More from Saul Alinsky’s “Reveille for Radicals”:
The radical recognizes that contant dissension and conflict is and has been the fire under the boiler of democracy. He firmly believes in that brave saying of brave people, “Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!”* The radical may resort to the sword but when he does he is not filled with hatred against those individuals whom he attacks. He hates these individuals not as persons but as symbols representing ideas or interests which he believes to be inimical to the welfare of the people. This is the reason why radicals, although frequently they have embarked upon revolutions, have rarely resorted to personal terrorism.
This is simply amazing–the amount of koolaid people like Bill Ayers, lovers of all sweaty humanity, have been drinking! Two days ago Laura Ingraham (talk radio host) had on a young man who confronted Ayers recently with a question. The brave (in the den of political correctness) student, aspiring to have a career in the Navy, asked Ayers (speaking at Georgetown Univ.) if Ayers really meant to kill people like him when he planned the nail bomb attack at Ft. Dix. Ayers completely avoided the question. I guess his audience might have been stunned by what should have been his intellectually honest answer—‘yes, we wanted to kill you because you represent what we hate, no personal terrorism intended.’
Oh, one more thing, I was pleased to hear Rush Limbaugh educating his audience yesterday about the word “crisis” and how a crisis presents an opportunity for forcing “change” on the citizenry.
* In a quick look around on google, I found mention that this phrase was used by Emiliano Zapata in the Mexican Revolution of 1910, but I suspect it was probably around before then.