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Monday, November 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Bill Ayers talks back

Sarah Palin called him a terrorist, Barack Obama called him an acquaintance. A Salon editor who knew Ayers back when talks to the ex-Weather Underground member turned Republican talking point.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Sunday, November 16, 2008 08:55 PM

    Bill Ayers

    Terror (from Merriam Webster Online): violent or destructive acts (as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands

    ter·ror·ism

    Pronunciation:

    ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm

    Function:

    noun

    Date:

    1795

    : the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion

    If setting off bombs in government buildings isn't terrorism, and being the guy in charge of ordering people to do isn't a terrorist, then what and who on earth is?

    Can't everybody be wrong? The people who ordered a bad war in Vietnam, and the people who chose to fight it by setting off bombs in buildings?

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