William Ayers - Fact and Fantasy

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Episodic Notoriety–Fact and Fantasy
Bill Ayers Blog

Day in and day out I go about my business, I hang out with my kids and my grandchildren, take care of the elders, I go to work, I teach and I write, I organize and I participate in the never-ending effort to build a powerful movement for peace and social justice; now and then (and unpredictably) I appear in the newspapers or on TV with a reference to my book Fugitive Days, a memoir of the revolutionary action and militant resistance to the Viet Nam War—the years of miracle and wonder—and some fantastic assertions about what I did, what I said, and what I believe. The other night, for example, I heard Sean Hannity tell Senator John McCain that I was an unrepentant terrorist who had written an article on September 11, 2001 extolling bombings against the U.S., and even advocating more terrorist bombs. Senator McCain couldn’t believe it, and neither could I.

My e-mail and my voice-mail filled up with hate, as happens, mostly men with too much time on their hands I imagined, all of them venting and sweating and breathing heavily, a few threats—“Watch out!”; “You deserve to be shot”; and from [e-mail], “I’m coming to get you and when I do, I’ll waterboard you”—all of it wildly uninformed. I’ve written a lot about the Viet Nam period, about politics, about schools and social justice, and I read and speak about all of it. I encourage people to argue, to agree or disagree, to discuss and struggle, to engage in conversation. I believe deeply in the pedagogical possibilities of dialogue—of listening with the possibility of being changed, and of speaking with the possibility of being heard—and I believe in revitalizing the public square, resisting the eclipse of the public and expanding the public space, searching for a more robust and participatory democracy. Talking to one another can help.

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[SoonerPride]

1. Well, clearly, anyone who associates with that crazy radical hates Amerikuh.

I mean, really.

:sarcasm:

[cali]

2. thanks for posting Professor Ayers thoughtful comments

and let me add that he's the Distinguished Professor of Education at U of I in Chicago, and an accepted member of society- at least in liberal circles, in that city. As is his wife, Bernadette.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Bill Ayers should say he's voting for McCain.

Just to fuck wit 'em.

[Adelante]

4. What a good idea nt

[Justitia]

6. LOL - Thanks for the only laugh I've had today. -eom

[Armstead]

5. I appreciate the intent......But let's remember that William Ayers is IRRELEVANT

He has nothing to do with this race, other than being distant friends with Obama through community ties in Chicago.

Whether he's a good guy or a schmuck is totally irrelevant.

Let's keep our eye on the prize.

[JackBeck]

7. Obama was 8 years old when Ayers joined Underground.

Which makes this all irrelevant.

[azmouse]

8. I just can't believe that they try to smear Obama

with things that he had nothing to do with and happened when he was a child.

Incredible.

Thanks for posting this.