
pp is right there is no doubt about terrorist William Ayers political viewpoints, radical and deadly agenda, as well as his patronage of President Obama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxoiZdBSi-g |
Something I've learned in my time with crazy (really crazy) family and friend is that you can't apply reason to try to understand what was never reasonable in the first place.
If a man will shoot the president to try to impress an actress, then this guy could certainly have shot a congresswoman for an equally insane reason. It does not matter which way he leans. What has been said by Palin and Obama are not important. He would have found a reason, even if it was because his cat was telling him to do it. And, seriously, you guys are getting all frothed up because you think politicians need to be nicer to one another? The irony is killing me. |
Forty years from now, would you want people to dismiss Loughner's act the same way you've referred to Bill Ayers' actions as "a thing that happened forty years ago?" |
Whatever motivated him, I still think Palin should have used better language. She loves inciting and that's irresponsible considering the Tea Party whack jobs that follow her. |
You've made some excellent points. |
You are the last one on earth talking about Bill Ayers. If you have issues with the fact that he never went to trial, take it up with Nixon. That was his decision. I doubt he made it due to sentimental feelings for the guy's politics. |
You didn't answer the very straightforward question. And, no, I'm hardly the last one on earth talking about Bill Ayers. |
Gosh, looks as if others on this earth are talking about Bill Ayers. http://www.federalwaynews.net/2011/01/06/front-page/update-controversial-ex-activist-professor-# |
I'm not the person to whom you are addressing the question, but I'll be happy to answer it. The Weather Underground in general, and Bill Ayers in particular, tried to avoid injuring anyone. Their targets were property, not people. While it is often said that the Weather Underground planted a bomb that killed a police officer, the crime was never solved and nobody was ever charged. Hence, it's not clear who is responsible for that attack. Now, compare that to the attack on Giffords. The perpetrator is alleged to have walked up to her and fired point blank into her head. He then opened fire on others in the vicinity. That is a stark difference from the Weather Underground attacks. As such, no rational person would consider them to be equivalent. Regardless of the ferocity of the attack in Arizona, I fully expect that in forty years it will not be referred to as a "thing". Rather, it will have been completely forgotten. Had it not been for Republican efforts to tarnish Obama via Ayers, few people today would even remember the Weather Underground. |
You are either very young, very liberal, or very naive. I'm not going to take the time to list all that he did here in this post, but you have vastlly understated his past. I am old enough to remember! |
No, you really do have to take the time to list it out. Jeff is right. The Weather Underground was accused of one murder, and we have yet to see evidence that substantiates it. I think you talk a lot about Ayers, but you don't really know much about them other than what you can google. If you have evidence to prove the case, lay it out. The victim was Brian McDonnell, of the SFPD. The case was reopened and investigated a second time in 1999, but they never made an indictment. Alright now show us what your elderly mind remembers. |
Good research. Liberal violent talk is chilling. |
I'm old enough to remember that Democratic politicians weren't calling on liberals to "reload" or putting crosshairs over the pictures of Republican politicians or bank officials. You can debate all you want about the extremists. The truth is the people in the mainstream weren't using the same kind of violent rhetoric that Palin and people like her are using now. That is highly irresponsible. |
Bill Ayers attempted murder 4 nail bombs in a federal judges house while his family slept. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfEcZlO-APE&feature=related |
Yeah, liberals are known for clinging to guns /sarcasm |