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Wondering if all of this slashing of services and tariff waring will actually result in tax cuts for what is left of the middle class. I doubt it will be more than a token break. It is the upper middle working class that carries the burden. People such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, accountants who get a W2 and honest small business owners as…[Read more]

PopeBeanie,

In other words, it takes more than just making stupid noises on EuroVision or not furnishing the apartment for me to use the term: “Fascist.” 😁

PopeBeanie,

Enco, I promise I was only reviewing this thread, starting with its first post back in December, and my purpose was not to find examples of the kind of stuff that you write. But the following comment spurred me to point out that Jason Stanley is not the only pontificator conflating “Fascism” with policies they criticize:

My use of…[Read more]

PopeBeanie,

To “wants to put an end to all this nonsense”, ok, but the level and speed of destruction is justified like claiming the Titanic was all about trying to put an end to those nasty icebergs

The exaggerated sense of invulnerability and omniscience of Academia is real, unlike urban legend quotes about the Titanic. Everything rotten hap…[Read more]

Robert: The country is chock full of “single issue” voters who align with one party or the other. I do not agree that hating Jews or supporting Hamas is “liberal” or “left”.

Classical liberalism. Agreed. Classical liberals i think are more apt to see a thing for what it is. They will be aghast at the sex slavery, FGM, absence of rights for…[Read more]

The country is chock full of “single issue” voters who align with one party or the other. I do not agree that hating Jews or supporting Hamas is “liberal” or “left”.

White Christian Nationals despise Jews. Israel is just a necessary piece of the prophecy that brings their Jeebus back. If Israel goes away without the rapture, so does the whole…[Read more]

I think i’ve made it clear how antiprogressive/far left i am. I can’t speak as intelligently on issues like DEI and wokeness. The Jew hating religion on other hand i am more than a little conversant.

Recently Gazans have at thier peril begun to protest in numbers against Hamas. Incidentally they have also called out Al Jazeera which is not…[Read more]

Enco, I promise I was only reviewing this thread, starting with its first post back in December, and my purpose was not to find examples of the kind of stuff that you write. But the following comment spurred me to point out that Jason Stanley is not the only pontificator conflating “Fascism” with policies they criticize:

TheEncogitationer…

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PopeBeanie,

That article emphasizes more than once, I’m paraphrasing, that “meaningful speech” requires payment of money in order to be heard, e.g. via media. No mention of the contra-coralary is made, of course, that by definition, this means that smaller money efforts automatically lose to bigger money efforts to exercise free speec…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
And now the Universities and this psycho, self-hating, suicidal egghead Jason Stanley have the nerve to scream “Fascism” when anyone–and this is not just Trump and MAGA–wants to put an end to all this nonsense???

I’ve made it a habit to just skip comments like this, so I’ve lost count. How does that come out so easily…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
If Universities accept taxdollars, they are by definition willing instruments of the State.

OK, “by definition” according to certain idealisms, but not long-standing traditions of giving academia and upper educational institutions some freedom to define curriculum and policies. Otherwise, an “instrument of the state”, by…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
[…]Citizens United was defending anyone’s right to express themselves via donations.

What It Takes to Speak Freely: A Defense of Citizens United Written By Eli Solomon https://hulr.org/fall-2024/what-it-takes-to-speak-freely-a-defense-of-citizens-united

That article emphasizes more than once, I’m paraphrasing, that “…[Read more]

Jake,

I take it you mean Jason Stanley from the other thread. Academia and NPR/CPB are just self-sabotagiing. You don’t even have to be Trump or MAGA to either help them along or enjoy it,

Trump and MAGA are also self-sabotaging with Signalgate. Except for the fact that Islamofascists, Russia, and Red China could be getting intel, this would…[Read more]

Enco,

I wasn’t going to bother responding to the ideologue. Just one more instance in which an ideologue is utterly blind to his ideology.

But he is a self-proclaimed patriot. Patriots high tail it out of the country
to Toronto when things get dicey. Right? I am good with him finding a home on the moon. I am gonna kill the fucking baar today.

PopeBeanie,

Leftism vs Authoritarianism in America, are those the only main characters left playing now?

It’s Authoritarianism all around and all the way down.

All these universities who have been on the taxpayer’s teat all these years have been imposing speech codes and speech regimens on students and dangling tenure over the heads of…[Read more]

Robert,

You do know that the biggest opponents of Citizens United v. The Federal Elections Commission were all corporations in the mainstrem media like The New York Timees, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Corporation for Public Brodcasting? And that the ruling sure didn’t make opposing politcians choosy about donations?

And you do know…[Read more]

Leftism vs Authoritarianism in America, are those the only main characters left playing now?

The 19-1/2 minute video is about Fascism taking down or converting universities into instruments of the state. Side note, “they” now want NPR and PBS to be next on the chopping block.

Well, we allow billionaires who own mass media channels and social media websites to contribute hundreds of millions to political candidates.

Go ahead and tell me about “free” speech. What a crock of bullshit. Speech is not free…it is for sale and is owned by billionaires.

Having professional, educated people who are experts in their areas and…[Read more]

Robert,

The Big Lie didn’t start in 2015, nor did “Alternative Facts” start with Kellyanne Conway.

Basically, MAGA just looked at the Postmodern/Critical Theory/Identitarian students who’ve spent 60 years repeating: “Hey!-Hey! Ho!-Ho! Western Civ Has Got To Go!” and telling of “My Truth! His Truth! Her Truth!” and MAGA replied:

“Hold my…[Read more]