Sure. He’s free to say anything he wants. But others are free to use that to paint him as something he isn’t and dismiss him and anything he says out of hand. If the government is after you, public perception is everything. Is he a patriot, standing up to jackbooted thugs? Or is he a racist that deserves everything that’s happening to him? The answer to that question is everything.
I don’t see how the Feds going after him has anything to do with what he “deserves”. No citizen of this country is beholden to the gov’t. WE, including Mr. Bundy, ARE the gov’t.
We are not “deserving” of any abuse by the Feds. None. Not ever. No matter what our views. See 1st amendment.
Branding him a racist or a patriot is subjective. He is an American citizen first and foremost. The Constitution protects him one way or the other.