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Posted: 09/ 1/09 08:54 AM ET

 

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02:41 PM on 09/14/2009
My first time here. Interesting to read the hateful comments of so many supposedly enlightened individuals.
Yes, everyone opposed to Obama's plans to effectively turn the USA into a socialist state is an idiot at best and a racist at worst.
Carry on, people. I suppose tearing down others make you feel superior.
08:20 PM on 09/02/2009
The b&w photo from civil rights era where everyone's holding signs "Race mixing is Communism" is particular poignant and illustrative of socialism arguments.
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
08:28 PM on 09/02/2009
I did try to show the antiprogressive forces of yesteryear had the same arguments against "socialism" and various bugaboos.
08:20 PM on 09/02/2009
First. Seance Fiction. RAWKS...Nice to get a little metalcore mixed in with the daily HuffPost fix.

Second, to compare these town hall folks to zombies is a bit insulting to the ceaseless tide of lumbering carnage of decayed and rotting flesh that makes up a zombie horde...The zombies have more class.
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
08:27 PM on 09/02/2009
Check out the song "Course of Human Events."
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tom90069
03:23 PM on 09/02/2009
all this stuff they're complaining about is what insurance companies do.
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
05:49 PM on 09/02/2009
A point I have repeated tirelessly.
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HST
Conservatism = selfishness
06:37 PM on 09/01/2009
I'm all in favor of good old fashioned protest, but yelling over/at people screaming and stomping your feet like a spoiled brat -not so much.
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02:36 PM on 09/01/2009
Maybe you are seeing more of "love your country, mistrust your government". It's amazing to see those now pitching ignore the protest "trust your government".
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
03:21 PM on 09/01/2009
"OBAMA = HITLER" is not about a healthy mistrust of government, but tinfoil-hat nonsense.
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PWM
Eisenhower Republican. Liberalism = Liberty
06:19 PM on 09/01/2009
Republicans trusted the government enough in 2004 to fund Iraq's universal health care system.
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PackyJ
11:49 AM on 09/01/2009
Glad to see you blogging here, Matt!
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
01:00 PM on 09/01/2009
Glad to be here!
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Lemeritus
Been there, done that, lived to tell
10:43 AM on 09/01/2009
I was reading the comments to E.J. Dionne's "Taking the Kennedy Way" in the Washington Post yesterday and was actually horrified to read the postings of so many proud idiots. Amid the venomous references to Chappaquidick – tho, my God! volumes could (and should) be written about the service of the Kennedy family compared to the looting done by the Bushes and the destruction of morality, let alone civility, by the party of Family Values – there were nuggets such as: "Socialism and fascism go together like cancer and death."

It is no shame not to know a thing, but the ignorance celebrated by this right wing side show is truly like the unfolding of a monster movie – zombies, indeed, living on a diet of processed talking points and shambling into reasoned discourse drooling fetid lies. Had Thomas Jefferson known that these creatures would one day rally to him, he might have stayed in France. But for those who somehow think Jefferson lends their insanity particular credence, there’s this:

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
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RumiSouth
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11:16 AM on 09/01/2009
There's also another sci-fi parallel I'd like to follow up with soon: the image of a mad scientist whose creation runs out of control and kills him. Because that is exactly where the Teabag Terror is headed, IMHO.
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Lemeritus
Been there, done that, lived to tell
12:45 PM on 09/01/2009
I've given this some fond thought myself both along the lines of The Island of Doctor Moreau and Proverb-ially as in "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart."
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02:39 PM on 09/01/2009
How about volumes to be written by the uber wealthy in the Dems and Reps upon all citizens? The uber class creates the facade of the Dems and Reps and has you picking a side while they loot us. We should focus on the fact both groups are looters of the masses.
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
03:22 PM on 09/01/2009
You're an Alex Jones fan, aren't you?
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06:39 PM on 09/01/2009
YOu mean like Kennedy who spent his life supporting progressive taxes and all kinds of programs to help the poor better their place in life? Yeah, he really spent his life robbing us.
10:30 AM on 09/01/2009
I'm thinking more along the lines of '28 Days Later,' rather than 'Night of the Living Dead.' These people are more of a rabid, mindless infection rather than a supernatural raising of the dead.
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Lemeritus
Been there, done that, lived to tell
10:50 AM on 09/01/2009
Infection! Great description -- they are an infection in the body politic! Bravo, gregsamsa!
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
11:15 AM on 09/01/2009
I prefer the necromancy frame because it puts a human agent in the narrative. After all, these morons are being TOLD to march around with misspelled signs and ridiculous historical comparisons (see below).
03:25 PM on 09/02/2009
True enough! I would apply the "infection" label to those who rabble rouse. Those who have the microphones and cameras and substantially more wealth, their goal is to win their battle regardless of the outcome because winning is everything. These poor ignorant, misinformed zombies are simply their pawns.
10:29 AM on 09/01/2009
They are absolutely NOT the same thing but are almost completely opposite. Communism says its purposes is to establish an egalitarian/classless/stateless society based on common ownership through state-controlled everything. Fascism is authoritarian nationalism with a corporate controlled economy. Fascism in its purest form opposes communism strongly (you didn't see Germany and Russia allied in World War II). Nazis and Marxists do not play well together.
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Arithrianos
reality has already (w)on(e), surrender!
12:21 PM on 09/01/2009
in fact Communists in Nazi Germany were sent to the death camps along with liberals, gypsies(romoni), gays,the developmentaly disabled as well as Jews.
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03:23 PM on 09/01/2009
Yes, liberals have faced eliminationism before.
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mcthfg
09:04 AM on 09/01/2009
Nicely said.

Will someone please tell the right the difference between communism and socialism? They just look so... stupid when they don't know the difference.

And let Texas leave. National test scores will skyrocket, and in a few short years, they'll be going to Mexico for work.
10:18 AM on 09/01/2009
Actually the left needs to understand that fascism and communism are basically the same thing. Fascist are more nationalistic while communist want to export their secular religion worldwide. Socialism is just a part of both fascism and communism.
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Lemeritus
Been there, done that, lived to tell
10:57 AM on 09/01/2009
I pray you're not really a teacher.

Communism and fascism (though the definition of fascism -- probably because it has no body of economic theory behind it -- comes in and out of focus) are diametrically opposed.
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RumiSouth
Caerbannog!
11:13 AM on 09/01/2009
Socialism IS NOT A FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

It is a TOOL of government.

The road in front of your house is a socialized transportation system. The public schools and the fire department and the police are socialist institutions.

The fascists of WWII were "socialist" in the way that North Korea is a Democratic People's Republic -- which is to say they WEREN'T.

Communism and socialism went their separate ways with Marx and Engels. Do you have any FACTS to offer that contradict these well-established historical REALITIES?