Episode 0151 · Mar 26, 1996 · 2h 45m
March 26, 1996: Open Lines - Freemen & Patriotism
The Montana Freemen crisis remains at the center of open lines as Art Bell asks callers what patriotism requires when citizens reject federal authority.
Listeners debate constitutional rights, taxes, militias, negotiation, and the danger of turning political anger into armed confrontation. Art challenges competing definitions of loyalty to the country and asks whether the system can be changed without abandoning the rule of law.
Listeners debate constitutional rights, taxes, militias, negotiation, and the danger of turning political anger into armed confrontation. Art challenges competing definitions of loyalty to the country and asks whether the system can be changed without abandoning the rule of law.