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Originally Posted by spence
Agree, there's a lot that you don't seem to get.
First...what's the point of this thread? How long has this information been fermenting in your belly such that you just had to get it out?
Kathy Boudin was sent to prison and served her term for being an accomplice to a theft that turned violent. What ever happened to a debt to society being paid in full?
I don't believe Bill Ayers was ever convicted of murder or terrorism. Certainly he was a radical back then, but did his actions ever actually kill anyone? I'd think to be a murderer you'd have to have killed someone. Also, it's worth noting that his actions weren't motivated by a hatred for America...it was what they saw as our complicit engagement in an unconscionable war. Had he been targeting abortion clinics you'd be spinning the other way.
Ayers wasn't Obama's political mentor, that's been debunked as an election year myth.
Mumai Abu-Jamal didn't speak at Wesleyan "The same Wesleyan where Antonin Scalia was heckled and had condoms thrown at him", he was invited to speak at The Evergreen State College. He wasn't chosen by the college, he was chosen by the GRADUATING CLASS of 1999 no less! While I can't say if he's guilty or innocent it does appear there's a significant amount of information that contests he had a fair trial.
Interestingly enough all three people share a common thread, regardless of their history they all appear pretty intelligent and have moved forward to share their experiences and help others.
As usual Jim, you've gotten pretty much every aspect of your post wrong...worse...that you casually throw out the T word without any real regard for context or meaning speaks volumes.
-spence
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"it's worth noting that his (Ayers') actions weren't motivated by a hatred for America"
So what motivated him? It wasn't a desire to lead a violent revolt against the feds? .
"Had he (Ayers) been targeting abortion clinics you'd be spinning the other way"
Also stupid and demonstrably false. I have said many times that those who bomb abortion clinics are clearly terrorists.
I look at things objectively Spence. It is you, not me, who is completely, 100% blinded by ideology.