“Waco” is the Most Sympathetic Portrait of a Serial Pedophile in Film History

Of all the propaganda projects the National Rifle Association has undertaken, the most successful might be their portrayal of violent far-right wing extremists David Koresh and Randy Weaver as patriots and heroes oppressed by an evil federal government. In 1995, immediately after Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City (killing 168 innocent people and injuring hundreds), three-quarters of Americans said they approved of federal law enforcement’s actions during the Waco siege. But just three months…