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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I think the liberal view of terrorists as criminals also has something to do with liberals' sympathy for terrorists. Terrorists do what they do because they have no other options to fight those in power. Liberals live to challenge power structures. Its part of the definition of a classic liberal in this country. Liberals "understand" terrorists. In a queer way, they sympathize with a terrorist's struggle, even if they loath what the terrorist does.
The liberals are misguided. They miss the fact that this isn't a David v. Goliath thing. The terrorists are not fighting for righteous change - they just want to be in power, and be every bit as oppressive as the regimes they cry have oppressed them.
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I'm sure you'll get a lot of flack for posting this, but not from me. I have always maintained on here that there is a certain romantic notion to Bin Laden so that even prosperous, educated Muslims living in Western Nations secretly find the guy cool and admired his ability to "take down the towers." I think this anti-power/stick-it-to-the man thing is romantic to liberals, too and there could even be a gut level, fleeting empathy with terrorist acts (but not when the issues are fully analyzed).
