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I don't know what is in your heart, but that is what you said? Lots of counter culture groups of the 60's were committing acts of terrorism, including bombings
by ltbarcly3 4y ago
I don't know what is in your heart, but that is what you said? Lots of counter culture groups of the 60's were committing acts of terrorism, including bombings and kidnappings. Lots of right wing groups now are nothing more than political organizing. And vice versa. The way you said it, you didn't differentiate between 60's terrorist groups and modern peaceful right wing political groups.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoGreat job missing the point. The point is that the role of the FBI has to be considered on a case by case basis. They are neither the good/bad guys because they infiltrated the Weather Underground or SDS in the 60s, and they are not the good/bad guys because they are infiltrating right wing groups today. Likewise, just because Hoover used them for his own personal vendettas - incontrovertibly - doesn't make them a priori the good or the bad guys. The same is true in reverse: none of the groups are a priori the good or bad guys because they've been investigated or infiltrated by the FBI. BTW, the vast majority of the organizations the FBI infiltrated between 1963 and 1976 were non-violent and dedicated to peace.
- ltbarcly3 4y agoNo, I'm not missing the point. You can try to add nuance now, and you can claim you always meant that nuance, but that's what you said.