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minus-squareoliveoil [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoOkay. But I think the FBI not shooting up bookclubs is not insightful. There were simply fewer and worse organized leftist groups - so the FBI not having visibly more action doesn’t mean that they’ve changed in behaviour.
minus-squareDamarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoYeah, they focused less on Leftist groups in the 90s because they had already destroyed all of the major leftist groups, not because they just chose to ignore them.
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s not what the comment said to begin with
minus-squareDamarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYou mean Darkcalling’s comment? If I meant this as a rebuttal of what they were saying, I would’ve commented replying to them. I was just trying to add to the conversation
Okay.
But I think the FBI not shooting up bookclubs is not insightful.
There were simply fewer and worse organized leftist groups - so the FBI not having visibly more action doesn’t mean that they’ve changed in behaviour.
Yeah, they focused less on Leftist groups in the 90s because they had already destroyed all of the major leftist groups, not because they just chose to ignore them.
That’s not what the comment said to begin with
You mean Darkcalling’s comment? If I meant this as a rebuttal of what they were saying, I would’ve commented replying to them.
I was just trying to add to the conversation