A radio pundit has a catchphrase, "Liberalism is a mental disorder" .
I disagree, in the label area, as a classic Liberal ( Western Liberal Civilization, Cold War, libertarian ( or libertine ) version Patriotic nerd ) The term Liberalism is inaccurate. A label stolen by the Authoritarian Left.
But substituting Democrat for Liberal isn't accurate, either. Rank & file Ds are not crazy, nor Rs, it's, IM not so HO the "leftists" or the various Marx cultists ( which is as splintered as other religions )
Yeah, leftists have taken over the D Party Leadership, and it's not that different ( just slower ) for R party leaders.
It's people that have to be dishonest with themselves because their beliefs about reality don't match facts. Authoritarian Marxists have to lie to everyone to get power. ( who'd support them If they said they wanted to rules as a rich elite over the poor everyone else will become? ) And to sustain the counterfactual thought is crazy making.
This isn’t funny. This poor kid actually believes he can have someone arrested for saying things he doesn’t agree with, though it’s obvious he doesn’t know what those things are, only that he’s been told that Prager U are racist fascist homophobes.
I remember the news saying the cure is in fish tank cleaner. I don’t recall Trump saying so. Getting pretty tired of the constant lies. Maybe this should be in the press thread.
Excuse my French, but leftists are political prostitutes. If they weren't so in the past, they certainly are now.
“[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system, when they get disillusioned, they become the worst enemies. That’s why my KGB instructors specifically made the point: never bother with leftists. Forget about these political prostitutes. Aim higher. [...] They serve a purpose only at the stage of destabilization of a nation. For example, your leftists in the United States: all these professors and all these beautiful civil rights defenders. They are instrumental in the process of the subversion only to destabilize a nation. When their job is completed, they are not needed any more. They know too much. Some of them, when they get disillusioned, when they see that Marxist-Leninists come to power—obviously they get offended—they think that they will come to power. That will never happen, of course. They will be lined up against the wall and shot.” Yuri Bezmenov.
That last part saddens me. I don't wish to see leftists shot by their own comrades, but history attests that it has happened before and that it will happen again if we go down the same path.
If I was going to get lined up against the wall and shot for defending my civil rights, I guess I was going to to get lined up against the wall anyways.
Gerard, Communists are more ruthless against disillusioned leftists. The average Joe is not their main concern and it is not likely that he gets lined up against the wall and shot once Communism takes over. Communists have bigger fish to fry than your average Joe. Remember, bullets are expensive and they can only be shot once, there are simply too many average Joe's to be shot by bullets alone. Bullets are reserved for disillusioned leftists. That isn't to say that the average Joe will be treated nicely under Communism, but as long as he doesn't compete with Communists he won't be lined up and shot. As for civil rights, that'll be worth less than toilet paper. Now back to your work camp, you pesky peasant!
What is with the characterization of professors as "beautiful civil rights defenders"? Is defending civil liberties a leftist thing that leads to communism? If so, what should those who feel local governments are restricting their freedom of movement be doing?