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  - sriram_malhar 2y ago
    A the way we do that is to declare that someone is a communist (whether or not they are), then equate communism to terrorism, then treat it with McCarthyism or Napalm.
  - tsimionescu 2y ago
    ...with rights for all workers that today it would be unthinkable to even question? Or worse, women's suffrage? Or rights for people of color? There's no such thing as a (successful) social movement that doesn't employ some amount of violence - the police and the state more generally simply won't allow it.
  - malcolmgreaves 2y ago
    I see you don’t understand what communism means. We’re talking about socialism here. Don’t let fear of what you haven’t bothered to learn rule your life.
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- dang 2y ago
  It's not ok to post political or ideological flamewar comments to HN, regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. Both of your posts to this thread (this one and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43857366 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43857366) have broken the site guidelines. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
  - amarcheschi 2y ago
    That's fair
parpfish 2y ago
Then you better not watch any fireworks on Independence Day either
- brickfaced 2y ago
  Comparing the American Revolution to random anarchist terrorists throwing bombs into crowds is... certainly something.
  - ebiester 2y ago
    The founding fathers would have been called terrorists today by the British. Past the Boston Tea Party, the Green Mountain Boys is a pretty good example. "The Green Mountain Boys stopped sheriffs from enforcing New York laws and terrorized settlers who had New York grants, burning buildings, stealing cattle, and administering occasional floggings with birch rods." - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Green-Mountain-Boys https://www.britannica.com/topic/Green-Mountain-Boys
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- sriram_malhar 2y ago
  A the way we do that is to declare that someone is a communist (whether or not they are), then equate communism to terrorism, then treat it with McCarthyism or Napalm.
- tsimionescu 2y ago
  ...with rights for all workers that today it would be unthinkable to even question? Or worse, women's suffrage? Or rights for people of color? There's no such thing as a (successful) social movement that doesn't employ some amount of violence - the police and the state more generally simply won't allow it.
- malcolmgreaves 2y ago
  I see you don’t understand what communism means. We’re talking about socialism here. Don’t let fear of what you haven’t bothered to learn rule your life.
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dang 2y ago
It's not ok to post political or ideological flamewar comments to HN, regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. Both of your posts to this thread (this one and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43857366 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43857366) have broken the site guidelines. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- amarcheschi 2y ago
  That's fair

parpfish 2y ago

Then you better not watch any fireworks on Independence Day either

brickfaced 2y ago
Comparing the American Revolution to random anarchist terrorists throwing bombs into crowds is... certainly something.
- ebiester 2y ago
  The founding fathers would have been called terrorists today by the British. Past the Boston Tea Party, the Green Mountain Boys is a pretty good example. "The Green Mountain Boys stopped sheriffs from enforcing New York laws and terrorized settlers who had New York grants, burning buildings, stealing cattle, and administering occasional floggings with birch rods." - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Green-Mountain-Boys https://www.britannica.com/topic/Green-Mountain-Boys

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