McCarthyism up close [Beichman attacks Coulter's "Treason"; admits never read her book]

If the American Jewish population did think Joe McCarthy was an anti-Semite, they most likely have been pressing their ears far too close to the mouths of the Reform and Reconstructionist wings of the rabbinate, for whom Jewishness consists almost entirely of left-wing politics. After all, most of the REAL anti-Semites are found on the left. FDR posed far greater threats to Jewish life than Joe McCarthy ever did, and as Midge Decter wrote in "The Chosen People in an Almost Chosen Nation", American Jews practically worshipped FDR. Joe McCarthy didn't restrict Jewish immigration to next to zero, oppose the opening of refugee camps in North Africa, turn away 900 Jews on board the St. Louis, suppress news about the Holocaust, prevent the bombing of crematoria, delay the freeing of prison camps in the Netherlands, or dismiss the objections of Governor Lehman of New York over a court-packing scheme saying, "What else could you expect from a Jew?" Roosevelt did all these and more.

This may come as a surprise to some of you, but Hitler was also of the leftist persuasion. Even the mammoth books of lies (a.k.a. high school textbooks) had to admit that Hitler was for huge government. Why else were the Nazis called the National SOCIALIST German WORKER'S Party? That would also explain FDR's sending people to Italy to take notes on Mussolini's fascism as a model for the NRA.

Truth to tell, I'm getting sick and tired of people equating the far right with fascism. I looked fascism up in the dictionary and the equation simply doesn't add up. We have yet another Marxist myth on our hands here. Smaller government does not lead to totalitarianism. Smaller and smaller government eventually leads to ANARCHY. But of course, anarchy doesn't sound as ugly on the surface as fascism does, so extreme rightists are called fascists as a way to make the Left morally equivalent to the Right. We've got to stop putting up with this!

I don't think McCarthy was an anti-Semite but I was wondering if these people tried to label him as such. I appreciate the historical information you provided.

I've always said that if you go far enough to the right you eventually meet the left since at the outermost points some common ground is shared. Both extremes actually give up the individual (which is where freedom resides) in allegiance to whatever principle is the cohesive element of the group.

There can never be pure anarchy. Someone always makes the rules. That's why I like my silly little oxymoron "Anarchy Rules."

I apologize if I appeared to shout in my all-caps words. I would've used italics if I knew how. CONTROL I just brought up a menu.

You are right to say that anarchy never lasts, because someone will always spoil it by making the grab for ultimate power. Of course, there can never be "pure" Communism either. The theory of it is that after enough time under forced cooperation, the government will no longer be needed and simply wither away. The government officials will have too much stake in maintaining their position and the human race will never reach cooperative perfection. Neither extreme can work because they both place too much faith in man. THAT, I believe, is the common ground of which you speak. In my own personal opinion, fascism and communism have far too much in common to be opposite extremes. Rather, they are political siblings. My thoughts on the spectrum lead me to a model with Absolute Monarchy being the furthest left and Anarchy being the farthest right.

With all due respect, I've heard arguments like this before, and they only seem to muddle one's ability to differentiate between political philosophies. If both extremes emphasize the same methods, where do anarchists, neo-confederates, and advocates of the city-state come in? They seem to me a far cry from fascists. I get the impression that in a circular political spectrum, these philosophies would be left entirely out of the equation. I don't think that makes for sound doctrine. Thank you for the reassurance that you haven't been suckered on our dearly departed Senator. I'm glad the historical info was of interest. I got it from something on the Internet called "The FDR Scandal Page". I've been doing checks on their sources and so far all points to their accuracy. For instance, if PBS says something that makes FDR look bad, you can trust it.

Oh, yes. One can be pretty sure that at least one crackpot Communist or liberal rabbi (they're almost indistinguishable, really) tried to paint McCarthy as an anti-Semite. The American Communist Party played up the Jewish issue wherever it could so as to paint any anti-Communist as a fascist and anti-Semite.

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