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Abbie Hoffman — Part 14
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"Just sittin' there, it's violent, that building. An'd we're
gonna' begin to understand the institutions of racism, an!
imperielism an' capitalism as violence. Then we begin to get
our head in order.
“You go back an! tell your people they don't have to
believe that cynicism and defeatism that's taught to them in
their universities. In three days, they'll be a delegation of a,
18 student, a, student council presidents of some of the largest
schools in the country. A, they'1l go to North Vietnam to
negotiate a peace treaty. A, they'll be followed by groups
of doctors an' lawyers an' rock singers an' panhandlers and a,
everybocy'll bring their own table so it won't be a problem.
So, hello, an' a, then we say a, if allthe troops aren't out ©
of Southeast Asia by April 25th, or a, the first day of May, a,
we're gonna! attack Washington. An' a, people will be coming |
from all, crossing all kindat state boundaries, a, we'll be just,
e, is a, a, group from France, a, yipries, oh, it's international.
Youth international parties. Delegation from, a, Germany's gonna’
come an' a, from Ireland, a, IRA is gonna' send some to people
international brigade. It's gonna' an' a, all us conspirators,
and a, they'll be different things I mean, a, y'know, defoliate
the cherry trees.
"Freedom of Speech is a revolutionary thing. Thomas
Jefferson, I mean you read about that (obscene) commie. He
said freedom of speech is only there s0 you can overthrow the
Government. What the (obscene) else you need it for. I mean
what else is it there for. Government is not responsive to
the needs of the people. So Abraham Lincoln in 1B61 summed it
up he said when the Government does not meet the needs of the
people they should exert their constitutional right to amend
that Government. If a constitutional right fails they should
exert their revolutionary duty to dismember and overthrow that
Government. Abraham Lincoln said that in 1851...
" ..Fun 4s misused because uh’ fun is subversive.
And fun is just not something uh, just gettin' stoned. It's
the kind of society we want, remember. Authentic work. It's
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