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Originally posted by burntheships
reply to post by mastahunta
There are articles posted all throughout this thread even as recent as
the previous page that show Obama ties to radicals.
So, I did not dodgeedit on 4-3-2012 by burntheships because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by bo12au
reply to post by eboyd
Non viloent you say? I give you the weather underground
Their goal was to create a clandestine revolutionary party for the violent overthrow of the US government.[3]
The "Days of Rage", their first public demonstration on October 8, 1969, was a riot in Chicago timed to coincide with the trial of the Chicago Seven.The group planned the October 8–11 event as a "National Action" built around John Jacobs' slogan, "bring the war home."[1] The National Action grew out of a resolution drafted by Jacobs and introduced at the October 1968 SDS National Council meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The resolution, titled "The Elections Don't Mean #—Vote Where the Power Is—Our Power Is In The Street" and adopted by the council, was prompted by the success of the Democratic National Convention protests in August 1968 and reflected Jacobs' strong advocacy of direct action as a political strategy.
The direct actions included vandalism against homes, businesses and automobiles, and assault against police officers. Dozens were injured, and over 280 members of the Weather Underground were arrested.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows was the title of a position paper they distributed at an SDS convention in Chicago on June 18, 1969. This founding document called for a "white fighting force" to be allied with the "Black Liberation Movement" and other radical movements[5] to achieve "the destruction of US imperialism and achieve a classless world: world communism."[6]
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
reply to post by eboyd
Its called "Guilt by Association" and it is a logical fallacy. Of course that doesn't matter in a thread in which the entire premise is based upon a logical fallacy.
Originally posted by Afterthought
reply to post by eboyd
OK, so you believe that Ayers was a nonviolent person who never hurt anyone and has had his reputation tarnished. You also believe that other groups who followed his teachings may have done violent things, but this should not have any basis on what Ayers was teaching.
How about this angle:
Ayers used to promote "kill your parents", yet never harmed anyone. He was simply a very influential person who had many followers that believed that he had the key to changing society for the better.
Manson also never directly harmed anyone, but was influential to a small group who did kill many. Manson also thought society needed to be revamped and spoke about many ways to bring about change for the better.
So, in conclusion, both Ayers and Manson were charismatic orators who were able to capture the minds of people and get them to see how change could be brought about. Even though neither man harmed anyone, they did influence people to do some violent things.
"Mr. Ayers, who in 1970 was said to have summed up the Weatherman philosophy as: ''Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at,' is today distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. And he says he doesn't actually remember suggesting that rich people be killed or that people kill their parents, but 'it's been quoted so many times I'm beginning to think I did,' he said. 'It was a joke about the distribution of wealth.'"
A review of Ayers' memoir Fugitive Days that appeared in the New York Times on Sept. 11, 2001, quoted Ayers saying, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough."
Originally posted by burntheships
reply to post by eboyd
A review of Ayers' memoir Fugitive Days that appeared in the New York Times on Sept. 11, 2001, quoted Ayers saying, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough."
blogs.suntimes.com...
Ayers actually was involved in the deaths of his own assciates in the Pentagon, Capitol
and State Department bombings.
He got off on a technicality.
Originally posted by Afterthought
reply to post by eboyd
His defense is that he doesn't remember saying to kill all rich people and you believe this?
OK. I can easily see right now who I'm dealing with.
Don't you think that if he actually never ever stated that killing anyone was an acceptible action to combat a power structure, he would have a firmer defense? If I were him and was being accused of telling people to kill their parents and rich people, I would do my best to make it quite clear to everyone that under no circumstances have I ever condoned murdering anyone for any reason. Never in a million years would I say, "Well, now, I don't remember," and think that was an adequate defense.
Regardless of whether or not musical lyrics can cause someone to commit a crime, people have been known to be influenced by the ideas and words of those they idolize.
Originally posted by eboyd
Where is your evidence??
Ayers escaped prosecution on procedural grounds. In the words of Ayers,
"Guilty as hell, free as a bird --
en.wikipedia.org...
The group Ayers headed in Detroit, Michigan became one of the earliest gatherings of what became the Weatherman. Before the June 1969 SDS convention, Ayers became a prominent leader of the group, which arose as a result of a schism in SDS.[8] "During that time his infatuation with street fighting grew and he developed a language of confrontational militancy that became more and more pronounced over the year [1969]", disaffected former Weatherman member Cathy Wilkerson wrote in 2001. Ayers had previously been a roommate of Terry Robbins, a fellow militant who was killed in 1970 along with Ayers' girlfriend Oughton and one other member in the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion, while constructing anti-personnel bombs intended for a non-commissioned officer dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey.[11] Ayers was living in Michigan at that time.
By the end of April, the FBI offices were to terminate all files dealing with leftist groups.[31] The files were a part of an FBI program called COINTELPRO.[32] However, after COINTELPRO was dissolved in 1971 by J. Edgar Hoover,[33] the FBI continued its counterintelligence on groups like the Weather Underground. In 1973, the FBI established the 'Special Target Information Development' program, where agents were sent undercover to penetrate the Weather Underground. Due to the illegal tactics of FBI agents involved with the program, government attorneys requested all weapons- and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground. The Weather Underground was no longer a fugitive organization and could turn themselves in with minimal charges against them.[34] en.wikipedia.org...-autogenerated1-33
What is that supposed to mean???
Originally posted by burntheships
Originally posted by eboyd
Where is your evidence??
Ayers escaped prosecution on procedural grounds. In the words of Ayers,
"Guilty as hell, free as a bird --
www.americanthinker.com...
Weather Underground Bombs the Capitol, Pentagon, and State Department
www.youtube.com...
By the end of April, the FBI offices were to terminate all files dealing with leftist groups.[31] The files were a part of an FBI program called COINTELPRO.[32] However, after COINTELPRO was dissolved in 1971 by J. Edgar Hoover,[33] the FBI continued its counterintelligence on groups like the Weather Underground. In 1973, the FBI established the 'Special Target Information Development' program, where agents were sent undercover to penetrate the Weather Underground. Due to the illegal tactics of FBI agents involved with the program, government attorneys requested all weapons- and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground. The Weather Underground was no longer a fugitive organization and could turn themselves in with minimal charges against them.[34] en.wikipedia.org...-autogenerated1-33
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