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• Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:14 AM

  @BernieO

  Quoting from "I Was There":

  Ayers still brags that he is an anarchist/marxist and says openly that he feels he and his compatriots did not do enough. Just because he speaks in measured tones does not mean that he is not the same morally arrogant, despicable man he was back then. Any progressives/liberals that excuse his behavior are being conned. Again. The last thing we need is to align ourselved [sic] with these radicals.

  While I agree with your premise--that the Weather Underground may well have undermined what might have been a successful and peaceful peace movement--your final paragraph undermines your argument. Clearly, you did not read the interview.

  That is, it seems that you don't need any new facts because you've already made up your mind.

  I don't believe Ayers says or ever has said--openly or otherwise--that he feels that "they" didn't do enough. If you have evidence that shows this to be anything more than an oft-repeated misquote, originally published on 9/11/2001 for sensationalist reasons, please provide the evidence.

  BTW, I was there, too. I don't agree with the radical movements of the time, including the WU. I do recall clearly that it was a time of incomprehensible social upheaval. It is my opinion that the same thing is going on now, and has been going on since before 9/11/2001. The difference is that the media outlets are owned by those who have the power to suppress and to polarize.

  For evidence I submit the identities of the same players in the Bush administration, e.g., Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney, who has often repeated that he believes that he and his group should have done more during that time, in Viet Nam, and here in these United States.

  —Brad Eleven Read Brad Eleven's other letters
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