Posted on 05/17/2010 10:20:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Next American Civil War: The Populist Revolt Against the Liberal Elite
Lee Harris
Remember those rowdy Town-Hall meetings last summer sparked by President Obama’s proposed health-care reform? Harris wants to make the case that those eruptions of populist anger could prove to be the beginning of the next American civil war. Yes, that kind of civil war. Drawing from a wealth of history and political philosophy, he contends that the philosophical divide between the Tea Party populists and the liberal intellectuals is so deep that nothing short of a “civil breakdown” is likely to mend the rift. And he says that’s healthy American politics. The Tea Party may be a fledgling political outfit, but it’s already flexing its muscles in advance of the midterm elections, especially in Senate races in Utah, Arizona, and Florida. The big question, of course, is how disruptive will this third party be? To Harris, the answer is “very.” He argues that if the liberal intellectuals and populist conservatives don’t come to an understanding, it could spell violent revolution and lead to an overthrow of the government.
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1.Either take up arms, or drop the rhetoric. The 18th-century Sons of Liberty, who drove the populist uprising against the British crown, sparked violent riots, committed serious crimes, and fought against the government. The cause? Taxes, of course! Harris says that today’s Tea Party activists may echo much of the same language as the Sons of Liberty, but they haven’t backed up all that talk with action: “If those who claim to be fighting in the name of liberty are not prepared to go to extremes, if they are reluctant to break either laws or windows, then perhaps it would be best if they just dropped their pointlessly inflammatory rhetoric, and got back to reality”(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Yep, they do. But they have not seen anything yet!
Well, in one breath we know what you’re all about...
[insert chirping cricket sound effect]
You’re comprehension level, and people skills need a lot of work...
Buh bye...
And this government is trying to take over the ability to send people by their deaths, by denying them medical care - even if they can pay for it or the doctor will simply give it. The Civil War had executions for treason, but they never said “Grandma’s too expensive, go home and die, it’s treason if you don’t, but we’ll pay for Juanita from Mexico’s new babies.”
Likewise knuckle head!
Well, when the south end of the northbound BCC was being examined, they had the usual MSM at hand, and a copy of Road & Track. I read about performance cars...sort of ho hum compared to motorcycles, but better than the editorial tastes of the left.
Fabulous...You keep digging that hole your in, deeper and deeper...
By all means keep re-affirming the fool that you are...It is entertaining...
I would like to know where you found that. Profound statement that sums up our peril perfectly.
I would like to know where you found that. Profound statement that sums up our peril perfectly.
I can’t remember. It came to me in an e-mail and I saved it and cut and paste it when applicable.
I’d like to thank the author.
What is bankrupting the US is the use of the public coffers to buy votes for incumbents. We can't afford to keep 535 kings/queens in DC.
If that is the case, we are damned if we do, and damned if we don't.
The globalists of both parties have been working toward this aim for decades now, and will implement it if we do not find a way to stop them.
The unfortunate dominion of the liberal elites is in education, where the veil of ignorance is drawn over the eyes of youth. If they have no concept of true liberty, of rights which are basic to humanity, of freedom, how can they know what they are missing?
If the history they are 'taught' is fraught with tedious oversimplifications, glaring omissions, and a complete lack of critical analysis, how can they ever expect more than serfdom?
In the absence of a final reckoning, most morality becomes moot, merely a tool perceived as subjugation, and rebellion, not against those who enslave them, but those who would teach them freedom from the slaver's yoke, becomes endemic in their subculture.
It is this subversion which damns the liberal elites, for they have led entire generations astray, away from the bright wellsprings of freedom and into the dark corners of servitude to masters they cannot even recognize.
Well said.
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Posted Mar-8-2010 by “Jet2jet” (R)
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Thanks for your research. I made 20 copies and have handed them out to friend and foe alike. One liberal read it and the expression on his face was priceless. I think he “woke up” a little.
America, in the greater scheme of the ages of civilizations, is rather young, similar to a smartalek teenager. The Teen think (s)he knows everything; smarter than the parents.
In the case of America, this so called Teenager of a nation is not listening to the “Parents”, those nations who have tried socialism and can tell anyone willing to listen, that it does not work.
What horrible growing pains some of these elite liberal idiots are taking this nation.
They are dispicable. They prey on the ignorant with their snide remarks. Pure Marxist Bull $hit. Not a true or factual word spoken by the lot of them. I could only watch about a minute of it.
You’re welcome. I wonder what the author would think if he knew his (probably long forgotten) message board post was about to go viral?
I wonder what the author would think if he knew his (probably long forgotten) message board post was about to go viral?
It needs to go viral x 100000000000000000000000000
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