The Standoff in Oregon and Textual Totalitarianism

As armed protesters led by Ammon Bundy continue to occupy a federal building in Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, likens the theory behind their  actions to groups like ISIS, which rely “the idea that a small select group can fully own a sacred document”, in this case the U. S. Constitution.