Left-Wing Behavior (Harju's Predictions)

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In the 1960's, anti-war protesters had the rather ugly habit of sending hate-mail to the families of those killed or made prisoner by the North Vietnamese.

They also dropped, shall we say, smelly objects from the Golden Gate Bridge onto Navy ships passing below.

They also "greeted" returning GIs by spitting on them in airports such as SFO.

The left wing denied that any such events ever took place.

My point (and prediction): Anti-war left-wingers will use the Internet to heap abuse on the families of service members. They've done it before, and it's never been more convenient.

However, this time, there will be a record of it.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[mountainman 0]

Then I think we should allow the GI's to bring their guns with them and giver permission to "shoot" back.

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[PhillyKev 0]

Yeah...they were walking down the street last night and asking everyone if they were registered democrat or republican. They were giving all the democrats rotten eggs to throw at people in uniform. It's great in the big cities where there are large concentrations of left wingers. We all get together and lynch cops every couple of weeks too.

In the 1960's right-wingers called asian's gooks and discriminated against them because they were of the same race as the enemy. I predict that right wingers will now post threads on bbs that stereotype and generalize all those with non-conservative beliefs as anti-american and call arabs ragheads.

[PhreeZone 20]

I think your refering to the FAAAAAAAAAAR Left wing people. I think there are some people SOOOOOOO far to the right that they destroy the property of people that are in the news as being different from them. Both sides have nuts, thankfully the nuts are few and far between.

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Both sides have nuts, thankfully the nuts are few and far between.

The ones I'm concerned about are those who would target the families of service personnel killed, wounded or captured in the coming fight by sending them hate mail. It happened before. The left wing hasn't gotten any better since then.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

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So you deny that such things happened in the 60's?

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[skreamer 1]

So Mark, who really did shoot JFK?

Was it the liberals?

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Nope. One nut with a rifle.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

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Nope. One nut with a rifle.

Who bought him the rifle, was it Saddam Hussein?

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Nope. One nut with a rifle.

Who bought him the rifle, was it Saddam Hussein?

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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[skydyvr 0]

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So Mark, who really did shoot JFK?

Was it the liberals?

Yep, headed up by LBJ.

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[skreamer 1]

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My point exactly. Don't know which conspiracy theory makes less sense though, yours or mine...

[PhillyKev 0]

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So you deny that such things happened in the 60's?

I deny that those actions are attributable to "the left wing" as opposed to sick bastards.

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My point exactly. Don't know which conspiracy theory makes less sense though, yours or mine...

What happened to the families of Americans wounded, killed or captured in Vietnam is no "conspiracy theory". They were sent anonymous hate mail by spineless cowards. My prediction is that it will happen again, only it will be even easier to do this time, hence there will be more of it. I cannot predict to what extent it will be organized, if at all. As with Vietnam, there will probably be small cells of haters who will do the dirty work.

What this has to do with the JFK assassination is beyond me.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[wmw999 2,593]

markharju:
>>So you deny that such things happened in the 60's?
PhillyKev:
>I deny that those actions are attributable to "the >left wing" as opposed to sick bastards.

Well stated. Timothy McVeigh isn't typical of the right wing, either, is he?

Lots of people are susceptible to peer pressure (we call it herd mentality when they're grownups, but it's the same thing). Some are more on the left, some are more on the right, and some are just freaks of nature.

I'm sure some of those folks look back in shame on what they did. Just as I'm sure that some folks on both sides of the current war debate will look back in shame in the future. And each of you who says "not me!" well, fine. But neither you nor they constitute the entire "right wing" or "left wing."

Wendy W.

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Both sides have nuts, thankfully the nuts are few and far between.

While I can agree with public protest about policies you disagree with, I draw the line at violence.
I also draw the line at anonymous hate mail. If you lack the courage to sign your letters, you should shut the f**k up!
Spitting on returning soldiers is just perverse! Spitting causes far more problems than it solves.

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I am not judging or criticizing anyone (edit: with the exception of the "spineless cowards" remark in my earlier post) - I am making a prediction; it is an educated guess based upon historical considerations (in the US. In 50's France, left wingers threw rocks at the trains carrying wounded troops back from Indochina, so I guess we didn't have it so bad ) and the advent of technology which makes it a snap for a hater to attack the innocent from the convenience, security and anonymity of the Internet.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[PhillyKev 0]

I gotta tell you...it's disturbing how bigotted a lot of your posts come across. Between racial slurs and accusations against a group of hundreds of millions of people related to the actions of a small number of whackos.

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I gotta tell you...it's disturbing how bigotted a lot of your posts come across. Between racial slurs and accusations against a group of hundreds of millions of people related to the actions of a small number of whackos.

I beg your pardon, but I don't see a relationship between this thread and others I have made.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[billvon 3,121]

Here's a solution to the problem I'm sure you will agree with. Get them first! Don't let things like laws stop you from bringing "justice" to those scum.

[jraf 0]

It is extremely unwise to take it out on military personnel. They signed a contract and don't really have a choice but to perform their jub duties.

It would be very low to rub in in the faces of relatives of people who have perished or got hurt.

I will be the first one to criticize those who boast about killing people. It's not a reason to be happy.

jraf

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Here's a solution to the problem I'm sure you will agree with. Get them first! Don't let things like laws stop you from bringing "justice" to those scum.

Bill,

Once again, please read my first post, and subsequent posts. I am making a prediction, not an accusation. I further speculate that there may be some who, upon reading my original post, would be incensed by it. I respectfully submit that such a reaction is a form of denial. History tells a different story. I predict that it will happen; in fact, I would go so far as to say that it is inevitable.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[billvon 3,121]

>Once again, please read my first post, and subsequent posts. I
>am making a prediction, not an accusation.

Sorry, I made my point poorly. My point is not to refute your prediction, it is to add to it that there are extremists on both sides. I am sure some scum will mail nasty notes to servicemen. I am also sure some scum will beat up Americans who look like arabs (or even frenchmen) vandalize their homes, and come up with their equivalent of a swastika to symbolize hatred of all things arab. These people are better described as plain ol scum rather than right wing or left wing. They represent nothing that either 'wing' stands for.

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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - NOT!!!

It certainly isn't, given that conditions might very soon be much like the author of that poem experienced, and for all of us. The poem was bitter then, and quite fitting now.

But believe it or not, I'm not a warmonger. However, in previous posts, I raised the ire of some readers when I praised the AC-130U Gunship Video, among other things. I have also denounced radical fundamentalist moslems as "ragheads", and won the tsk-tsk of those concerned with political correctness.

However, I'm not warmongering with this thread - I am making a prediction. That there are people offended by my remarks and observations says more about them than about me.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

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>Once again, please read my first post, and subsequent posts. I
>am making a prediction, not an accusation.

Sorry, I made my point poorly. My point is not to refute your prediction, it is to add to it that there are extremists on both sides. I am sure some scum will mail nasty notes to servicemen. I am also sure some scum will beat up Americans who look like arabs (or even frenchmen) vandalize their homes, and come up with their equivalent of a swastika to symbolize hatred of all things arab. These people are better described as plain ol scum rather than right wing or left wing. They represent nothing that either 'wing' stands for.

Ditto. However, being somewhat of a centrist (in the past I have described myself as a conservative libertarian), I characterize the "wing" as being way out there, rather than within the pantheon of the majority of the body politic (disagreement on policy vis-a-vis Conservative versus Liberal), so perhaps I misused the "wing" phrase.

Perhaps we can agree upon characterization.

When someone says "Right Wing", I think of Rush Limbaugh (as a very vocal advocate of Conservative thought).

When someone says "Left Wing", I think of James Carville (as a very outspoken proponent of Liberal thought).

I don't think of John Kerry as "left-wing" even though he's a well-known Democrat.

I don't think of John McCain as "right wing", even though he's a well-known Republican.

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."