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Originally Posted by Tom
But 0bama re-ignited the division.
He made Bill Ayers proud.
They could have been separated at birth, except that Bill was born in America.
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Bill Ayers was/is a repugnant individual,* no doubt. I would certainly never associate with him, and I appreciate your condemnation of him. But I'm not sure there's a strong tie between Ayers and inner-city problems. To me, connecting Ayers' radicalism to inner-city violence is a false argument. The majority of inner-city violence is intra-racial, not between races. His big cause was the Vietnam War. Why he isn't sitting in prison is beyond me, but that's for another thread.
If you want to solve inner-city violence, study James Q Wilson's "Broken Window Theory." Rudy did and it worked.
*I also find Jeff Epstein repugnant, yet Trump doesn't seem to have much of a problem with him. Should we view that as tacit approval of Epstein's behavior? Wait, we're getting off-topic, just like bringing Ayers into this conversation.