That the left knows we are "RIGHT" just tickles the hell out of me, since that leave the left "WRONG"!
David Limbaugh nailed it when he wrote: - "... Communism, as conceived by Marx, was based on the perceived class struggle.
Marx envisioned that the "workers of the world" would unite against so-called capitalist oppression.
Marxism was thoroughly materialistic and rooted in class warfare.
Nazism was probably not so virulently anti-capitalist -- at least in terms of its ideological emphasis.
It was more racially and nationally driven.
So where does that leave us?
Well, today's liberals see themselves as champions of the "working man" and enemies of corporate interests and the wealthy.
Their political lifeblood is class warfare on behalf of the "working man" (read: labor unions).
Redistributionism is at the heart of their philosophy.
When those on the left today call conservatives "fascists" or liken Bush to Hitler,
they are betraying their contempt for what they perceive to be excessive nationalism, patriotism and militarism on the part of conservatives.
But there's a darker side to their thinking.
The left's worst-kept secret is that many liberals believe -- or would at least like the electorate to believe -- that conservatives are racist.
So there you have it.
Conservatives are nationalistic, jingoistic and racist.
Point, set, match. They're fascists.
But it's as divorced from reality as it is sinister.
Conservatives are driven by liberty and a healthy skepticism for centralized government.
They aren't enemies of the federal government
but believe it ought to be limited in its powers and scope, as contemplated and designed by the Constitution.
They are the opposite of racists, aspiring to colorblindness and equality of opportunity and rights for everyone.
We will proudly accept, however, the charge that we are nationalistic, patriotic and firm believers in American exceptionalism.
Liberals can definitely identify with communism, as indeed they have through the years,
- as in their glorification of the Soviet Union in years past
and their romanticizing of communist dictators, such as Cuba's Fidel Castro.
- given their penchant for centralized governmental power and too much state control over business and industry,
as we've seen most strikingly under President Barack Obama.
As political theory and actual practice throughout history demonstrate,
- both communism and fascism are left-wing political and economic ideologies --
- as far as they can be from the right wing of the spectrum."
But I would add the following.
We've got to discuss the liberal's problem of psychological projection. Liberals do this all the time.
Here's a definition.
- Freudian Projection
- "A defense mechanism in which the individual attributes to other people impulses and traits that he himself has but cannot accept.
It is especially likely to occur when the person lacks insight into his own impulses and traits."
- "The externalisation of internal unconscious wishes, desires or emotions on to other people.
So, for example, someone who feels subconsciously that they have a powerful latent homosexual drive may not acknowledge this consciously, but it may show in their readiness to suspect others of being homosexual."
- "Attributing one's own undesirable traits to other people or agencies, e.g., an aggressive man accuses other people of being hostile."
- "The individual perceives in others the motive he denies having himself.
Thus the cheat is sure that everyone else is dishonest.
The would-be adulterer accuses his wife of infidelity."
- "People attribute their own undesirable traits onto others.
An individual who unconsciously recognises his or her aggressive tendencies may then see other people acting in an excessively aggressive way."
- "Projection is the opposite defence mechanism to identification.
We project our own unpleasant feelings onto someone else and blame them for having thoughts that we really have."
The following is a collection of definitions of projection from orthodox psychology texts.
In this system the distinct mechanism of projecting own unconscious or undesirable characteristics onto an opponent is called Freudian Projection.
And here's a problem with honest people.
- (General) Projection
- Individual A assumes that B sees the colour red as he does, until informed that B is colour-blind;
- Someone who never lies is easy to deceive because he projects his truthfulness onto others, assuming that others are honest also;
- ‘It takes one to know one’;
- An inept con-man fears that others are trying to cheat him, signals his fear and alerts others;
- (Freudian) An individual who possesses malicious characteristics, but who is unwilling to perceive himself as a protagonist, convinces himself that his opponent feels and would act the same way.
Here projection is assuming that others act or perceive similarly – according to this definition it is not necessary for a projected trait to be undesirable or unconscious.
Projection is probably inherent in social animals and the single most important psychological mechanism.
The following are given as examples:
Liberals constantly project their own vile values onto conservatives, intentionally or unintentionally,
and they need to called on it, shamed on it, and laughed at to scorn, when they do it.
We MUST get rid of these evil people.