[lbo-talk] Re: Welcome to Weimar

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 30 12:31:09 PST 2004


Curtiss Leung wrote:


>Sure Bush claims the terrorists hate us because of our freedom. At
>the same time, the admin (I recall Ashcroft saying this is so
>many words) and its boosters make the claim that be
>opposed to their program is to be with the terrorists.

Sure, but wasn't Nazi rhetoric full of stuff about the sickness of democracy, and the beauty of the unified Volk und Reich?

And as much as I hate Bush & Co, I wouldn't want us to forget Lincoln suspending habeas corpus, Haymarket, the Palmer raids, McCarthyism, etc.

Doug



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