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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:34 PM Original message |
Have there been any Liberal American terrorists in this country? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. who shot George Wallace? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. John Brown, maybe? |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. This was the first name that came to my mind as well. |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Weather Underground....n/t |
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Bitter Cup (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I was thinking about Weather Underground as well but |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Not surprisingly, it didn't last long. |
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William Seger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. They were communists, not Liberals |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. They were certainly far-left... |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Weather Underground |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yeah, but the Weathermen never killed anybody n/t |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. But they were violent... |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Is someone dying a qualification for being deemed a terrorist? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Course not. My point is... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
96. Pretty much. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Except themselves, that is. |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. What did they do again? |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. ... |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. An SDS splinter group |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Wasn't Patti Davis a member? |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
79. I don't believe so. |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
80. Are you thinking of Patti Hearst and the SLA??? n/t |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. No.. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Oh, right, Patti Davis. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
94. Funny how they went down the memory hole. |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ted Bundy campaigned for the Republican Party |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wasn't the unabomber a leftist? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No, the unabomber was a kook. ... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. What elements of the Unabomber's beliefs would you call "leftist"? |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. He was in an ideology all of his own making |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Thanks for that... |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. The unabomber was an Ayn Rand style Libertarian. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. Jesus Christ, no. In fact, in his famous manifesto |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
89. the unabomber's politics were in the theater of the absurd |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. all of us |
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nagant_m44 (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:41 PM Original message |
think back |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. anarchy is not liberal |
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dicknbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:41 PM Original message |
Well I am sure King George III thought there were a few Liberal errrorists |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. The SLA, various extreme animal rights orgs. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. The SLA was not liberal by any means |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Symbionese Liberation Army |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. OK I agree with that one ! |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. yeah, that's another one... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Nope, not Liberal at all |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. You are right....not Liberal, but Leftist...... |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. There's the SLA, the ones who kidnapped Patty Hearst |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. See post#48 |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Okay, but what about the Ecumenical Liberation Army? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Errrr.... they are Commie Pinkos..... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
90. lol |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, but we called it The American Revolution |
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The Deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Liberals Don't Shoot People |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. MY POINT exactly ! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. You got that right... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Exactamundo |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Sons of Liberty, John Brown, IWW, Joe Hill, SLA, UMW, |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
67. the unions typically didn't start the "terrorism" it was more like |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think SDS was considered so |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think Oswald was considered a leftist? |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Oswald ID'ed himself as a pro-Castro Marxist-Leninist |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. and John Wilkes Booth.....killer of Lincoln |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. RATF and BLA |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. The Columbine kids were fucked up...but that |
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boolean (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. Osama Bin Laden is a religious CONSERVATIVE |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Americans only... this time |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. Well, our terrorists, or revolutionaries if you wish tend to lean |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. Whats the group that... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Rummy calls them terrorists, but I don't see how torching a few |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Destroying property isn't liberal IMHO. n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. I'm not saying it is - they aren't liberal, they are radicals. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Anytime you do a violent act for revenge, which is what this is, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I see what you are saying, but the fact remains that if the intent is |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Blowing up someones property, who is legally trying to make |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. they committed the second worst possible sin |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Here's a Mother Jones article about both groups that |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Interesting article |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. No, but out of frustration, I'm beginning to think |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I know what you mean..... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
59. Leon Czolgosz |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
60. That rudolph guy who I'm betting wasn't |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
64. Oswald was a leftist. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Oswald left this country to go live in a totalitarian country |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. No-one said the Soviet Union WAS a workers' paradise. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Words to obsfucate the truth. There was nothing left wing about |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Arguing about whether or not it's 'true communism' is pointless; |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Yes, but it was not practiced as a leftist ideology especially |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Actually, it isn't, because the words DO have some meaning. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. I think you pretty much nailed it..... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. I can go along with your assessment. n/t |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #64 |
91. Umm, did you miss the CIA press release earlier this year? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
66. Just individuals, or can states use terror too? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Germany was a terrorist state under Hitler just as we are |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. Whats the difference between leftist and liberal? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. They used to be but since we got all the disappointed |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. Not exactly |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #85 |
98. What he said, plus... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #71 |
97. leftist is a broader term |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
86. The Tea Party guys? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. I wouldn't consider that terrorism... |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. Boston Tea Party. They were anti-coporate from the get-go n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
92. one personal hero of mine and fellow Virginian |
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