daveman
Diamond Member
You lefties sure do love your terrorists.Ayers is nothing more than a murdering anti-American socialist
Incorrect. Actually, the only one of those three that IS correct about him is "socialist." At least it used to be. If you had added "criminal" and "terrorist" and "violent ex-revolutionary," I would also have to agree with those. But he is neither a murderer nor anti-American.
And in any case, he is certainly not "nothing more" than his crimes. He is also a community organizer, an activist (peaceful these days) for progressive causes, a humanitarian. Arguably, he should have gone to prison for conspiracy to destroy property and endanger lives; he did not due to malfeasance by the prosecution, and cannot be prosecuted again due to double jeopardy rules. But what he should not be, is dismissed in his opinions merely because he has in the past done things we should not approve of. The fact that he has expressed support for OWS does not in any way indict that movement. It would be surprising if he did not express support for the first large-scale grass-roots movement on the left since the 1960s.
I already posted a link to the manifesto from the NYC General Assembly's web site, for those who don't want to listen to Olbermann or visit Ayers' site, but here it is again (this is more "official" than Olbermann or Ayers anyway): Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | NYC General Assembly