The Charles Manson death interview media forgot

How many people do you know who actually praised the hideous, grotesque 1969 murders that put Charles Manson in prison for life, where he died at the age of 83 last week?

In 48 years, I can only recall one public figure ever doing that. I think I would have noticed if any other prominent person did.

That would be Bernardine Dohrn, the Weather Undergound leader who made these freakishly unforgettable comments to her radical shock troops at a Students for a Democratic Society conference shortly after the murders:

• "Offing those rich pigs with their own forks and knives, and then eating a meal in the same room, far out! The Weathermen dig Charles Manson."
• "Dig it! First they killed those pigs. Then they ate dinner in the same room with them. Then they even shoved a fork into the victim's stomach! Wild!"

Of course, Bernardine Dohrn later married Bill Ayers, the son of the late Thomas G. Ayers, the chief executive officer of Commonwealth Edison, chairman of the board of Northwestern University, as well as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Urban League.

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The SDS crowd assembled for the talk "instantly adopted" as the Weather Underground's official salute "four fingers held up in the air, invoking the fork left in Sharon Tate's belly," explained Mark Rudd, another leader of the group.

At the time, I was a radical young teenager in high school. I remember reading the account of the speech in an SDS publication. It made my skin crawl in a way I will never forget. It was as if Satan had appeared to me as an angel of light and twisted my perception of reality to such an extent that I began pondering the idea that savagely murdering wealthy people – "pigs," as Dohrn called them – was perhaps OK.

Nevertheless, still hanging on to the vestige of a conscience, the quotes haunted me for years, as they should any reasonably sane person.

That's why I scanned all the Charles Manson obituaries I could find in so-called "mainstream" news outlets to see if there was any mention of this twisted and memorable incident. Trust me, there were none. In fact, until today, the only reference I could find was from a friend of mine, author Paul Kengor, who noted it in an article in WND.

No one solicited a quote from Bernardine Dohrn, though the terrorist-turned-law professor is well-known to journalists across the country today – her radical views still intact.

Imagine that! The one and only person who not only defended the indefensible actions of the Manson Monster, but lauded him, celebrated him, acclaimed his heinous crimes, was not sought out for comment 48 years later on what turned out to me most abominably famous remarks she ever made.

It might have given some context to the leftist craziness of the year 1969 – the kind of rebellious-for-the-hell-of-it political insanity we're experiencing once again in 2017.

That's the interview no one in what we euphemistically call the mainstream media bothered to do. Had they forgotten about it? I doubt it. It's well documented. The quotes came up as recently as 2008 when the links between Obama and Ayers and Dohrn came to light.

Today, Ayers and Dohrn are model citizens to most in the media. Some see them almost as political prophets who may have gone a little too far – conducting terrorist bombings in the name of communist revolution.

Dohrn, for her part, is completely unrepentant – never having apologized for anything she said or did, likely including murder, according to at least one FBI investigation. Ayers only regrets not doing enough, as he explained, ironically, to the New York Times in a story published Sept. 11, 2001.

At least Manson spent most of his life in prison for his crimes. Ayers and Dohrn got away with theirs – even profited from them.

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