Posted on 08/31/2005 9:32:02 AM PDT by hinterlander
A Gainesville, Georgia, talk show host returning from visiting our troops in Iraq wrote a letter to the New York Times disagreeing with the paper's pundits' conferring on Cindy Sheehan, mother of a fallen soldier, the status of "absolute moral authority" regarding our involvement in Iraq. With sensitivity, Martha Zoller wrote that many mothers and fathers of fallen heroes, with equal moral clout, support our mission in Iraq.
To her surprise, this southern gal received a bundle of e-mails from the New York City area calling her a "Nazi" and "concentration-camp capo," the latter a pejorative used often by Jews referring to that small number of their brethren who collaborated with concentration camp Nazis. It's not a term one generally hears thrown around on the streets of Provo, Utah.
What could possibly be Nazi-like, capo-like, in simply expressing a sentiment that buttresses the opinions of families who've lost children yet still support the war? Actually, nothing! What such name-calling may show is a pre-dispositional belief, from upbringing, within a core of the liberal/progressive community that white, Southern Christians -- majority American types -- are inchoate Nazis.
Almost every policy advancing the cause of American nationalism is seen as grounds for using the N-word, Nazi, reminiscent of leftist race-baiters who stand ready to spring . . .
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I always dispute the idea of a "Far Right", and will confront whoever says that to me. I consider the notion of a "Far Right" to be a fabrication of the left, notably the mainstream media, just as "Saturday Night Special", which does not seem to have a real definition. If the "Right" is considered "conservative", and since it is an impossibility to become so conservative as to begin to veer leftward, then the convergence of left and right can never occur.
Now if you were to consider graphing ideological tendancies versus types of government, you would then get a horseshoe-shaped curve where the common Left would converge (near the bottom) with Anarchy. At the top of the curve would be us, namely; those who believe in constitutionally-limited government, and the rule of law, and who believe in individual freedom.
You may.
Liberals calling conservatives Nazis is reflexive, almost to the point of being a subform of Tourette's Syndrome.
To paraphrase Ann Richards, "they just cahn't hep it!"
You see, the problem with liberals is that their thinking (what there is of it), is extremely shallow, consisting of oft repeated phrases and invective. Read DU for innumerable fine examples.
You see it every time one tries to engage in a debate: lib makes a statement as fact (usually not); conservative answers with facts; lib, confused by something not repeated ad nauseaum on DU, becomes frustrated, tries to recover, fails, then, with blood vessels bulging, issues a derisive insult designed to put the conservative on the defensive, i.e. "Nazi" "homophobe" "bigot" "fascist" or "racist" being the most popular. Conservative, realizing that he/she has entered a battle of wits with an unarmed person, walks away, shaking head. Liberal thinks he/she has won. Rinse. Repeat.
I particularly enjoy encounters with the people that hate Rush Limbaugh. They are just full of stories and quotes that they are absolutely sure are true. Then you ask "do you ever listen to the show?" Stunned silence is followed by "NEVER! I can't listen to the *&%$#)*$&*!!!"
I get this from people with Ph.D.s, alleged scientists no less!
If I wasn't crying, I would be laughing!
Thank you. :-)
He and the SS/Nazis were heavy into the occult as well. The History Channel had quite a documentary about that. Everything they did was satan worship. No wonder they hated the Jews, God's chosen ones, and Christians, God's grafted ones.
"He and the SS/Nazis were heavy into the occult as well. The History Channel had quite a documentary about that. Everything they did was satan worship. No wonder they hated the Jews, God's chosen ones, and Christians, God's grafted ones."
Yup, this was detailed in the book "The Sword of Destiny."
This whole thread is very informative. This is why Savage talks about "Hitler in a headscarf."
But in even the most extreme cases in the US, I'm unaware of political parties forming their own armed, uniformed paramilitary groups.
Perhaps the closest equivalent was the KKK in the early 20s, when they controled a good dozen state legislatures. Although I'm not sure you can call a sheet a uniform. :)
Calling someone a "Nazi" and "concentration-camp capo" is prima facie proof of a weak case, if not a weak mind. It is a subtle acknowledgement that the argument is already lost; that is, a case cannot be made on its own merits.
Thanks for the info. I think that book was mentioned in that documentary. Sounds familiar, at least. Mxxx
International Socialists call everyone who is 'not them'
National Socialists?...how lame is that!
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By: John Cole August 30, 2005 at 4:55 pm
True. Yet after the Cold War broke out, Communism's boasted internationalism proved to be more of a talking point than a reality. One of its most effective tools was to play upon the nationalist dreams of former colonies. Nationalist freedom fighters became common all over the world. This could be described as a "temporary" step along the way to the international utopia, but logical consistency has never been an attribute of the Communist mind, despite its claim to be scientific.
The Kingston DailyFreeman paper poll opn setting a withdrawal date for Iraq is 2 to 1 for setting such a date. New York is Liberal country, and not just in the Big Sh*tty!
Yet another commonality with our homegrown socialist liberal left.
Perhaps a scientific study on the equivalence of Liberalism and Socialism/Communism is in order.
Substitute Democrats for Nazi or Democratic Party for National Socialist Workers Party and we have modern America.
America will never be safe as long as a single Democrat holds elected public office.
Islamofascism is also a legitimate term to throw around, althouygh these are more like the Japanese fascists, whose policies were based on the divine rights of their emperor. In each case, we get fanatical resistance to the point of suicide missions an masse.
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