I was wrong...

[YoungDemCA]

I was among those who speculated that homegrown right-wing extremists might have been responsible for the horrific events in Boston.

Looks like I was wrong. At any rate, I hope Mr. Tsarnaev is brought to justice soon.

Crazy world we live in...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Recursion is here to laugh at you, apparently. nt

[Lint Head]

2. Me too. I have a right to speculate.

[FrodosPet]

25. I don't think speculation should have been a problem.

I think the biggest problem was people who refused to consider other possibilities, or worse, who were cheerleading for a particular group to be responsible because of the political benefit derived.

[Lint Head]

26. I agree.

[gateley]

3. I was wrong, too. I felt there would be no religious or political reasons, just a couple of

young guys who just felt like doing it.

[City Lights]

4. My first thought was a right-wing nut, too.

I, too, was wrong.

[randome]

5. You know, to most of us it doesn't matter who is wrong or right.

If any of you feel the need to equate wrong with the need to apologize, I say you should not bother.

There is a difference between 'being wrong' and 'doing wrong'. If you didn't wrong anyone on DU, no apology should be necessary.

[graham4anything]

6. What do you mean? They are rightwing extremists with guns/bullets/bombs/grenades

most likely learned their hate and stuff on the internet as there is nothing to indicate anything else

fame seekers imho

[premium]

11. And there's nothing to indicate that they learned their hate and stuff on the internet.

[graham4anything]

13. That is the point. Does the OP have inside information on the motive?

[premium]

15. They are Islamic terrorists.

Their social media are filled with radical islamic material and postings.
No inside info, it's been all over the news.

[randome]

17. Eh. Being Islamic and being a terrorist does not necessarily equate to 'Islamic terrorist'.

Was Timothy McVeigh a Christian? Would that make him a 'Christian terrorist'?

[premium]

19. Alright,

They are terrorists who happen to be of the Islamic faith.
Better?

In no way am I blaming the Islamic faith for what these 2 terrorists did.

[graham4anything]

20. WTF??? I have been watching all day, have not seen this. Are you watching Fox?

[premium]

24. Nope,

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/massive-police-operation-under-way-in-boston/2013/04/19/979ec6dc-a8c6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_print.html

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/04/19/meet_the_muslims_quoted_and_cited_and_favorited_by_the_boston_bombing_suspects.html

Two law enforcement officials said earlier that they believe there is a “Chechen connection” to the bombings. In the last several months, Tamerlan Tsarnaev had posted videos to YouTube indicating his interest in radical Muslim ideologies.

[sarisataka]

7. I was wrong too...

I claimed no one who was posting 110% sure it was a white male teabagger etc. would ever say they were mistaken

You proved ME wrong and I salute you

[Dreamer Tatum]

8. See how easy that is, everyone who jumped to conclusions?

+1 and rec.

[Enrique]

9. it doesn't matter

hopefully you didn't express your speculation in an obnoxious manner and insist you were right and everyone else was an idiot. Which most people don't, and so guessing wrong is no big deal.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. I speculated it was internal

It was. I just did not go so far as to say militias...even if highly suggestive.

It's still internal. It's the nightmare that the FBI has speculated for years, but it's still internal

[hedgehog]

12. I'm going to alert on this thread - no one on the intertubes

ever admits to making a mistake, so there's something fishy here!

[kentuck]

14. A lot of people speculated, including myself...

Here is my first read on it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2680125

But I changed my opinions as others explained their reasonings. I don't think you have to apologize to anyone on DU?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Religious extremists are usually considered right wing. Even if the religion is Islam.

[deutsey]

18. Speculation is fine

as long as you keep in mind that's all it is. We're human beings, not Vulcans, and are hard-wired to create meaning out of the chaos around us.

Just don't believe everything you think.

[BainsBane]

21. It does appear to be home grown

rather than an international plot. The guys are immigrants, but it doesn't appear to have an international organization, which makes it domestic terrorism in my mind.

[RZM]

22. K&R

You don't see this kind of thing often enough. Everybody is wrong quite a lot.

[Amaril]

23. I was wrong too.

There were things that -- in my opinion -- pointed to a right-wing extremist (the last mile of the race was being run in honor of Sandy Hook & the parents have been wonderfully outspoken advocates for stricter gun laws -- and we've all heard / read the nasty things that have been coming out of the far-right fringe in reference to them). I didn't post that thought here, but I did pop off with it to someone IRL that I knew better than to say it to (right-wing co-worker. I normally keep my opinions on such matters to myself around this person because there is no such thing as a "reasonable" discussion of differing opinions with her and I know that -- it just kind of slipped out because it had been percolating in my head all day). She, of course, flew off the handle and even went so far as to post something on FB later about "liberals who take their marching orders from CNN should be ashamed of themselves" (I didn't respond because I don't watch CNN, so I figured must have been talking about someone else. ).

She's not here today, so I haven't had a chance to admit I was wrong, but I probably will when I see her next. Yes, she will gloat and feel she won a minor victory, but I believe in living my life a certain way which includes owning it when I'm wrong. No, she would not do the same were our roles reversed, but I don't have to live inside her heart (or with her conscience).