No doubt some rough people and no excuses for the arson, however Butler blaming everyone in the community is pretty crappy too.

The rich people from the I-70 corridor waltz in and don't understand the history or how to interact with those who have lived in the area. There is a ton of history about land seizures that have made many locals resistant to authority (and rightly so). Many of their family farms were taken from them in the late 1960s to create the public land "everybody enjoys." The national scenic riverways were not voluntary sold. While the feds promised locals continued use of the resources to ease tensions they have gone back on many of those promises.

In the Meramec river valley (1970s) the lands of locals were taken to build a lake. When the lake project was cancelled the land was sold to the highest bidders (not the original owners) who were mostly urban. You can bet the areas most of these people and their grandparents were raised on and hunted on were posted overnight.

Echo park was a property the govt had wanted for years. The owner had parties there and the feds busted it for drugs and seized his land. Guess who ended up with it. Yep, new state park!

My guess is Mr. Butler didn't make many friends upon moving to the area especially considering his comments about blaming the whole culture. While I'll say again nobody deserves to have property.destroyed I'm not sure he played his cards right or still.understands what the underlying issues are.

The hate in some people's heart is scary.