# Straight Dope on Ruby Ridge and Waco?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-ruby-ridge-and-waco/598320>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 2, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-ruby-ridge-and-waco/598320 "2011-10-02T02:08:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-ruby-ridge-and-waco/598320/82 "2014-08-25T18:11:51Z")

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> [@ExTank](#):
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> Pretty much what I had read, too. As morally repugnant anyone might find a racist, I much prefer the ones who go away and live quietly in the woods, and mind their own business, than the ones who march about in public, with the swastika tattoos and “Heil, Hitler!” nonsense.

If you gave me a choice, I obviously prefer the ones who just want to be left alone. Having said that, the dividing line between white supremacists and separatists is so small as to be nonexistent.

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**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-ruby-ridge-and-waco/598320/83 "2014-08-25T19:49:36Z")

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> [@xtiml](#):
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> it has gone rogue and israel is running their shit our shit almost all thew worlds shitfukushima and their stealth virus see jimstone freelance.

A good try, but you failed to include the word “sheeple.”

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**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-ruby-ridge-and-waco/598320/84 "2014-08-25T20:40:31Z")

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> [@CurtC](#):
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> A good try, but you failed to include the word “sheeple.”

And “WAKE UP!!!”

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-on-ruby-ridge-and-waco/598320/85 "2014-09-01T04:32:29Z")

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No! Don’t wake up the [sheeple](http://xkcd.com/1013/)!

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