Dark September Day
Day 1,387, 11:03
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by Pizza The Hut
I did not get a chance to write about this yesterday, but I wanted to take the opportunity to do so today. On September 6th, 1901, the great William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, was murdered in cold blood by a left-wing extremist. He would pass on from this world 8 days later, on September 14th, 1901, as a result of injuries caused by the assassination. We as Americans mourn the passing of one of the great leaders of history. He left us far too soon.
President McKinley, we honor your memory....
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McKinley? Can't say I've heard of him sorry, nontheless o7
Would you at least git yer shit straight if you are going to use tear jerker emo crap to attract people and attempt to convince them that you are smart.
>He indeed was the 25th President.
>He was ASSAULTED by Leon Czolgosz on Sept. 6th, 1901.
>He expired on Sept. 14th, 1901 as you say.
>Definition of ASSASSINATE
transitive verb
(The second definition applies in this case.)
2: to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons
>Ergo no assassination occurred on the 6th, it was an assassination attempt which culminated in McKinley's death on the 14th.
>After McKinley's death Leon Czolgosz was then charged with murder for the assassination of the President.
>Also, Leon Czolgosz was an Anarchist, not a "left-wing extremist".
>Anarchists oppose the idea that power and domination are necessary for society.
>Left Wing extremist groups: Communist Party USA; Socialist Workers Party (United States); Black Panther Party; Students for a Democratic Society and Progressive Labor Party (United States)
ref. assassinate: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assassinate
ref. Anarchism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism
ref. Left Wing extremists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-left_politics
ref. William McKinley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley
Maybe it's nit picking to say that McKinley wasn't assassinated until he was dead, but as you are trying to prove how 'smart' you are, it is reasonable to point out.
Calling Leon Czolgosz a "left-wing extremist" is however, a total misrepresentation of fact when the truth was that he was an Anarchist.
President McKinley wasn't all that great, really.... I mean certainly as an American President he deserves to be remembered, but I wouldn't call him "one of the great leaders of history." Also, the GOP in that time was pretty corrupt. In fact, the GOP leadership chose McKinley's Vice President (which I'm sure we all know is Theodore Roosevelt) because the VP has no real power and the leadership didn't like Roosevelt.
Also, as has been pointed out, McKinley's assailant was an anarchist. Anarchism, if you have to place it on the political plane, falls in the right-wing side of politics. It's certainly an extremist view, but it is right-wing. (Not that I'm dissing the right-wing, I'm a rl Libertarian which is also right-wing)
It's sad he died (In my hometown of Buffalo), but why all of the sudden are you posting articles like this pizza?
Because he's a sweet lovable eAmerican that wants to 'kumbaya' our asses into believing he's OK.
^LIKE A BOSS PICKL LIKE A BOSS INDEED 😮
Stop bashing Bill.
Dill please end your 5 year old trolling, I like you but the comments you make are absurd. Maybe instead of attacking pizza, you should try to view his side of things.
No use splitting hairs. There is no doubt that McKinley was assasinated by Leon Czolgosz.
Czogolz was lapsed Catholic Belarussian immigrant. His anarchism was, without a doubt, left-wing, inpsired by Goldman and Berkman. He also read the socialist press and was heavinly influenced by labor struggles. To read anarchism simply as a right-wing phenomenon (due to post-modern libertarian pretentions) is a serious mis-reading of history, particularly US labor history.
He was likely inspired to act by Bresci's assasination of King Umberto I of Italy. At least one clinician belives Czogolz was mentally ill and therefore not legally responsible for his act. In any case, he unrepentent until the end. His last words: "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people – the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime."
McKinley was best known for supporting high tariffs and for initiating hostilities against Spain in Cuba. He was an abolitionist by conviction. And though he did nothing legally to reverse Jim Crow, he was outspoken in his support for equality and justice for African-Americans. Most anarchists at the time believed he had harmed the movement, a sentiment I would have to agree with.
Also, my great-grandmother once worked as a cook in the McKinley White House!
Touche, Phoennix. Admittedly, I'm no expert. Though I still don't see how anarchism can be considered left-wing. Not that I'm bashing the left or right, but the left-wing supports more government intervention and the right-wing supports less (at least in economic/business matters, social issues are on a whole other scale that have nothing to do with left/right). Anarchism, by nature, supports no government which, at least by my logic, places them on the right.
Also, very cool that your great-grandmother worked in the White House : P
@PQ, I guess I am 'too simple' to understand the definition of Anarchy. I think of mob rule and an absence of organized government when I think of Anarchy. I do not see it as left wing or right wing, I see it as 'no wing'.
@jkli5, I am sorry to disappoint you. You are a nice guy. My "five year old trolling" is just what PTH deserves as far as I'm concerned. He trolls my paper, my party's paper, my friends papers, he is disruptive to the community and is divisive, corrupt & manipulative. I could never trust or respect anyone in real life or in a game that is of his ilk. Sorry.
RIP
what about that OTHER sad day in september, you know, that one on sunday
You never cease to stop entertaining me.
Maybe he did not make smth he was supposed to do
I thought this was gonna be about the 11th. I was dissapoint.
@Dylan and DIll: I understand your point about the anti-statist nature of Anarchism, as well as the common use of "anarchy" to mean "chaos" vs. how it is has been used by political theorists. There are certainly some self-proclaimed anarchists who would agree. But looking at the whole historical sweep of anarchist thinking (which some would trace back to Lao Tzu), I think it is fair to say that the overwhelming trend has been to promote "socialism from below", which is to say a desire for an ordered society without a state, while at the same time providing a criticism of "socialism" in its authoritarian forms from a liberal perspective. This is far different from what I think of as the more-or-less standard pro-capitalist, pro-state views of both classical and neo-conservatism. Could Kropotkin, Mahkno, Goldman or Shelley be considered "rightist"? The IWW? The CNT/FAI? "Anarcho-capitalism", as far as I can tell, is a post-modern invention, a kind of hijacking of anarchist history by (so-called) Objectivists. That's my view anyway; no criticism intended one way or the other. (As they say, "Some of my best friends are anarcho-capitalists." LOL)
@Phoenix: I suppose you're probably right then. As I said before, I'm certainly no expert : P
@PQ, although I would argue that the view of Capitalism is skewed from it's true intent, of rewarding the best and most productive of society, to an overlord type of domination by way of government. I would say that your presentation has caused me to see that the root of such movements, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism (all dem 'ism's) could be anarchy.
One of my RL concerns (disclaimer: Not wishing to start a debate of RL, just making a point.) is that there is too much government in every aspect of our lives. And it's not just the US, it's everywhere. So I suppose, any who feel like me have a little anarchist in them.