Occupy Cleveland Terrorists

Remember when Congresswoman Giffords was shot by a crazy man and President Obama strongly implied that this had happened because of the hate speech of Republicans like Sarah Palin?  It turned out that the crazy was in no way associated with Conservatives, Republicans, or the Tea Party.  No, he was just a nut.  By the time it was determined he was just a nut, the story had already spread far and wide that it was Republican hate speech that led him to shoot a Democrat Congresswoman.  Nevermind the Republican judge who was killed.  Corrections were not spread as far or wide.

Last year, several men came into contact with each other during their time at the Occupy Wall Street rallies held in Cleveland.  This small band of brothers who took to the street to decry the greed of Wall Street and the One Percent went on to plot mayhem.  Their plot evolved from vandalism to something more grand: they would demolish a 4-lane bridge with C-4 explosives.  Luckily for the citizens of Cleveland, the perpetrators were less than bright.  One could even make the argument that the FBI informant within the group nudged them toward a more destructive plot.

These fellows have clear ties to the OWS movement and yet I have not heard the President denounce OWS rhetoric for producing them.  An Occupy spokesman said the five had attended events but weren't affiliated with OWS.  And that ends the story?  I recall a lot of Republicans and Conservatives saying the Tucson shooter was in no way affiliated with them but he was continually linked to Sarah Palin's "Targeting" of Ms. Gifford's district.  Yet there really was NO link.  Here there is a definite link but it shouldn't reflect badly on OWS.

From the slant on these events, it would appear that violent crazies are assumed to be right-wingers.  But, as soon as it is discovered that they are not right-wingers - as inevitably happens, the story is dropped.  Because everyone knows that violence cannot be inspired by what leftists say.  The demonization of the 'One Percenters' or 'Big Oil' or Wall Street doesn't inspire actions like the Cleveland Five.  Encouraging class warfare is not hate speech.  Democrats are all about peace and love.  We should coexist, except for the Republicans who - according to President Obama - need to sit in the back and not do any talking.