The Fascists Among Us

The American Thinker ^ | October 17, 2006 | Selwyn Duke

[oldtimer2]

This article is exactly right. We are being programmed to allow the liberals to act like Hitler's thugs did without suffering any penalty for the actions. We need to loudly proclaim that they are the true decendants of the Nazi Party.

[piytar]

"We need to loudly proclaim that they are the true decendants of the Nazi Party."

Which was, of course, the National SOCIALIST Party. Some things never change...

[weegee]

Another word that makes the rounds these days is “Brownshirts,” which, as many know, harks back to the SA, a paramilitary organization that was instrumental in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. The Brownshirts were the adolescent Nazi Party’s muscle, squelching opposition through violence and intimidation. Shout-downs and beat-downs were their stock-in-trade, making their name a metaphor for fascist intolerance and oppression.

Keyword: DNC Brownshirts

[weegee]

Corrected link

Keyword: DNC Brownshirts

[M1Tanker]

One more reason I have never changed taglines. The more I see, the more it makes sense.

[Andonius_99]

PING! Ayn Rand spoke quite a bit about this in many of her speeches, particularly in "The New Facism: Government By Consensus."

[DeweyCA]

This is also the tactics of the Islamists, to squelch all opposition by intimidating people so that they are afraid to dissent. Dem leftists are acting like Nazis and Islamists.

[rockthecasbah]

Great tag line

[Edgerunner]

Bump this puppie...

[FreeKeys]

Thanks for the ping, and check out:
http://www.lawrence.edu/sorg/objectivism/socfasc.html
and
http://freedomkeys.com/berkeley.htm

[The Westerner]

Thanks for the ping. Good read. Lays out the situation as clear as can be.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Good article...

But I will take exception to his improper use of terminology...

The NAZIs were National Socialists and they were German. The Fascists were Italian... This common confusion of the two is a Stalinist invention (Stalin was a Soviet Socialist).

In order to lose any association with National Socialism and Soviet Socialism, the Left has deliberately mislabeled the NAZIs (National Socialists) as Fascists.

The term "NAZI" is not the name of that political party in the 1930s Germany, it is an acronym...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Good read. Lays out the situation as clear as can be.

Good article... see #12 for further details...

[Tench_Coxe]

There's a bit more to it than that. While the Nazis were 'National Socialist', the political-economic relationship in Germany was very much fascist.
I do agree there has been an intentional muddling of terms, done primarily IMHO to disassociate the idea of the State over the individual. In fact, the political element of socialism and fascism is almost alike--both require a authoritarian or totalitarian political system in order to for their systems to work.
The economic difference between socialism and fascism is in one, the State owns the means of production while in the other there is private ownership, but it is regulated heavily by the State (who directs the output). Sometimes, fascism is associated with the term corporatism.
In the US, I would posit there is a form of creeping corporatism--just look at the similarities between the re-interpretation of eminent domain, and the Nazi policy of property seizure without compensation.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

In the US, I would posit there is a form of creeping corporatism--just look at the similarities between the re-interpretation of eminent domain, and the Nazi policy of property seizure without compensation.

I would call that insurance companies...

[PGalt]

Outstanding article. Thanks for the ping and your links.

[elfman2]

"And, despite the fact that both groups launched verbal salvos, only one group’s members were arrested. Was the persecuted group a contingent of NAMBLA or ACT-UP? Not on your life. It comprised eleven Christians who dared espouse their traditional beliefs about homosexual behavior. And the homosexual group that locked horns with them, the Pink Angels, was left unmolested by the government storm troopers. "

The rendition of this story is nonsense. The “Christians” were a radical Bush hating fundamentalist group working with a San Francisco production crew to film their bullhorn wheedling counter protest march upon a permitted demonstration for a “freedom of speech” documentary. After repeated refusals to follow requests to stay in their designated area, the cop in charge finally arrested them (as he should have). The video's on the net.

[Fred Hayek]

And it especially applies to the Twin Cities, MN area. Where vandalism, assault, and battery are considered valid and acceptable forms of political speech - as long as the person using such means is a far left Democrat.

[BradyLS]

Ominous Parallels bump!

[M1Tanker]

Thanks.
There's more about it in my profile.