In response to the NYT’s exerable essay of excuses by “the real” Bill Ayers, Patterico now offers “the real Charles Manson”. If he’d mentioned the Beach Boys, it would have been perfect:
Over the years, I have been cast in the role of “1960s-era mass murderer.” Now that the election is over, I want to say as plainly as I can that the character invented to serve this drama wasn’t me, not even close.
Here are the facts:
I never killed or injured anyone. I did join the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s, and became a big fan of the Beatles. I was a songwriter and admittedly a bit of a drifter...
