Can we mention the Ku Klux Klan, America's most 'renowned' rightwing organization, historically speaking,
and list every murder they committed under their banner as examples of 'assassinations'?
Now that PC has broadened the definition of what a president is, I feel that comparable degrees of loosening of definitions should be de rigueur in this thread.
Anyone want to argue that the KKK wasn't/isn't rightwing, and/or argue that they don't have a history of violence?
Comon, conservatives, your support for PC in this thread is conspicuously meager.
So did anyone make an argument that the KKK isn't rightwing?
Next question, has there every been an organization with the US that committed more violence than the KKK has in its history?
What does " every been an organization with the US" mean?
Does that mean 'within'? Oh.
Ya know, Carby...sometimes I get the sense that you are peeking in my window.
One of the books that I am currently studying is James Chace's "1912," which covers E.V.Debs, of the Socialist Party.
And, of course, his presidential campaign includes passages about the most violent organization in the US, the 'wobblies.'
Now, as an illiterate, you aren't aware of 'Big Bill' Haywood, and the International Workers of the World, and there isn't enough space to teach you, but...
1. "During its heyday before and for a decade after WWI, the IWW had a most unsavory reputation for violence."
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2. The Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) was a radical organization in the United States that was most active between the turn of the century and the 1930s. The Wobblies, as they were known, believed there must be radical changes in American capitalism to improve the oppressive conditions that workers faced. Many I.W.W. members believed in socialist or communist ideology and some advocated whatever means necessary to effect change, including sabotage and violence...
::: Centralia Massacre Collection :::
3. "Defining Sabotage
In 1914 the organization began to publish multiple-language editions of leaflets, newspapers and stickers that advocated sabotage. The term had been used to describe a range of tactics: striking, slowing down work, or even property destruction. Historians still debate what the I.W.W. meant by "sabotage."
Some believe that the I.W.W. advocated violence and assassination in their push for "direct action," while others believe the I.W.W.'s concept of sabotage was more innocent. In a famed sticker designed by Ralph Chapin, the image of a wooden shoe (sabot in Dutch, the root word for "sabotage") and an I.W.W. sun appear over a quote from William Haywood: "Sabotage means to push back, pull out or break off the fangs of Capitalism." Predictably, the I.W.W.'s sabotage resulted in supression. By 1917 some twenty states had adopted laws which criminalized acts of sabotage or violence with a political end."
American Experience | Emma Goldman | People & Events | PBS
4. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers.
Industrial Workers of the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now, let's be clear: this anti-capitalism union was left wing.
And, since I understand actual scholarly work is beyond you, I recommend the Dos Passos "U.S.A." Trilogy, which is excellent literature, and pretty good history. It covers the period.
But it is high school level, so you may not be ready for it.
