Ferret: why I'm alarmed by FR & will never post here ever again (except for my 9 replies & counting)

Originally posted elsewhere ^ | 2004-03-08 | Michael Joseph McCarthy

[Fzob]

FR's approach to politics is both populist--in that it seeks to activate "the people" as a whole against perceived oppressors or enemies - and elitist - in that it treats the people's will as embodied in a select group, or often one prime iconic leader whose authority flows downward only. FR, in typical Fascist style seeks to organize a cadre-led mass movement in a drive to seize state power. It seeks to forcibly subordinate all spheres of society to its ideological vision of what a community is, and the end result of their game is totalitarianism, pure and simple.

Ferret, I used to love when you posted back a few years ago. You made some sense back then. Sadly it has become apparent you have spent far to much time eating the mushrooms. Go to detox and clean up your act.

[Ciexyz]

Oooooo-kay.

[nkycincinnatikid]

Could you make an exception in Bicycles case moderator, you see he's not permitted to go anywhere without his Thread Parent. You know like those eager little wanderers all strung together between the day care center and the park.

[bc2]

I think that "Libertarian National Socialist
Green Party" is equal to the Democratic Republican Workers Right To Life Party

AKA there is no such party and I'd guess it'd be someone's bad joke! LOL.

The words "Libertarian", "National Socialist", and "Green Party" can never coexist in the same sentance without a lot of qualifiers ahahahha!

[bmwcyle]

I have been here since 1998. I hate he egos of the people who just won't go quietly. Get lost!

[an amused spectator]

Does ferret get extra credit for NOT using the word Nazi, or cryptoFascist? ;-)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Yo' momma rides a Schwinn Varsity.

[hosepipe]

What Dia-tribe do you belong to ?...

Get a mirror your feathers are askew and you're face paint is smeared.. you appear to be a mess.. the women and horses are laughing at you..

[woofie]

As it says in my High School yearbook..

"I didnt know you very well(in fact I dont know you at all) (in fact I never even heard of you) and now its time to say goodbye....well I cant say I will miss you as I never even knew you, and its hard to say goodbye or good luck on any of that other phony stuff, so I wont say anything,in fact I wont even acknowledge your existance as for all I know it never really happened"

[an amused spectator]

I learned like most of us on this forum that liberalism doesn't work. When one is a doer, as I am. liberalism destroys the incentive that is fundamental to the human condition, ie, liberalism is contrary to normal human enterprise. It is that simple. For defectives, how I and others would characterize you if we knew you, liberalism and Marxism works just fine for those who lack, a spine, industry, pride of personal achievement, and ambition. Liberals seem to avoid these traits and in their perfect world none of these traits are important. They are defective humans. That is why no Marxist way of life has ever succeeded. It also won't succeed here.

Uh, I guess you can't really argue with the Final Authority... ;-)

[Bush2000]

You're in the wrong place. FR celebrates the spirit of the individual -- not the collectivist, we-know-better-than-you, let's-sacrifice-human-enterprise-for-eco-pacifism, tax-us-until-we-level-the-playing-field, discrimination-in-the-name-of-diversity-is-fair, killing-babies-is-a-choice, let's-kneecap-society-because-somebody's-feewings-got-hurt, make-bread-not-bombs, guns-not-people-commit-crimes, etc, etc.

[alrea]

witch hunt for any and all "untrue thinkers,"

anyone who does not believe Bush will be the next President will be burned alive

[Budge]

You are correct, of course. I erred in my post, it was originally known as as the "American Communist Party."

[FourtySeven]

Does ferret get extra credit for NOT using the word Nazi, or cryptoFascist? ;-)

I hadn't considered that either. But again, all grades are final.

The ombudsman is in my hip pocket.

[Triple]

I bet you are one of those fools that thinks Hitler was a fascist, but not a socialist or marxist.

Fascism is not compatible with conservatism, and individualism is not moral decay, but rather its opposite.

Good Riddance,

[miloklancy]

Sorry I tuned this out when I saw the word facism. People on the left I don't think have any concept of what facism is and the continual attachment of this the American conservative agenda reflects a profound ignorance of history. You do have facism in European politics, but ironically enough most on the left want the U.S. to be more like Europe politically. I for one don't and I think the left continues to do a disservice to people in this country by throwing around facism in order to tear people apart. It is sad that on the birthday of one of our countries greatest minds, James Madison, that there is such profound ignorance of the still truly unique political opportunity that our system presents us with.

[lilylangtree]

Bye!

[Not A Snowbird]

My eyes are glazing over. Lots of words.

[Twinkie]

And when did you decide all this neat & tidy stuff?

Alien Forces = Free Republic
Organic Community = Liberal Idealogy

That seems to about sum it up according to you. Sorry,
it isn't that simple, nor is everything that easy to
define in erudite terms. (If a few guys in Azod golf shirts
storming the secret room where Democrats were "counting"
hanging chads in Florida is anarchy, then so be it.)

[Charles Martel]

I've had a lot of email exchanges with ferret, and almost all of them have had the underlying premise that he respects, admires, and hopes for the success of FR. He's said he always wants a counterweight to the excesses of the left, and has claimed to be a moderating influence on the lefty groups to which he's belonged. Is it all performance art, for the last 4 years? Maybe, I'm willing to consider that.

However, and I mean this seriously, there is some disjointed and contradictory themes in his message here, and in other ones lately. I suspect external forces are pressuring him. I don't have any idea what they would be, but it's not QUITE the same guy who's been posting to me for so long. The difference is subtle, but it's there.

Okay, let's see... he belongs to leftist groups, but his excuse for belonging to said groups has thus far passed the sniff test. Of late, however, there has been a noticeable difference - including "disjointed and contradictory" themes in his recent messages.

Is it not possible that someone else is posting through ferret/whoever's user account? Like, for example, some other member of one of those lefty groups?

Just a thought, but you might want to examine the style of his posts; early vs. recent. You picked up on *something* - kinda like the old story about Lucille Ball's dental fillings and the Japanese spy radio transmitter.