Reply #97: hey...being articulate isn't a requisite.

[nashville_brook]

i have to say tho...you'd do well to edit out mention of r'volution. it's one of the big DU no-nos...and that comes from way above Skinner, et al. That'll bring hurt down on any forum that allows it, and I doubt your post will last very long b/c of it.

I wanted to reach out tho, b/c while i dig the emotional appeal of what you wrote, i think you should seriously consider what it means to be a hero, and what it means to be a terrorist. not all cries for justice are equal...and heros act out of selflessness, rather than personal vendetta. this guy might have hit some notes that resonate, but does he really stand out as a "hero"? is he on the level of Rosa Parks, Norma Rae or any number of third world justice workers. heros act in the service of others...not for revenge for their retirement account.

I totally grok how someone could project their own frustrations onto this act and see some sort of heroism in it...but trust me...this isn't that.

rather, this is a serious tragedy that has an interesting/challenging postscript in Stack's suicide note. some of what he wrote about frustration and wanting justice, resonates with people on both sides of the American divide, and that's what's seriously challenging. Teabaggers are actually embracing him, and I say have at it. We don't need that tarbaby. He's doesn't speak for us. We don't need lone wolves. We need a real (boring!) labor movement. We need serious organization outside of the two-party system (again, attached to labor...or issues). Boring...but effective stuff.

This country doesn't need another bloody revolution. We need a real, boring organization of people work together for positive change.