I do understand how extreme it must sound to the average LW reader, but I do support some of the Red Army Faction’s rhetoric and actions, particularly the Schleyer assassination. The post-war West German society’s acquiescence and its desire to forget the past while abandoning all sense of historical responsibility needed a good shock.
It’s unfortunate that innocents were hurt, but I feel that the moral cleansing that the RAF declared as its goal was a just and necessary cause. The manipulative and sociopathic side of Baader and his group’s backing by the East German regime are a somewhat different story.
I do understand how extreme it must sound to the average LW reader, but I do support some of the Red Army Faction’s rhetoric and actions, particularly the Schleyer assassination. The post-war West German society’s acquiescence and its desire to forget the past while abandoning all sense of historical responsibility needed a good shock.
It’s unfortunate that innocents were hurt, but I feel that the moral cleansing that the RAF declared as its goal was a just and necessary cause. The manipulative and sociopathic side of Baader and his group’s backing by the East German regime are a somewhat different story.