Which came first? Radical teachers who create radical students, or leftist students influencing malleable teachers (who we assume were radicalized by leftists in teachers' colleges? TD
"Democrats are rallying around Hasan Piker and Graham Platner, who both have called for violence and who have been open about being revolutionary communists (although Platner is now disputing that he remains one). Luigi Mangione is a hero." . . .
"It's no longer in the public consciousness, but domestic terrorism was very much a thing in the United States and Europe during the 1960s and 1970s.
"There is no one hard count, but in those two decades, about 20,000 bombings happened in the United States, with actual revolutionary groups trying to overthrow the United States government.
"They failed, of course. But domestic terrorism was very much a thing, and a significant fraction of our cultural elite were at least somewhat supportive. That's one of the reasons the working class started moving rightward, alongside crime, cultural, and economic issues.
"The radicalization of the left in recent years has already inspired riots and assassinations (sound familiar?), and it is quite possible that a new wave, hopefully not as widespread, of domestic terror will be unleashed.
"Radical groups are gearing up for it already, feeling that the wind is at their back, unifying around racial issues and the Palestinian "cause.". . . More...
David Strom is a reformed academic, which means he has a modicum of common sense. He has been a political and policy advisor as well as a speechwriter in 3 gubernatorial campaigns, several Congressional campaigns, and a US Senate campaign. He has also advised numerous state legislative candidates on policy issues. Over the past 25 years he still hasn’t figured out that Minnesota is a terrible place to be a conservative
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