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 Obamas 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 thats healthy American politics. The Tea Party may be a fledgling political outfit, but its 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 dont 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 todays Tea Party activists may echo much of the same language as the Sons of Liberty, but they havent 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)
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THANK YOU.. all the way from Iceland..
Yes, a nation of fools elected Obama. How did it happen that we now have so many fools in the nation?
Yuri Besmenov warned us in the 1980s. Our nation is not utterly "demoralized". Next step: Destabilization.
Yet...Conservatives consistently fail to have a rational plan to RE-moralize the nation!
Hint: Any RE-moralization plan better include shutting down the government K-12 schools and getting the nation's kids into private conservative schools that will weave Judeo Christian principles and our nation's founding principles into the very fabric of their entire school day.
Is it too late to save the country? I’m afraid so. We’ll have to go through great turmoil before things can get back on track.
>>Ghandi succeeded because he had civilized opponents.
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>>We have no such luxury.
It is amazing how many bring him up who do not in the least bit understand how unique that situation was in history.
“Passive resistance” does not work with Communists.
Today, our young people have no idea how evil communism is.
They won’t even know when they get a good taste of it. Frog in the beaker....
Yuri Besmenov called it “demoralization”. We are not ripe for the next stage: Destabilization.
Yet...Conservatives consistently fail to have any rational plan for RE-moralization of our nation's youth.
Well said.
What is going on with the powers brokers you mention, IMHO, is a mentality of never having to suffer the consequences of actions taken or decisions made--this can either be by grace of being shielded (Obama), or calculated planning and dealing in the shadows (Ted Kennedy). This mentality breeds a fatal arrogance and blind spot, ala Versailles and Louis XVI.
Now, deep down in the reptilian portion of the brain, the scum you mention know that what they're doing is making some pretty thin ice--case in point the action of CNN cutting to commercial quickly during Rand Paul's speech (we're coming for you).
I think the biggest mistake people like this Newsweak author make is assuming that the anger is going to be misdirected. I would posit that when it manifests, it will be cold, directed, and unrelenting.
Geesh...And sticks and stones...
You do know the misuse of public library computers (in your case) is frowned upon...
Your carbon footprint is about the size of the tailgate on my truck...You might want to up the meds...Take a nap, pull the plug...
If anyone is getting bored, it can’t be you, but it is everyone else watching you digging that hole you’re in deeper and deeper...
Go ahead, by all means attempt to get the last word in...
There is probably no depth to your psychosis...Nor the hole yer in...
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