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sophia_sadek in talk_politics

The Myth of Left Wing Terrorism

Jul 14, 2011 08:32

This week in San Francisco, a small group of activists staged an action of civil disobedience in reaction to the shooting deaths of Charles Blair Hill and Oscar Grant by BART police. They disrupted commuter traffic on the transit system and prompted police to temporarily shut down some stations. This might be considered an act of terrorism, but ( Read more... )

leftism, activism, violence

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underlankers July 14 2011, 15:54:41 UTC

Yes, these days the only really violent ones are the eco-terrorists who do things like hostage-taking and firebombing research labs. 1991 pretty much killed communism dead, though in 30 years we'll probably see commie relics like the periodic busts of latter-day fascist terrorists before they kill people in great numbers.

Domestic terrorism if anything in the USA has been a bipartisan thing. Right-Wingers just happen to be the ones who intend to kill people as opposed to blowing shit up. The worst acts of domestic terrorism, at Harper's Ferry, in Times Square, they have been left-wing. Domestic terrorism is not something either side has a monopoly on. There will always be murderous sonsobitches who try to make names for themselves in the OBL fashion, some of whom are US citizens doing that to other US citizens.

Victims of... sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 16:04:10 UTC

... the Klan and the Murrah building bombing may disagree with your characterization of leftest terror as the worst.

Re: Victims of... sandwichwarrior July 14 2011, 19:11:24 UTC

All that means is that the right-wingers tend to be better at handling guns and explosives.

You also seem to be convieniently Ignoring folks like ALF/ELF, Ted Kaczynski, James Lee, and the inumerable riots that follow every WTO or G8 meeting.

Re: Victims of... sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 20:17:22 UTC

Agents of reaction, one and all.

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rasilio July 14 2011, 15:56:16 UTC

Neural wave weaponry?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

yeah right, the only neural wave weaponry in existence has been around longer than the human race and only works on about 2/3rds of the species, a pair of bouncing boobies.

Good point. sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 16:06:32 UTC

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Re: Good point. htpcl July 14 2011, 16:12:23 UTC

That's the first thing I thought about, too!

Re: Good point. telemann July 14 2011, 16:51:52 UTC

lol.

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What constitutes... sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 16:40:07 UTC

... an authentic leftist?

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Re: What constitutes... sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 22:20:33 UTC

Not for me, I am sure, since without tear ducts, he cannot weep.

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thies July 14 2011, 16:46:50 UTC

destruction of capitalistic symbols, usually under the banner of general protests organized by leftist organizations, seems quite common and internationally wide spread. While usually not advancing to bodily harm of opponents (although police officers tend to get beaten up to some degree) I think it can be considered terrorism.

Sounds... sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 16:57:13 UTC

... pretty reactionary to me.

Re: Sounds... thies July 14 2011, 17:02:05 UTC

I bet if you'd ask the perpetrators there will be opposition to that label.

Re: Sounds... sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 17:06:54 UTC

Yeah, they would probably threaten to lynch me if I did not retract the statement.

dark_weezing July 14 2011, 20:02:59 UTC

I think David Guy McKay and Bradley Neil Crowder would qualify, considering their plans to bomb the RNC convention in 2008. And as a non-threatening version, Code Pink almost succeeded in storming the stage when Sarah Palin was doing her famous speech ( ... )

Code Pink... sophia_sadek July 14 2011, 20:19:42 UTC

... comes closest to the theatrical actions of the sixties, but most of them were teens or young adults at that time. They are also the least terrifying of them all.

Re: Code Pink... dark_weezing July 14 2011, 20:35:08 UTC

I'll certainly concede that they have become irrelevant by themselves. However, would you say the same thing if the right-wing equivalent of CP (if there is one) had done any of the same things? Just asking.

Frankly, I didn't even know Code Pink or the two bombers did what they did until two years later. Whereas, if the reverse occurred, well, I'm sure I'd hear about it. And to be condemned on both sides, as it ought to be.

Re: Code Pink... sophia_sadek July 15 2011, 00:32:14 UTC

The right wing equivalent of Code Pink likes to get drunk and shoot off guns at beer cans in the woods. They don't do flamboyant things because booze and bullets are flamboyant enough.