I did read what you said, which is why I responded the way I did. You seemed to be saying, "well the left is hypocritical too". And I agree, it can be. But my point was that there are instances of a behavior on each side does not mean that the total or even preponderance of the behavior is equal on both sides. That's the false equivocation which is what I was describing.
Saying, "doesn't hold a monopoly" is an easy way to make people think "oh, they both do it so they must be equally guilty" which I think is patently false. And as for the targeting of "liberal" groups, that wasn't what the 2001 report was about. That was about the ALF and ELF and they definitely deserve to be watched. They threaten and carry out violent acts. Mostly property crimes but they certainly threaten people as well. I heartily endorse the monitoring of left-wing hate groups just like I do right-wing ones. Violent, extremist groups should be paid attention to regardless of political leanings. Judah On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > Its kind of funny that you and Larry are rushing to defend the 'left' from > what I said. Re-read what I wrote. > Larry made a generalized comment about extreme right wing hypocrisy. I was > merely pointing out that the extreme left can be equally as hypocritical. I > never stated that it was the case in this particular issue - just in general > neither is innocnet nor holds a monoploy on being hypocritical. > . > That being said, why was it a bad thing to target liberal groups this way, > but when the same methods target conservative groups its 'ok' or they are > 'getting what they deserve'? All I have seen from our liberal friends on > this list is how the 'right wing' groups are getting what they asked for. If > it was wrong for liberal groups to be targeted this way, it is wrong for > conservative (or any other type of) groups to be targeted this way as well. > > Let's be consistent in our outrage and not our hypocrisy. > > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are > willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295130 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
