I think "domestic terrorist," is a bit strong. Throwing the terrorist word around diminishes it's true meaning. But I suppose it's just a matter of perspective.
This person, who wrote this story linked below in that liberal rag called The Salon, just says the rancher is a communist or, at best, a socialist. The militia people are just disgruntled and disfranchised folks looking for a fight. I am hearing two versions of the story. Not sure which is accurate. But, even if the freeloading rancher turns out to be a bad reason for these militia people to get up in arms about, make no mistake. They WILL find a reason to get violent sooner than later. America has gone away from their ideology and they are plenty pissed off about it. It's just a matter of time before they will become, in fact, violent enemies of the state.
The latest right-wing media poster-victim, Cliven Bundy, is just the latest in a long line of desert dwellers who thinks he or she should not have to follow the law and has a god-given right to unlimited use of public resources, in this case, rangeland. I know the mentality well, because I grew up in rural Nevada and clung desperately to such beliefs until only a few years ago.
Bundy has not paid grazing fees in close to 20 years, while the federal government has, with painful, stupid moves, tried to somehow deal with him. Bundy also faced restrictions because he continued to graze cattle on a slice of public land reserved for the endangered desert tortoise. He was invited to talk to Sean Hannity (of course) about the “standoff.”
“We want freedom,” Bundy said. I don’t know what freedom Bundy’s talking about. He does not own the land nor does he even pay the modest fees required to use it. Thousands of ranchers across the West pay fees for their businesses, but Bundy thinks he should get to use public resources to make a personal profit. Cliven Bundy, far from being a patriot, is also clearly a straight-up communist. <snip>
Fox News’ demented poster boy: Why angry rancher Cliven Bundy is no patriot - Salon.com