Ayers Re-Defines Terrorism

"It's not terrorism because it doesn't target people, to kill or injure," Ayers said.


Terrorism (těr'ə-rĭz'əm) n. The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. - American Heritage Dictionary



It's bad enough that a so-called "distinguished" professor of education either doesn't know or unilaterally decides to redefine a simple word. He's also a pathological liar and a bad one at that.



Ask John Murtagh whether he felt terrorized at age nine when Ayer's group firebombed his home:

"Through the large windows overlooking the yard, all we could see was the bright glow of flames below. We didn’t leave our burning house for fear of who might be waiting outside. The same night, bombs were thrown at a police car in Manhattan and two military recruiting stations in Brooklyn. Sunlight, the next morning, revealed three sentences of blood-red graffiti on our sidewalk: FREE THE PANTHER 21; THE VIET CONG HAVE WON; KILL THE PIGS. "

For the next 18 months, I went to school in an unmarked police car. My mother, a schoolteacher, had plainclothes detectives waiting in the faculty lounge all day.

Would Ayers feel terrorized if someone were to firebomb his home or that of his children and grandchildren?



"... I never hurt or killed anyone," Ayers said.



Neither did Charles Manson. But I don't think he's going to be offered a teaching position anytime soon. And it's not as if Ayers didn't try. The fact is that this psychopath founded the Weather Underground and his group and its allies did hurt and kill people, while attempting to kill many more.

Kill all the rich people. ... Bring the revolution home. Kill your parents." - William Ayers


Ayers has nothing to say about his failed plot to kill hundreds at a Fort Dix dance. Thankfully, the bomb makers blew themselves to smithereens in Greenwich Village. One of those killed was Ayers girlfriend, Diana Oughton, and he seems to be as unbothered by that as I am.

Afterwards, Ayers said the bombs were intended to do serious damage: "tearing through windows and walls and, yes, people too."

There seems to be nothing this sociopath can't rationalize:

"What you call the violent past, that was a time when thousands of people were being murdered every month by our own government. ... We were on the right side," he told "GMA."

Oh well, if you say so! A lot of abortion clinics have been bombed by people who thought they were "on the right side". Is that OK too?

Ayers also admires RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan and mass murderers like Mao Zedong and Che Guevara. I guess genocide in the name of communist tyranny is alright in Ayers book. He certainly doesn't have a problem with the slaughter of millions in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos after he got his way.

Now Ayers wants to be thought of as just an old radical that wants to make money off of his book in the capitalist system he abhors. Indeed, all of his money comes from those he professes to hate. He and his psychotic wife are just regular folks now dontcha know:

"For the past few years, I have gone about my business, hanging out with my kids and, now, my grandchildren, taking care of our elders (they moved in as the kids moved out), going to work, teaching and writing."

Awww.... Isn't that sweet.

Too bad the people and families you and your buddies terrorized and killed have the memories of your childish brutality seared into their minds. Here's another word for you to redefine:

Treason n.1. The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. - Websters Dictionary

Had you and your wife committed your crimes during the Civil War, WWI or WWII, you most surely would have been executed as that is the penalty for treason. And let's not even think about how they treat traitors like you in the old USSR, China or Cuba.

It would be ironic if someone was as morally sure about your sedition as you were about your "enemies". They might feel that you still needed to pay a price. Not that I would condone such a thing. But I would certainly understand.