Thank you for the definition. The leftist who yelled that at us was so brave, he was driving by and yelled it instead of getting out of his car and facing us. I can see where some of the leftists look at the definition and then totally distort what a fascist is. They think that just because we truly love our country and exhibit national pride it makes us Nazis.
Thanks for your observations & the report of what happened. It shows how much we need this discussion.
Without even going into the NWO, one can see that Powell saw the weakness-that Eastern Blue Blood civility which can't quite deal with the really world of killers. Of course, its almost impossible to look at this without asking why the Pouting Powell is still around!?!
Thanks for your effort & the tagline.
I have repeatedly noted that the Adorno book was a fine case we should note-the book is NEVER mentioned by the Left ( media, academia, &etc ). It shows too clearly what they can't allow to be discussed-IMHO. I even had one psych prof who admitted this in class.
I shall print, read, & likely forward your link. Thanks for such useful information!
You are pretty much on target-but one small differrence between then & NOW.
I think of LBJ as the creature in the old '50's SciFio film, THE THING-it was found buried in the Polar ice in a crashed 'saucer'! James Arness' first role I believe-& he spoke not one word, only walking to his demise in an electric flash. A vegetable creature, a mindless monster prone to crush anyone in his path.
Today we have a somewhat different President. We also have a population which is on-line or likely knows someone who is. Even the flawed & endangered Ma-ha-Rushie has spawned countless little radio 'rushies'.
Thanks for the cautionary observations.
IN ninety one did we not promise the saudis we would not invade iraq, isnt that why they didnt protest our going to war with hussein, I seen or read somewhere that the middle east heads of state were concerned , the saudis were afraid we would take over iraqs oil ,if we took the whole country am I right with this.
It actually goes back to the fact that fascists and communists used to be rivals in the recruiting war for the totalitarian-minded intellectuals of Europe. Indeed, they commonly traded members back and forth as happens with faddish elite beliefs. Mussolini was a socialist. So was Hitler, but being the other "side of the same coin" led to great hatred between Communists and Fascists. One side's outlook was "international" and the other was more inward and focused on the "nation" or "Volk."
So somewhere along the line, despite the pact between Stalin and Hitler, the communists viewed the fascists as their arch-enemy, and as such would soon label ANYONE who opposed them as "Fascist."
So what you see today, despite being terribly inaccurate, is merely a continuation of that ideological European war.
Islam _is_ the culmination and combination of religion+facism. Nothing less.
It is antithetical to the concept of a loving, peaceful religion.
It is antithetical to the concept of democracy.
It is antithetical to the notion of "religious freedom".
It is diametrically opposed to EVERYTHING the Judeo-Christian West represents.
Islam and the Western World cannot co-exist in peace. One _must_ triumph over the other.
I prefer that it be OUR side that wins.
Am I implying that the inhabitants of today's Islamic nations can never adopt self-government, religious freedom, social tolerance, and reach peace with the rest of the world? No.
What I _am_ implying is that they can never truly accomplish such achievements so long as Islam lives within them and around them. Remove Islam from the equation, and anything might become possible.
If that means the complete and utter destruction of Islam as cult and religion is required in order to achieve such victory.... well, I won't go further....
In my backyard I have two apple trees. Each and every year, the apples fall to the ground, and each and every year, I have to pick them up and pitch them into the bushes to get rid of them.
If I truly want to rid myself of the problem of falling apples once and for all, what must I do?
Cheers!
- John
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I was aware of the rivalry between the communists and fascist-hence during WWII the Russians fighting the Germans. As we have seen, both systems fail humankind. I just find it interesting that many of the "educated elite" continually mislabel those such as myself who do not believe in fascism or socialism with their slurs. They seem to have hijacked history to use to their advantage because they cannot come up with anything else.