[hinckley buzzard]

I suspect the "young educated secular activists" were largely a phantom phenomenon in the imaginations of idiot liberals.

[r9etb]

I suspect the "young educated secular activists" were largely a phantom phenomenon in the imaginations of idiot liberals.

Oh, no, I'm sure there were some -- maybe even a lot of them. Just like there were in the Russian revolution.

The problem is that where revolutions are concerned, nice people with laudable motives are rarely a match for an organized group that is unafraid to use violence to achieve its goals.