Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/30/10-bizarre-facts-about-the-symbionese-liberation-army.html
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#5 will blow your mind!
I hope this listical experiment dies a quick death. It’s a fascist insect preying on the attention of the reader.
Because those are so incompatible. /s
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“The SLA’s motto, “Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people,” is one of the most over-the-top slogans in revolutionary history.”
To be fair, they were talking specifically about a neo-Nazi vampire mantis.
It just shows how hard they had to work to fuck it up that much.
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I just finished reading Jeffrey Toobin’s book on Patty, American Heiress: one odd thing is some well known people crossed paths with members of the SLA or with associates of the members:
one of them was the recently deceased Bill Walton:
[https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-walton-activism/](https://Bill Walton Activism)
Two others were Jane Pauley and Kevin Kline, who were attending Indiana State University with Angela Atwood:
https://www.removepaywall.com/https:/www.mercurynews.com/2016/07/29/six-degrees-of-patty-hearst-ronald-reagan-jane-pauley-jim-jones-and-more
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≠ “criminality”
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Hm. Listicle that documents a bizarre “revolutionary” group while belittling a lot of actual laudable goals, with a byline referencing Ayn Rand. Bizarre indeed.
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I grew up in the Bay Area and this all went down when I was about ten years old. I was fascinated by all of it. I have one of the actual wanted posters with “Tania” and the other two framed in my house.
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Not too keen on the idea that it’s “ironic” if middle class kids demand justice for the oppressed. As a white middle class kid, what am I supposed to do instead?
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It’s unfortunate how often the below is relevant to someone’s hot take on who is qualified to attempt to engage in reform.
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It also ignores and silences the liminal class, the ones who have experienced struggle and hardship but also had opportunities that weren’t available to the impoverished.
It’s a reminder that the working classes should not be seen or heard, because the rich and powerful might feel shame for what they are doing.
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@CoffeeStar @libelle @MrShiv @OhHai all making good points about how this AI-generated? listicle content is not good! Boo to this new drivel!
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