I was a teenager when all this went down - I was wearing a black arm band when I was 13 on Vietnam Moratorium day, I supported the protesters, the whole nine yards. When Pol Pot started slaughtering his population, though, I wondered where the peace activists went. (Yes, it was reported, in the back pages of New York Times.) It was my first insight about the hypocrisy and venal nature of the Left. Ever since, I've felt callow and stupid for my shallow beliefs at the time. I still regret a lot of what I said back then. I have a feeling that a lot of us who were young and impressionable have been along this same road, too. Thanks for posting this article.
Ah, someone else who can use my favorite put-down for Marxists: "When I was 13 I was a Marxist. I outgrew it along with acne."
Don't feel too bad. We all regret stupid things we did when we were younger. I voted for Bob Dole once.