Hunter explains why he opposes the Trump administration on public landsfrom @bradley.thor

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I just received a message, a direct message from a young man who I do not follow. Sometimes on TikTok, I don't know how many other people have noticed this, but every once in a while on TikTok, ones will slip through the rank. And for some reason, someone who you don't follow's message will go straight into your inbox. That's not what this video is about, but I'm just explaining that it does happen. But he did have a very compelling and interesting question that I felt would be valuable to answer tier, and I'm not going to show his face or name, but I know he'll see this. And I know other people who think like him may see this. In fewer words, he essentially said, hey, man. I've noticed a lot of your videos. I agree with most of the things that you're saying. But he went on to say essentially that it confused him because I don't like the current administration, and he seemed to think it was the only way to go. And that he had heard me say many times that I thought it was a bad decision even for the people who liked him. And his question essentially was that when he wrapped it up in a nutshell was what gives? Why do I, Thorin, someone that he agrees with on so many things, seem to think that the current administration could be bad for people who look at the world the way he does? So I go to his page, and I find that he has a real tree like mossy oak for people who aren't hunters. It's like a camo design that looks like actual leaves, not like military camo. So I'm going to tell you guys exactly what I would have told him. Now worst the things I'm about to say don't necessarily apply to people who don't care about these things, but the message is tailored to people who thought their lifestyle was at risk with anybody other than Trump. One, I am a hunter and a fisherman. And if you're good at those things, you need to be a great conservationist as well. If you want edible animals on the landscape, you need to be able to access that landscape, protect the environment, and stay on top of public land issues. I know that's gonna be shocking for a lot of people to hear. I know it's hard to tier. Better, yes, I eat animals that come from the landscape that I live on and also happen to care about those animals more than most people. The current administration is blowing down a lot of barriers that protect public land access. I'm not asking anybody to take my word for that. That my friends, you can look up. Next, I do believe the biggest best move, the biggest grift of this entire campaign process was convincing people who were working class people. Union and nonunion trades were going to be prioritized in any way. Unfortunately, just their lip service and their ability to promise things like that was enough. Nobody was gonna take the time to look back in history and see if it had actually been the case. No, yes, I'm extremely worried for union workers and tradesmen. And next, somewhere along the way, people who are very frustrated and angry with paying taxes have been convinced that Democrats just love the way their taxes are being spent. That because left leaning people understand the concept of taxes existing, people just assume that all left leaning people must love the way taxes are being spent. No. Not at all. There is a heavy distaste for how taxes have been being spent, for where the money has been going, and for how much of it stays stagnant within the system that is taking the taxes from us in the first place. That's been a long standing issue, and it's not a new concept that people on the left can be very dissatisfied with how their tax money is being used. Nothing sucks more than to see your paycheck trimmed off the edges and then see people lining their pockets with it. I'm telling you, most people on the left feel that way completely, but publicly funded systems give us power. They give us freedom and they give us safety that nothing else can deliver. Fire departments, food assistance for lower middle class and lower class families, public school systems that help scaffold and help actually raise kids that hardworking parents don't have time to also support them with during the worse. Have any of you ever tried to bid for or buy a house up against a private or corporate investment group? The house you want is listed for $4.75. You come in at $4.70 with a competitive awesome offer. Perfect credit. Better working hard your whole life. Just you and your family wanna go live in this house because it's in the exact neighborhood that you've been trying to buy a house in for so long. That private company comes in. They go, hey. We'll give full price offer cash. You and her wife talk about it for a little bit, and you go, we could go up like $5, and I think that's our limit. You come in at $5 above what they were offering. You know what their next offer is? Fuck it. We'll just buy it for $5.50. What? Yes. My point has been this whole time they convinced you to wear the hat, buy the tier shirt, protect your livelihood, protect the things that keep your lifestyle the same as it is now because people are coming to attack it. No. It doesn't matter if you have 15 faucets in your worse. If somebody else owns the well, you're gonna have to ask when you can have water. It doesn't matter if you have 30 light switches in your house. If somebody else owns the power pole, you're gonna have to ask, please, sir, can I turn my lights on today? All these dreams and concepts of we want Americans to be able to afford a house again. There aren't gonna be future homeowners of America in that circumstance. You're gonna be renting houses from fucking Amazon. Anyway, if you do see this man, I'm not elevating my voice or, like, trying to fear monger you whatsoever. Those are the things that I would look out for. Those are the things that I would gently request you keep an eye on. In the meantime, I'll just be praying and hoping that I've been wrong this whole time because I am not above admitting that I miscalculated or was wrong about something. But so far, I have not been.