Bill Ayers was a hero.

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I expect this discussion to attract the same sheeple and group thinkers, and those who are blatantly unaware of how unintelligent they are. I expect the same pissing contest and link wars that always prolong my discussions, and say, "bring the drama on, right wing hypocrites." I am up at four in the morning, in an insomniatic stage thinking about this, and how awful people are. This is mostly in brainstorm mode, and not a formal discussion. It is mostly off the cuff, and I do admit I have more research to do on the subject content. (That is a disclaimer for those of you who want to engage in a link war). This is basically food for thought. I watched a very unbiased documentary called "The Weather Underground". I normally take notes on each movie I watch, and then do further research, but this is my kneejerk response, and then I will rewatch it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV7GSff4fIA Many people are absolutely firm in their assertion that Bill Ayers (out of all the members of the Weather Undergound) was a terrorist. They believe that because it makes for an awesome campaign slogan (ie, Palin's suggesting that Obama "pals around with terrorists"). Those who firmly believe Ayers was a terrorist are subject to the lemming/group think disorder, and are usually hypocrites. They don't educate themselves. They don't realize that the Weather Underground first engaged in as many peaceful protests, sit-ins, and marches as they could, that fell on deaf ears. This movie is an eye opener. It shows some glimpses of how horrid the Vietnam War was. It shows our military being ordered to attack civilians. It shows that each time the Weather Undergound set any explosions to any statues or landmarks/buildings, they first phoned in the location and advised to evacuate the place. How many people were told to evacuate Times Square by the alleged car bomber? Oh, none. How many people were told to evacuate the World Trade Centers by the alleged hijackers? Oh, none. How many people were given any warning by Timothy McVeigh (although it is theorized he was just a patsy), but you get my point. And, how many Vietnam civilians were warned about us coming to kill them? Terrorists don't give warnings to evacuate. They celebrate the death toll and the element of the unexpected attack. They don't express any remorse or regret in accidental deaths related to an explosion, as members of the Weather Underground did. From what I can tell, the only fatalities stemmed from a bomb going off accidentally. It was never intentional. They did things in retaliation to the carnage in the war, that only existed for profit, they did things in retalation to assassinations of civil rights leaders, and of ten year old children. They brought the Vietnam War home to us, so people could empathize, and not bury themselves in denial, or immerse themselves into their false realities: out of sight, out of mind. One of the members said something to the extent of "Violence is interpreted differently by different people. There is blatant and obvious violence, and then there is the violence perpetuated by continuing to obliviously live your white life, while inequality and injustice is happening in our own country, and while hell is happening abroad, per our government and corporate America's orders." That is not a direct quote, but watch the movie, and see for yourself what she said. I read what those opposing my views post. I watch all movies or videos they link to, and ask that you all do the same, to see things from a different perspective, prior to kneejerking your own canned response to me. I am going to be watching a movie about Hitler's assassination attempts done by his own people. I would not view those attempting to assassinate him as dissenters or committing treason. I would aptly call them "heroes". The newest saga is that someone stole the controversial cross off the place that commemmorates our war heroes. That cross was religiously segregational, and needed to be removed, but the courts did not rule appropriately. Those who died included members of different religions, and they should have been revered for sacrificing their lives for us, and not forced into an improper burial that opposes their religious views. Much like we need to repeal DODT, to show the troops that we genuinely support them, and don't try to mold them into a christian poster boy. There is a $25k reward for any info on those "thieves" that took the cross, but I don't view them as thieves, and don't think any jail time should be served. I view them as heroes, and they had no choice but to take justice in their own hands. The most ironic part about those who oppose Bill Ayers, or so-called "terrorism" is that they tend to fall in the Palin following group or the right wing. Palin and the right wing support the death penalty. We are one of few countries that execute minors and the mentally handicapped. If a minor is not cognisant or educated enough to sign a contract, how can there be any justification for their execution, rather than life imprisonment? I guess the truth is that money is at the root of all evil. Nixon kept Vietnam going to have an economical war, the US hired an assassin for John Lennon posing as an obsessed fan, because Lennon helped draw in opposition to the war. Our country has admitted to tapping Lennon's phones and investigating him, which goes to show that an assassination conspiracy theory is not far off. The Weather Underground had to retaliate to violence stemming from the war and the civil rights movements with explosions. It all begins with money, and the allegience between a dirty government and corporate America, and religion is always used to perpetuate anything to help rally the group thinkers to supporting the cruelty. It's just baffling that the machine still continues. It shows that the mechanism is firmly in place, with the world being run by the three amigos: Politics, Corporate Personhood, and Religion. Where the hell did humanity go? It can be found in Bill Ayers, a true hero.