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| ISLAMIST, COMMUNIST, NAZI: IDEOLOGIES OF HATE |
| 2016-06-13 |
| h/t Instapundit After last night’s murder of fifty people at a gay club in Orlando, politicians are rushing out their statements, most smart enough to avoid knee-jerk reactions blaming anyone but the shooter, and perhaps the group inspiring him, ISIS/ISIL/Daesh. Not all were so thoughtful. I’m going to spare you my pledges of emotional solidarity with our gay brethren, or pious warnings not to blame Muslims in general for the hateful actions of a few. I’m going to assume you’re all adults and understand that ideologies and religions associated with mass murder -- Communism, Nazism, and recently the fundamentalist Islamist groups -- are all thought-viruses which prey on the susceptible. This is an assumption I may regret, since the topic is a minefield unless you stick to the mainstream channels of banal sentiment. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #10 Well, he's not worth that much now... but one thing I suggest you consider. Maybe Vanguard Party Capitalism and Vanguard Party Communism aren't disjoint socioeconomic/political systems. Maybe they're the same system. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-06-13 18:11 |
| #9 Thing, Bernie's not worth $4 billion. Political principles? Bernie's got them, assinine, atrocious ones sure but he's got them. I figure Ms. Chavez wouldn't know a principle if it bit her on the butt. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-06-13 17:33 |
| #8 I'm still waiting for someone to provide a rational, logical, objective distinction between fundamentalist Islamist and Islamic in the same way that I've never heard about moderate Nazis or moderate Communists. While you're at it, explain the differences between Bernie and that daughter of Hugo Chavez's in her New York Penthouse with her four billion dollars while her country starves. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-06-13 16:47 |
| #7 Pappy: YEAH. Totally. !!!!1@!!@!!21!!!@ELEVENTY!!!! WAKE UP SHEEPLE! THROW OFF THE CHAINS OF HTE LOWERCASE CONSPIRACY! |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-06-13 16:45 |
| #6 Don't you mean "WUT?" #5 Ship? ;-) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-06-13 15:53 |
| #5 Wut? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-06-13 15:51 |
| #4 'All caps' are yet another virus I'm growing weary of dealing with. But, but, it means it's IMPORTANT! And that the "sheeple' are too asleep/dumb/doped up/watching GOT to recognize it unless it's typographically screamed at them. But that's another peeve. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-06-13 15:30 |
| #3 Don't hold your breath, AC. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-13 13:41 |
| #2 I'm still waiting for someone to provide a rational, logical, objective distinction between fundamentalist Islamist and Islamic in the same way that I've never heard about moderate Nazis or moderate Communists. This is Islam period, full-stop. Are there some putative followers of Islam, aka Muslims, who are not themselves murderers? Sure, just as there were followers of Hitler, aka Nazis that weren't murderers. But the ideology is the same. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-06-13 13:35 |
| #1 'All caps' are yet another virus I'm growing weary of dealing with. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-13 11:29 |