Posted on 10/28/2018 2:27:05 AM PDT by billorites
The arrest of Cesar Sayoc Jr. for the flurry of pipe bombs directed against liberal and left wing icons leaves many questions unanswered. It does seem to put to rest the conspiracy theory of a “false flag” operation organized by the hard left to demonize the hard right or the Trump administration. But we still do not know whether the pipe bombs were intended to kill or merely to frighten. The FBI has determined that these bombs were not hoax devices, but they have not disclosed whether they were capable of lethally exploding. Either way the perpetrator must be condemned in the strongest of terms and tried for serious crimes.
The entire episode brings back painful memories of the Weathermen and other radical left wing organizations that planted bombs in the 1970s. The Weathermen and other radical leftist groups targeted universities, army bases, police officers, banks, and other establishment places and people. The death toll was considerable, and the fear was palpable. At about the same time, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, and other radical leftist groups terrorized the United States. ADVERTISEMENT
So far no one has tried to glorify the arrested person responsible for the recent pipe bombs. Although President Trump has condemned the alleged perpetrator, it would not be surprising if some right wing extremists took perverse pleasure and pride in the attacks on the left wing icons. This is different from how some liberals glorified the Weathermen, Black Panthers, and other hard left terrorists. Left wing lawyers, who would never defend an accused right wing terrorist, rushed to represent these radical groups, while prominent liberals contributed to defense funds and attended fundraising parties. Films, books, plays, and articles sought to understand the motives of these young murderers.
Years later, Barack Obama befriended Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who had been active members of the Weathermen and supporters of violent terrorism. Both Ayers and Dohrn were invited to teach at well known American universities, as was Kathy Boudin, who had served a long prison term for participating in a terrorist inspired robbery that resulted in the deaths of two police officers and one armored guard and seriously injured another guard. It is difficult to imagine any American universities appointing a right wing terrorist, even one who had served time and claimed to be rehabilitated. It is fair to say that public attitudes held by some liberals were somewhat sympathetic to left wing terrorists.
Tragically, we have seen terrorism in the United States on both sides of the political spectrum. The Ku Klux Klan was a violent radical group with significant support from political figures and ordinary citizens. During the first decades of the 20th century, left wing anarchists planted bombs and engaged in other forms of violence that killed many innocent people. More recently, hard left violence was targeted at Republican lawmakers as they practiced for a charity baseball game, wounding several people, including Congressman Steve Scalise. A threatening letter claiming it contained ricin was sent to Senator Susan Collins because she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. These and other hard left threats have been directed against prominent Republican leaders.
The extreme right and the extreme left both have a penchant for lawlessness that fuels violence and terrorism. It is ahistorical to identify such terrorism only with either the hard right or the hard left, though partisans always seem to do that when it serves their own ideological interests. The hard right and the hard left share a distrust of dialogue, an intolerance toward those with whom they disagree, and a willingness to use despicable means to achieve what they believe are desirable ends.
All Americans should condemn terrorism, regardless of its source, but conservatives have a special obligation to condemn right wing terrorism, just as liberals have a special obligation to condemn left wing terrorism. No one should be given a pass. It is not that conservatives are responsible for right wing terrorism or that liberals are responsible for left wing terrorism. The point is that right wing terrorists often falsely claim to be acting on behalf of the conservative agenda. Similarly, left wing terrorists sometimes falsely claim to be acting on behalf of the liberal agenda. It is too easy for conservatives and liberals to condemn the other side.
Both sides have to disassociate themselves from violence on their side of the political spectrum. In the days to come, we will learn more about the alleged perpetrator and his motives. For now, it is enough to applaud law enforcement for the arrest, and for all decent Americans to avoid the temptation to seek partisan advantage from this frightening episode.
Dersh reverts to his partisan shillin’ type.
DeBlasio and Cuomo are milking this bomb scare for all its worth
Posted on 10/24/2018 1:09:53 PM by dead
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3699455/posts
Mysterious device sent to Cuomo was benign thumb drive
timesunion | Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | staff
Posted on 10/27/2018 1:46:46 PM by Brown Deer
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3700407/posts
Anti-Republican Trump Hater attacks synagogue
https://www.infowars.com/synagogue-shooter-disliked-trump-posted-i-did-not-vote-for-him/
Posted on 10/28/2018 1:11:05 AM by NotaLowTBoomer
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3700530/posts
Austin bomber, 8 packages, one deactivated, rest exploded. Two dead, six injured. And the Florida guy send 13 or 14, none of which explode. Makes you wonder!
No boom = Old news. Move along.
Never let a tragedy go to waste is the Dems calling card.
I wonder where that van was for the weeks before the arrest?
Why do I get the feeling that the investigators are playing with words
Funny how much information came out about this guy’s past except he was a lifelong demonicRAT until recently.
Seems a little early for dershowitz to be making this as yet invalid claim.
dershowitz fails to mention the klu klux klan is also a left wing terrorist organization.
The extreme right and the extreme left both have a penchant for lawlessness that fuels violence and terrorism.
Now doesn't that leave everyone's little blame-sharing hearts aglow?
But it does prove the public's consideration of the credibility of the theory is being taken seriously at the highest levels.
These were imitation bombs. I have read they were filled with sulfur, not with anything explosive. Are they burying this fact. What was in these non-functional bombs with bogus timers.
things that are not built to go KABOOM are not bombs. Dersh is this stupid?
liberal left wing ICONS! really? ICONS! really?
“terrorists often falsely claim to be acting on behalf of the conservative agenda”
Then tell people that Nazis are Socialists and therefore Democrats and tell them the truth. in the Republican Party there is no terrorism, we believe in Liberty Dersh.
The Union and the Republican Party won the Civil War, fought against Jim Crow and the Southern Democrats and passed the Civil Rights Act. Dems and Nazis tried to burn down my house in 1970 cuz im half black in their white Dem neighborhood, but ed virdolyak and the dems were never punished for that one Dersh.
And if i remember correctly, Dersh defended the Nasis who marched on my house. i was 3 years old when they set fire to the garage. tell me more dersh, tell me more you schmuck.
Gosh, I would IF I COULD FIND ANY.
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