Keep reminding people about The Weathermen...

If they want to remind people about a time in this country when people did more than vote with their remote, then fine...

Thanks, but no thanks.

I was alive, but not old enough to understand. Obama was alive but not old enough to understand.

I cringed at first when I hear the Weather Underground (not "The Weathermen", btw) brought up. Until they start explaining that they were anti-war protesters fed up with the the lies regarding the Viet Nam war. I wonder how many people actually resonate with that instead of being repulsed? I mean, I'm not advocating violence. But there is a time and place for everything. Ayers turned out to be a respectable educator and advocate. Without being hunted down and smoked out, like W would have us believe is the only way to deal with "terrorists." Gosh, imagine that...when the United States stopped it's criminal activity in Viet Nam, Ayers went out an got a real job and "terrorism" behind. Imagine that. Imagine that.

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And without the benefit of a change of President.

We remember it, we get it.

Imagine if this war was fought by draftees, and 50,000 of them were dead. Then judge (I don't mean Atman, but those who do). It took guts to fight that. It doesn't mean every tactic was right, but the motive was right and the times were desperate.

Nixon was, after all, the beginning of the counter-revolution sprung from assassinations. The CR we haven't quite ended yet.


* edit to make clear I agree with you, Atman.

at the time. I was more on the peaceable end of the spectrum, but I sure understood where they were coming from. There was a lot of anger ... I had a friend who blew up some police cars in San Francisco.

There are probably about seven people here who would get it.

Tom

Goin' Out of My Head-- Little Anthony and the Imperials
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You-- Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

I remember when both of those songs came out, but for the life of me I can't picture any relation of either to "weathermen".

I also knew who did those songs.

But Bluebear was hitting the humor button, there.

I think he was channeling The Lettermen.

I always wondered why I seemed to associate those two songs with each other :dunce:

:shrug:

so maybe we should not consider maccain as a war hero, but a war criminal.

well, the republicans want to get tough. the voters should get tough on them also.

But for what it's worth, I agree with you.

i think that is the best.

and the fight was long and hard. I remember going to one meeting and leaving with great sadness after learning the philosophy. Unless you were there, it's impossible to comprehend how surrounded by death we all were, brothers, lovers, friends. We were bombing rice farmers to protect ameriKa from communism, and governors were using our own national guard against us. Ohio state was a turning point. The Weathermen were radicals, but it really was a radical time. It was back then "they" realized the revolution must never be televised.

May 4, 1970.

The song always gets in my way. Four Dead in Ohio.

I rented a bunch of anti-war documentaries, and The Weathermen was something that popped up in the search. I'm sure I must be pegged as one of them now that I've Netflixed the DVD;)

What they did went too far... it's like killing doctors and bombing abortion clinics because you oppose abortion. What they did was as bad as the war they were protesting; it makes no sense to me. I understand the frustration and the passion though.

I've sat on committees... a lot of committees... and I've never once inquired as to the background of my fellow committee members. I just don't get why this is a big deal. Wait... it's not.

We shouldn't be doing McCain's dirty work.

If you want to repeat something, try "Keating! Keating! Keating!!!"

AFAIK the Weathermen never killed or injured anyone. As a matter of fact it was the Weathermen who were injured -- by the police.

--IMM

That was a mass movement compared to the Weather Underground which in reality was a small narcissistic group which neither sought nor had any support.

--IMM