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In reply to the discussion: I will not apologize for suspecting those who advocate violence might be guilty of violence [View all]Maraya1969
(22,509 posts)116. It was done in Boston. On Patriot's Day - a day to celebrate The begining of the revolutionary war
which was started because of taxes levied on to Americans by the British. The Boston Tea party, (which happened very near to where the bombs went off) was a part of the rebellion by "revolutionaries" fighting against taxation, (without representation which the tea part of today fails to remember).
The radical right wings cries have been about taxes. Extremist Muslim militants don't give a rat's behind about us paying taxes and in fact they are probably happy that we have to pay them.
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I will not apologize for suspecting those who advocate violence might be guilty of violence [View all]
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
OP
They invite your suspicion because you want them to be the ones who did this.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#10
My "vehemence" stems from my impatience with disingenuous politicking in the OP.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#20
We bomb their cities and kill their people. They have at least enough motivation.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#31
I do consider Islamic terrorists suspects too. The style doesn't quite match, but who knows.
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#37
Please elaborate. What bad consequence will happen as a results of somebody publicly saying
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#50
Islamist Militants routinely use hydrogen peroxide bombs. This was a pressure cooker bomb.
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#108
Wait now. Let's apply what you just said to the people who kill abortion providers and the ones who
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#111
So when we find right-wing extremists who said we should bomb the Boston Marathon...
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#112
Just like the abortion place bombers don't make their plans out in the open neither did the people
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#115
Yes there is evidence that this is a home grown right winged anti-tax group or person.
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#110
It was done in Boston. On Patriot's Day - a day to celebrate The begining of the revolutionary war
Maraya1969
Apr 2013
#116
So Tea Partiers blew up a group of marathon spectators to protest taxes...
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#117
Militant Islamic terror organizations immediately claim credit for their acts of terror.
Ikonoklast
Apr 2013
#56
Anybody who thinks they know who committed this attack with zero evidence.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#12
"Thinks they know" and "suspects" are NOT the same thing, you know that, don't you?
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#14
You DON'T know the difference? OK, I'll explain it to you verrrry slowly.
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#22
Well, YES! Exactly! He DOES believe he might be wrong! Isn't that what rational people do?
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#33
No, he should not have stated supicion. You've finally figured out my point.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#40
I am afraid we are giving into to the very vitriol and self-assuredness that the right practices.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#58
it's not exactly rocket science: we have rw terrorists in this country
noiretextatique
Apr 2013
#126
He's right; you're wrong. He owes no one an apology, least of all the RW fascists
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#39
Is that the best you can do? Accuse me of supporting right-wing extremists?
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#101
Which is one of the main reasons that non-violent resistance is ultimately the only way out
99th_Monkey
Apr 2013
#6
Add anyone who talks about "second amendment solutions" when they lose elections.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#11
Is it OK for people to suspect groups that have declared a Jihad against the Great Satan,
Nye Bevan
Apr 2013
#17
But one group in particular associates themselves with the site of the Boston Tea Party
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
#67
But no good reason to be suspicious of any Islamist groups that have threatened violence...
Llewlladdwr
Apr 2013
#87
Notice DU's resident NRA defenders have swarmed your thread posting right-wing talking points, but
apocalypsehow
Apr 2013
#25
Am I a resident NRA defender? Or are you merely attempting to marginalize dissent?
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#29
You're extremely transparent. This country has seen far more terrorist attacks by
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#48
I am not blaming anyone for these attacks. The bottom line is we simply don't know.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#53
Speech that encourages violence is as bad as violence. Our speculation about
kestrel91316
Apr 2013
#85
I really don't care who or what you are. You are trying to divert attention from the extreme right.
firenewt
Apr 2013
#52
No apology necessary. Of course these whacko right wing extremist groups are prime suspects
quinnox
Apr 2013
#43
ANYONE could do a false flag & blame PO for a false flag. Or it could be an entirely 3rd thing trian
patrice
Apr 2013
#55
I reject violent rhetoric whether it comes from the left or right or anywhere in between.
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
#71
I don't so much object, as find it interesting, that you come to DU and sound like Alex Jones.
MH1
Apr 2013
#77
Speculation doesn't require anything, as long as it is acknowledged as speculation.
MH1
Apr 2013
#82
I'm guessing it is an essentially apolitical severely psychotic- James Holmes-Colorado Shooting
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#79
I personally am not too worried that the investigators will look the other way because of my post
Bjorn Against
Apr 2013
#120
of course, this kind of violence is a by a product of the gun culture no matter where it originated
bowens43
Apr 2013
#91
It's not just gun culture though. It's our overall culture of violence.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#96