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2010-06-23 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Bobby 2010-06-23 06:27|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Useful idiots were not Nazis. Jeez, this writer is an idiot.

Posted by gromky 2010-06-23 06:54|| 2010-06-23 06:54|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not sure I've ever seen Thomas Sowell called an idiot before.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-06-23 07:17|| 2010-06-23 07:17|| Front Page Top

#3 grom, I think the point Mr Sowell was trying to make is that the Nazis would never have gotten into power without the "useful idiots" who didn't want to think too hard about what really caused Germany's problems. The Nazis gave them a convenient, time-tested scapegoat, and a lot of the population (including those who should have known better) jumped at the chance to support an evil crew.

I don't think that Oblahblah and crew are that blatantly evil, but they sure have invoked the old "class warfare" argument to ram through whatever they want....and there's a core 30% or so that still thinks eventually someone will get socialism right (or at least they'll finally be in their "rightful" place, lording it over the rest of the great unwashed, which also would be ok even if it didn't work this time, either).

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-06-23 07:30|| 2010-06-23 07:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Useful idiots were not Nazis. Jeez, this writer is an idiot.

Second paragraph states LENIN similarly described unthinking supporters. Idiot? Read the article again sir/madam.

Posted by Kwame 2010-06-23 09:41|| 2010-06-23 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe gromky's second sentence was self-referential.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2010-06-23 10:00|| 2010-06-23 10:00|| Front Page Top

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