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The evidence for Neocommunism
The American Thinker ^ | October 9, 2007 | James Lewis

Posted on 10/09/2007 6:39:10 AM PDT by oldtimer2

October 09, 2007

The evidence for Neocommunism

By James Lewis

There is a compelling factual case to be made that the contemporary radical Left can properly be called "Neocommunist." The Hard Left is grounded in Marxist vision of creating a "new man" under a system led by a vanguard that knows best what the rest of society needs. And Neocommies behave in patterns with startling parallels to Old Communist tactics.

The Neocommies are not members of a Communist Party, and are part more of a movement than a conspiracy. They are utterly different from traditional liberalism in America and Europe. Traditional liberals were democratic -- people like Hubert Humphrey, Scoop Jackson and Harry Truman. They fought passionately against the Totalitarian Left, as Ronald Reagan did when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. Reagan started as a democratic liberal, and became the most famous conservative of the 20th century. As he said so often, he didn't leave the Democratic Party -- it left him.

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I'm afraid America has real enemies today. They are totalitarians who shout to the world that they are bound and determined to bring us Paradise on Earth -- as long as it's under their collective thumb. It doesn't really matter whether they are Islamists or Stalinists. They are not hard to figure out, since they proclaim their message from the rooftops. It is an ancient disease flaring up again.

Winning against Neo-Communism is a matter of reaching hearts and minds, as it always is. Yes, you can love the sinners, just don't fool yourself about the sin. It all starts with telling the truth that is right in front of our eyes.

James Lewis blogs at dangeroustimes.wordpress.com/

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: hillary; neocommies; neocommunists; neocoms; theleft
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To: oldtimer2

Ping


21 posted on 10/09/2007 9:30:58 AM PDT by Carbonsteel
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To: fluffdaddy

BTTT


22 posted on 10/09/2007 12:44:54 PM PDT by TruthFactor (The Death of Nations... pornography, homosexuality, abortion)
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To: oldtimer2

Neocommunism is a weak attempt at a neologism. It will be forgotten. The movement is Global Civil Society.


23 posted on 10/09/2007 12:48:25 PM PDT by RightWhale (50 years later we're still sitting on the ground)
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To: madinmadtown

You’re welcome. spread it around.


24 posted on 10/09/2007 5:35:52 PM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: oldtimer2
Hillary Clinton's puppy love for Saul Alinsky, when she was a college student in the Sixties, is symbolic of the way the "new" radicals fell in love with the old, hard-line Communists.  Hillary Clinton started her adult life as a millenarian zealot, following the old prophet of radicalism. It's anybody's guess what she believes today, but I suspect it's not the Methodism of her youth. The methods of the Democratic Party today are taken straight out of Saul Alinsky's playbook.
Rush called this out yesterday, and stated that although he and Snerdly had never had difficulty detecting "seminar callers," they had always considered that they had entertainment value and had therefore not routinely screened them out - but now that Rush sees that he is the target of an Alinsky
The thirteenth rule: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.” -- Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, pgs 126 - 130
attack, he realizes that everything he says now will be taken out of context and distorted. So his policy will henceforth be to screen such calls out and not put them on the air, lest such callers tempt him into saying something which the left (neocommunists is a quite rational term for them) will find to be an attractive target.

25 posted on 10/10/2007 3:53:13 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
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To: oldtimer2

thanks, bfl


26 posted on 10/12/2007 2:20:02 AM PDT by neverdem (Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
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To: oldtimer2

THE WORD NEOCOMMUNISM NEEDS TO BE USED.

Let’s define the debate.


27 posted on 10/12/2007 8:18:44 AM PDT by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: oldtimer2
The Sabbateans have never left us. They've been at it for over 300 years.
28 posted on 10/12/2007 9:13:40 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Duncan Hunter for President)
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