The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, October 26, 2018

What were his intentions?

Not a single one of the bombs went off.

Some are now saying that perhaps not all of them - perhaps not any of them? - even could actually have exploded, though they all contained the right ingredients.

And what if that was intentional?

What if he intended neither to kill nor even to harm, nor to actually frighten anyone at all, but only to register an unmistakable protest?

Whether this was terrorism depends on his intentions.

And if he did not intend death or even harm to anyone, and did not intend to frighten anyone, but only intended a very high profile gesture of protest, that is not terrorism.

He needs a really good lawyer.

Next point:

It is a smear to impute the qualities or beliefs of voters or politically active folks to the politicians or parties they vote for or support, whatever the voters or politically active folks may themselves believe.

And that sort of smear makes up a very high percentage of the propaganda of both sides, directed against their opponents.

Democrats are smeared with anarchists and antifa thugs while Republicans are smeared with Klansmen, neo-Nazis, and gang-rapists.

And now the Duce is getting smeared with this guy.

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