[lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Apr 15 15:42:25 PDT 2009


On Apr 15, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Sheldon wrote:


> Not to detract from the facinating conversation about language. But
> you seem to ignore or dismiss my point. I am not sure about how Dems
> thrive on this stuff, and I am not too worried about these particular
> fascists actually taking over.
>
> However, it does seem like there is a sub-culture of right-wing
> paramilitary types that are persistently present in American society,
> and they occasionally demonstrate their propensity for violent acts in
> American society. With a deep recession and other factors their next
> resurgance could be dangerous.

Yeah, they're a perennial. Dems thrive on talking up the threat. If you don't vote for _______ (insert hack of the year or place), then the Brown Shirts/White Sheets will take over. They're not the ones holding people indefinitely at Bagram now, though.

Doug



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