Weathermen, often referred to as weather underground, were a militant radical left wing group in the 60’s that sought to overthrow the U.S. government and tried to get their point across by bombing government property such as bathrooms in places like the pentagon, state department building and more. They were part of the “counterculture” idea which went against cultural norms and rules. Even though the weatherman brought a lot of attention to the counterculture movement by taking action and making their bold statement, they gave counterculture a bad name, they used very violent ways to get their point across that might not have been necessary, and in the end they didn't achieve anything.
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They were a militant group who wanted to overthrow the government, but as we all know, the U.S. government is still intact and the government did not change anything so their ultimate goal to rebel against didn’t achieve anything. All of the violent and crazy things they did, didn't really get anything done in the end. This shows that the weatherman didn’t contribute to the counterculture, besides just giving them a bad name, “They were too young to know how to react, so they went off the deep end” (Marin). The weatherman wanted things such as the vietnam war to end, but all their radical actions just gave the government ammunition to label the whole anti war effort as “crazy”. They ultimately gave any other counterculture ideas a bad name because of the way they went about addressing the situation.
The weatherman negatively affected the counter culture because they were too violent and radical in their views. They gave a bad image to the counterculture, they used very violent ways to get their point across, and they didn't accomplish what they wanted to. This is comparable to Malcolm X’s views on the Civil Rights movement. Both the Weatherman and Malcolm X’s Nation of Islam had militant views towards their ideas and gave a more violent image towards their respective
The Weathermen gave the counterculture movement a bad …show more content…
They were a militant group who wanted to overthrow the government, but as we all know, the U.S. government is still intact and the government did not change anything so their ultimate goal to rebel against didn’t achieve anything. All of the violent and crazy things they did, didn't really get anything done in the end. This shows that the weatherman didn’t contribute to the counterculture, besides just giving them a bad name, “They were too young to know how to react, so they went off the deep end” (Marin). The weatherman wanted things such as the vietnam war to end, but all their radical actions just gave the government ammunition to label the whole anti war effort as “crazy”. They ultimately gave any other counterculture ideas a bad name because of the way they went about addressing the situation.
The weatherman negatively affected the counter culture because they were too violent and radical in their views. They gave a bad image to the counterculture, they used very violent ways to get their point across, and they didn't accomplish what they wanted to. This is comparable to Malcolm X’s views on the Civil Rights movement. Both the Weatherman and Malcolm X’s Nation of Islam had militant views towards their ideas and gave a more violent image towards their respective