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Jon Ritzhimer isn't too thrilled about the hate mail his band of armed rebels is receiving in Burns.

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The self-styled patriots holed up in Burns sent out a plea for snacks and supplies, and America responded.

But many of the care packages landing at the commandeered Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters aren't exactly giving aid and comfort to the armed anti-government protesters.

Certainly, sex toys and a bag of gelatin ... ahem, male body parts weren't what they had in mind. (People: They sent out their wish list, which included the immediate need for French vanilla creamer, Miracle Whip and Menthol 100s.)

Flabbergasted that many of his fellow citizens aren't busy cleaning their rifles, keeping their powder dry and praying the cause, Jon "Daddy Swore an Oath" Ritzheimer took to Facebook to register his displeasure at "an abundance of the hate mail."

It's sad that there are people who would spend this kind of money on this rather than spending it to do good in the... Posted by Jon Ritzheimer on Monday, January 11, 2016

"Rather than going out and doing good, they just spend all their money on hate and hate and hate, and hate," Ritzheimer, wearing his signature purple-tinted sunglasses on his shaved head, laments in a video.

He then angrily clears the table of the pile-up boxes containing sarcastic gifts and messages of ridicule directed at the armed occupiers. (This guy must be a real joy when he's losing at Monopoly.)

After the brief display of aggression, Ritzheimer looks at the camera and declares: "We'll continue to do work and do good for our country."

For the rest of "you patriots out there, still twiddling your thumbs, debating whether or not you want to come out," Ritzheimer passes on this message" "Now's the time, if you want to be part of history in the making."

Yep, war is hell, especially when you're not greeted as liberators.

Hey, buddy, at least the government mail moving on government roads is still arriving on time in the frozen outback of eastern Oregon.

-- Joseph Rose

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jrose@oregonian.com

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