But it is an inaccurate appellation (for most of them) and drags up irrelevant distractions. The second is a worse problem than the first. Of courese you can do what you like, but we can describe what they do, denounce it as wicked, attack them as hateful, withourt saying they are fascists, Mongel invadaers, conquistadores, or whatever. They are aggressive, greedy theocratic, militaristic, imperialistic lying lapdogs (or members) of the rich and powerful who have betyrayed civilization and the values of this country and the civilized world for personal gain or advancement. Does "fascist" add anything to that? It almsot gives them to much credit, of adherence of an ideal, when they are mainly unprinciples highway robbers or relifgious fruitcakes.
--- Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org> wrote:
> I say the left should start calling the right
> fascist. It's a politcal
> criticism. But of course, one hates fascists. It is
> the appropriate emotion
> to have for fascists.
>
> CB
>
>
> snitsnat snitilicious
> A friend of ours is pushing us to start a blog. OKey
> Dokey. As we were
> talking about which ones we read and why, he
> mentioned Glen Reynolds, etc.
> etc. and said he never read the lefty blogs because
> they were filled with
> hate.
>
> Since I have to deal with this sort of thing
> everyday, I usually just shut
> my mouth and move on when I know arguing won't get
> anywhere. Yes, Carl, I'm
> one of those US wimps! :)
>
> Now, my question is: What exactly about, say, Atrios
> or Daily Kos (the
> leftleaning equivalent of Glen Reynolds [I guess??])
> is filled with hate?
> The key is, that it's filled with more hate than
> Reynolds? I know, I know,
> it's ideology. Whatever. I can't believe halfway
> smart people are that
> ignorant --that incapable of self-reflection or the
> capacity to see the big
> ol' plank in their own eye.
>
> IOW, if I'm expecting that _they_ see how their own
> bloggers are "full of
> hate," then shouldn't it follow that I should try to
> do the same. Perhaps I
> haven't read Atrio and Kos enough, but I really
> can't see it as "hate".
>
> And what about this "hate" crap anyway. Why has that
> become such a huge
> meme? (*sputter* I *hate* the meme meme!) Why is it
> the height of insult to
> claim someone is a 'hater'? It's very strange. So,
> I *hate* Ken DeLay.
> Whatever that means. I don't like Ken DeLay's
> politics. In fact, I *hate*
> Ken DeLay's politics. So? What? Am I supposed to
> respect them? Is this meme
> some attempt to play on what Wojtek rightly points
> out is a kind of guilty
> conscience among lefties -- were afraid to play
> dirty (even though a
> rightwinger will tell you that lefties are masters
> at it and, after all,
> Horowitz learned it from the left!)
>
> anyway, just rambling questions/thoughts.
>
>
> s.s.
>
>
>
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