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i think that they were both passionate about working towards a world where their people could live without government oppression. i don't necessarily think that armed action against a government is terrorism. do you consider the Contras terrorists? because they fought against a government, but a lot of conservatives, namely Reagan and co. thought they were great. the "moral equivalent of the Founding fathers" i believe Reagan said. given that the contras are called freedom fighters on this site despite their abysmal human rights record, but the Panthers are called terrorists. i am not going to call the panthers freedom fighters here because this is an encyclopedia, but i think it's wrong to categorize some armed groups as terrorists if you're going to categorize others as freedom fighters. -[[user:emmagrrl|Emmagrrrl]]
i think that they were both passionate about working towards a world where their people could live without government oppression. i don't necessarily think that armed action against a government is terrorism. do you consider the Contras terrorists? because they fought against a government, but a lot of conservatives, namely Reagan and co. thought they were great. the "moral equivalent of the Founding fathers" i believe Reagan said. given that the contras are called freedom fighters on this site despite their abysmal human rights record, but the Panthers are called terrorists. i am not going to call the panthers freedom fighters here because this is an encyclopedia, but i think it's wrong to categorize some armed groups as terrorists if you're going to categorize others as freedom fighters. -[[user:emmagrrl|Emmagrrrl]]
:I believe the difference is between a form of government that does not grant rights versus one that does. The United States is and was a Democracy. Positive changes were already taking place. The Panthers had just as much say as any other person in the country, but they found this to be insufficient and advocated arms to force their point of view. I am not wholly convinced they were terrorists, but the information provided in the article seems to point that way. I am open to being shown otherwise. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 14:26, 12 June 2008 (EDT)