Yes, I hadn’t thought about it, but there does seem to be a parallel between Bill Ayers and Timothy McVeigh. It’s hard to say because I don’t what McVeigh was claiming as his incentive, because no one on the right hails him as a distinguished member of the community as the left does with Ayers and I don’t have any desire to examine McVeigh’s BS reasoning. No doubt that McVeigh had some insane, twisted rationale for his brand of terrorism that couched itself as a political opinion.
My opinion of the Weathermen’s political beliefs is that they appear to have been spoiled trustfund kids who ate too much of the brown acid. I don’t see any depth to Ayers arguments and opinions, just psychotic nonsense. It’s disturbing that Obama sees Ayers as a Mentor.
“It’s disturbing that Obama sees Ayers as a Mentor”
Indeed. My previous post had an assumption (hopefully shared by all people) that regardless of motivations, Timothy McVeigh was evil. Ayers is educated, polished, charming version of evil as far as I am concerned. That he is accepted by so many people, and not just Obama, as a normal member of society is disturbing.
I understand that young people can get infatuated with stupid ideas and do something really stupid. Then, after they recognize the stupidity (and hopefully it did not lead to too much damage), repent and atone, they can return to the society, IMHO. Ayers was never sorry. And he is a respectable educator and a professor. Boils the blood.