Reply #27: Agreed--can we even identify any left-wing extremists at this point?

[marions ghost]

Show me one. I can't think of any that have any real following today.

I don't actually remember much about the 60's. I guess there were a few left extremists around then (like the Weathermen maybe, were there any others?)--Yeah, McCarthy identified a few of those dangerous socialists before that. Seems that the Socialists had no effect on American politics. It was all about the Russians.

I say there are no left-wing extremists equivalent to the NeoCons.

Anyone care to refute this? Those with a sense of history, have we ever had any left-wing extremists that really got anywhere? (I don't consider those who worked for unions/workers rights extremists, nor for civil rights, nor womens rights. I think we'd all agree that those are mainstream concerns).

So WHY do we have this perennial myth that there are any extreme leftists left? Is it simply that the scary image of that rabid fire-breathing leftist has sold very well in these uncertain times?