Idiot Tea-bagger
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spillsville-1 — 15 years ago(September 28, 2010 09:07 AM)
This is one of the best and most clearly written posts I have come across here.
So concise and so clearly and properly written.
I agree.
After hearing all the noise of the last two years, I wish there were a way in which American adults would be given Civics classes so that they realize that they live in a representative Republic with checks and balances of a government broken up into three branches and not a democracy in the sense in which they think. -
spillsville-1 — 15 years ago(September 30, 2010 01:25 PM)
Thank you for reminding us all of how comparatively young this country is. It's come a long way really, really fast and the fact that we've all lived through the period of our history in which we have been the dominant force in the world has distorted our image of ourselves.
We definitley quickly lost the lessons which were taught to us in school. -
spillsville-1 — 15 years ago(September 28, 2010 09:03 AM)
Communism and Fascism are polar opposites of political beliefs. Communism is far left and Fascism is far right. Just because a movement has "socialist" in its name, doesn't make it less fascist and more leftist. There are movements with the words "socialist and democratic" in their names and they are far from what you would consider democratic.
It's historical fact that the Nazi movement was one of fascism and that they put commuinists to death - they were on the death list as much, if not more so, than gypsies and the mentally retarded. -
adamsmo — 15 years ago(November 20, 2010 06:14 PM)
That's right. Hitler's main scapegoats were communists and Jews (they were linked together in much of the Nazi propaganda). Their brand of socialism was also very different from any other, and it's pretty ignorant to embrace the 'socialist' part of the Nazi party, all the while ignoring the 'national' part - the nationalist part, which was the main component of its ideology, as well as the fact that the Nazis came into power by opposing traditional socialism, as well as liberalism. There are quite a few reasons why the Nazis are considered far-right, and anyone who suggests strong similarities to communism probably doesn't know much of anything about the Weimar Republic (Germany preceding the Nazis ascent to power).
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starkrogersromance — 15 years ago(March 20, 2011 10:14 PM)
Hitler actually used the word "socialist" to appeal to German people who wanted change. He did not actually believe in the principles and scaled back on them when he rose to power. He was an evil man, but knew how to use rhetoric that he did not believe in.
Said the joker to the thief. -
adamsmo — 15 years ago(November 20, 2010 06:16 PM)
'True' communism would have literally no government. It would essentially be organized anarchy.
Fascism and communism are very much diametric opposites, though there are parallels when they're practiced in real life. -
Theoden_of_ODU — 15 years ago(March 22, 2011 01:17 AM)
'True' communism would have literally no government. It would essentially be organized anarchy.
Fascism and communism are very much diametric opposites, though ther2000e are parallels when they're practiced in real life.
Very accurate. "True" communism (as laid out by Marx and Engels is simply a pipe-dream. It can't possibly be implemented sustained by any lengths of the imagination without some kind of totalitarian regime forming. I feel bad for people who still can't see that The Communist Manifesto contains a failed philosophy. Only in some fictional world (like Star Trek where they have "magic" machines that create things out of thin air) could you get even remotely close to this magical world, where people live and share everything and dance around with gumdrop smiles. Command economy? Sure. Some kind of socialist-mixed-free market economy? Sure.
Even communes (the closest thing to communism) regularly kick out unproductive members who are leaching off the rest of the group. And we're normally talking less than 100 people. If you can't get it to work in that kind of situation, how could it possibly work for thousands, or millions?
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KinksRock — 15 years ago(March 22, 2011 07:30 AM)
I didn't realize that she had become such a freak. She still sounds like an idiot, but back in the 80s it was just her act. Now she says things like how weird it is that liberals are pro-Muslima and pro-gay, but Muslims kill gays.
Hey, you dang woodchucks! Stop chucking my wood! -
averagejoeman2013 — 14 years ago(September 14, 2011 11:51 AM)
So, the OP is upset because a group of newer voters (who are more educated/informed than average) gave their great leader an insult because of his failed policies? Why perish the thought! Instead of taking the chance to educate yourself and learn why so many (from all sides of the political spectrum) are opposing the president's agenda, you choose personal insults. Not to worry, slowly but surely you will be marginalized like all the other haters.
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AmberEmerald — 14 years ago(October 29, 2011 10:22 PM)
You wreck your credibility with your double standards. Any fair-minded, objective person with moral integrity is going to see Victoria Jackson's statements as vitriol. Freedom of speech does not mean that people can't criticize you for what you say. Because that would impede on their freedom of speech.
There is a difference between judging people for what they actually do and say vs. judging people for things you think they do. Spewing vitriol is a conduct of character thing. Being uber hypocritical about spouting vitriol is a conduct of character thing. Judging and condemning people that you know nothing or next to nothing about except a label, is also a conduct of character thing.
Comparing political opponents to Communists and Hitler is a blatant attempt at subjugating and denigrating opposing views. There is nothing "honorable" or "ethical" about it. It is pure fearmongering. It is stomping all over people in order to achieve an agenda. What a great lesson to teach children. That double standards are okay, so long as it benefits "your side". That it is okay to treat people badly so long as you get your way in life.
You don't have to sell your soul for a tax cut. You can ask for one without insulting, degrading, dehumanizing the opposition. After all, there was a 1964 tax cut in the Revenue Act of 1964. Also known as the Kennedy-Johnson tax cut. According to the website below, Republicans were against/had qualms about the tax cut that Kennedy wanted to do. Why? To quote the site below, "it would generate a deficit thereby threatening to add to the national debt."
http://chuck.hubpages.com/hub/Democrat_vs_Republican_Tax_Cuts_