Jon Swift responds to a Fred Thompson article which attacked Gandhi for his ”un-American” non-violent ways.
 According to Thompson, Gandhi, who led India to independence through non-violent civil disobedience, “is pretty much the symbol of the anti-war movement.” Thompson knows this because members of Code Pink, an anti-war group protesting in front of the home of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, have erected a papier-mâché statue of Gandhi and some people have held up signs saying “What Would Gandhi Do?” at anti-war demonstrations. While some people might dismiss these protesters as fringe elements of the anti-war movement, Thompson knows that they represent the heart and soul of liberalism, and that the only way to beat them is to knock their papier-mâché Gandhi down. “At what point is it okay to fight dictators like Saddam or the al Qaeda terrorists who want to take his place?” asks Thompson. “It turns out that the answer, according to Gandhi, is NEVER.”
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Santosh
Mar 18th, 2007 at 11:20 am | #
The headline is kind of misleading. How can you kick a dead man’s ass? Wow! That’s brave.
SurAj
Mar 18th, 2007 at 12:24 pm | #
The title used is in very bad taste !
The author is clearly trying to “grab attention ” than say anything of real value !
sad !
gawker
Mar 18th, 2007 at 10:33 pm | #
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Steve
Mar 19th, 2007 at 10:36 pm | #
Jon Swift made some really good points.
I don’t think he was attacking the real Gandhi but the image that Liberals have of Gandhi.
In reality Gandhi wasn’t a Pacifist. He served in WWI. He just saw that in the specific situation India was in that non-violence was the best way for India to achieve its goals. If that wasn’t the case he would have been all for more violent means.
So don’t be offended as all this poster is talking about is the Myth of Gandhi that the LEFT has created, not the actual man himself.