and I refuse to stoop to their level and weaponize myself to fight back.

The Wild West of the Northeast​

In states like Vermont, it’s easy to be an armed white extremist. It’s why NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" did a sketch with actor Adam Driver suggesting that Vermont was a neo-Confederate paradise. It is. There’s little to keep you accountable or keep you in check here. The Brady Campaign once called Vermont’s gun laws the worst in the nation. The Giffords Center gives its gun laws a C minus. As one local official told me, this is the Wild West of the Northeast. And as I pack up my farm and move out, this is becoming all too clear to me.

 

[Medicine Man]

Lol. I’m seriously considering selling my farm in mass to buy one on vt for equal but opposite reasons.

 

[Picton]

…okay…

 

[rep308]

The article says it right on the front page, BAA...BAA

 

[FisherTech]

I bet the real story is that he can no longer afford that place, So now he needs to lay the blame on something else. Just like a F**KING COMMIE!!

 

[bigbravehog]

USA Today ?

 

[mikeyp]

Lol. I’m seriously considering selling my farm in mass to buy one on vt for equal but opposite reasons.

Maybe he'll trade?

 

[Sparky123]

My brother-in-law has lived in Burlington Vermont for over 45 years and I have been there dozens of times. My brother-in-law nor any of his friends that I know own or even have interests in guns. If there are any white extremists in Vermont, I sure as hell have never met one. I'm sure if there are a few whack jobs, aka, GI Joe's, they are not from Vermont. Vermont is full of liberals and snowflakes.

 

[Deleted member 12999]

This right here.... he wants you in a boxcar. Get f***ed fgt

 

[BaldAssCat]

That was all feels and no facts. Other than the fact that he called the police on his neighbors for using their own property as they want there isn't one mention of a specific action, just general accusations.

 

[Admin]

This article is an example of what happens when a male's balls do not drop.

 

[Picton]

What kind of animals does he give “sanctuary” to?

If it’s anything tasty, I’d suggest an NES Group Buy And Game Meal.

 

[Sniper (+)]

This thread is worthless with out a zillow link.

 

[Grendizer138]

It’s always weird to me that “white extremists” vandalize deteriorating OSB sheds and not newer structures.

 

[DitchDigger]

He thinks everyone should comply with his demands,,,,,
if they don’t ,get the government to make them,,,,,
if they don’t,,,,,screw’em,,,I’m gonna move,,,,Ill show them,,,,,
plenty of room in NY for him and his communications,,,,

 

[kalash]

Tell me you're a beta without telling me you're a beta.

 

[not new guy]

"friends have advised me to weaponize and fight back"

No they didn't.

 

[weekendracer]

That’s what laws are for, that’s what government is for, that’s what democratic governance is for.

Guess what? That's the difference between a democracy and a representative republican government. In a democracy, the majority wins. Think about that for a minute, person who wrote this bunch of whining hot air. He only wants democracy when it favors him.

 

[kalash]

"friends have advised me to weaponize and fight back"

No they didn't.

Fight back how? By also shooting on his land? I bet the neighbors would welcome that

 

[Devils Paintbrush]

Funny how Mr. Shank would never consider that he is the 3 dollar bill in a place where everyone else is normal.

Having a place where all of your neighbors shoot, sounds like somewhere I would want to live.

Typical liberal thinking, change to suit my needs because everyone else is the problem.

Strange that area of the world has a low murder rate and no riots.

 

[Dr_Scholl]

Bullied countless people of color in Vermont? All 3 of them?

 

[mikeyp]

This article is an example of what happens when a male's balls do not drop.

I'm sure gets plenty dropped in his....oh, never mind....

 

[Medicine Man]

It’s always weird to me that “white extremists” vandalize deteriorating OSB sheds and not newer structures.
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They’re new at this stuff. When you go to art class, they don’t give you stretched canvas to practice on. You start with newsprint and work you way up to better quality canvases.
Consider this the juvenile phase.
OSB =Newsprint.

 

[xtry51]

This article is amazing

 

[ThePreBanMan]

The guy is clearly a self-entitled drama queen snowflake. But I do recognize that gunfire is loud and disturbing, especially to animals. The argument that "I'm using my own land", etc. falls flat on me when it comes to noise. You may be shooting on your own land, but the noise you emit isn't confined to it. As soon as you have something unwelcome that leaves your property and trespasses onto someone else's, yea, there's a legit gripe there IMHO.. It's like taking a shit on someone else's front steps.

A lot of issues just would not be issues if people just practiced a little consideration for others and tried to be decent human beings as opposed to shitting on each other.... Especially those with differing political views...

This article sounds like both sides could use a shot of decency injected into their lives.

 

[fencer]

Well... this certainly explains all of the violent crime that is ripping Vermont apart.

 

[CRSIII]

Vermont is a strange state.

 

[Drix]

As someone who spends a great deal of time in vermont, the fact this liberal thinks he's fleeing a hostile community and will be ok setting up camp in the backwoods north east in a state with constitutional carry is rather laughable.

 

[Deleted member 12999]

The guy is clearly a self-entitled drama queen snowflake. But I do recognize that gunfire is loud and disturbing, especially to animals. The argument that "I'm using my own land", etc. falls flat on me when it comes to noise. You may be shooting on your own land, but the noise you emit isn't confined to it. As soon as you have something unwelcome that leaves your property and trespasses onto someone else's, yea, there's a legit gripe there IMHO.. It's like taking a shit on someone else's front steps.

A lot of issues just would not be issues if people just practiced a little consideration for others and tried to be decent human beings as opposed to shitting on each other.... Especially those with differing political views...

This article sounds like both sides could use a shot of decency injected into their lives.

Buy suppressors. Problem solved.

As far as noise goes... my neighbor is like this guy. Yells off his porch while I'm ripping quad on my property DURING DAY on a weekend. He can get f***ed. If he prefers that I shit on his porch because it's quieter, I can abide

 

[SpaceCritter]

Buy suppressors. Problem solved.

This. First order of business once I'm legally a New Hampshire resident is setting up the trust, mainly cuz we WILL have a range and I don't want to drive the neighbors (or ourselves) bonkers.