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I dont (fully) want to be defensive about Hammond, after all in my original comment, I said that he strikes me as someone who would be OK turning violent if he
by torthrowaway123 12y ago
I dont (fully) want to be defensive about Hammond, after all in my original comment, I said that he strikes me as someone who would be OK turning violent if he thought justified.
But the examples you give are more like excited teenagers as terrorism. There's a big difference between planning an act of terrorism and planning to protest some little speech and a few of you turning slightly violent by throwing things.
You're right that my statement was probably technically inaccurate (although I don't know if there's evidence he was one of the ones who did anything more than "go there" regarding the holocaust denier, and the gay rights rally without knowing the details I'm just as inclined to assume police brutality as Hammond being violent). But in the context of my comment I was talking violence as relates to terrorism, not petty assaults.
- tptacek 12y agoSorry, you're one of several people on this thread who think I'm saying Hammond was a terrorist, which suggests that I didn't write very clearly. I don't think Hammond is a terrorist. I certainly don't think groups like Anonymous are terrorists, either. And I think the designation of anarchist groups as terrorists is hyperbolic.
- torthrowaway123 12y agoSorry we're both being unclear I guess - I didn't read into your comments that you have that view, I was just explaining that within my comment I was talking about terrorism as the context for violence, and thus ignoring petty acts like the ones you mentioned.