"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
But radical Islam?? No problem, we’ll just talk to them.
Besides, that’s “diversity”.
Hilarious quote, considering that Lewis loved fascism as long as it came carrying a hammer and sickle.
“religious conservatives in the United States are incubating a form of fascism that could eventually destroy America’s political and intellectual traditions,”
One could make the argument, with more than a little supporting data, that America’s political and intellectual traditions are theologically based. /sarc off Apparently this author just fell off the turnip truck.
Let’s make sure Blackwater is available when the Pope is here. I’d keep an eye on Mr. Hedges.
Such trip is old-school and old-news. No heart or soul to catch the youngster’s emotions...
The left dances with international socialism and suppresses freedom of expression whilst courting their islamofascist murders. Whew. Now we know who put the dys into dysfunctional.
Which means, of course, that the exact opposite is true.
It is always an advantage to project your own intentions onto your opponent and let them try to 'prove a negative', so to speak. This gets the attention off of you and your opponent usually ends up looking guilty by trying to rebut your claims. Typically, once the opponent has engaged the argument, the standard of proof is slowly raised by 'disinterested' third-parties and the opponent appears increasingly guilty as they ratchet up their defense.
The Clintoons used this technique regularly during their reign. It's no accident that it is a favorite tactic of the left.
I, for one, thing this Hedges guy should be promoted to DNC Chairman or Campaign Manager of Hillary 08.
This guy wants to lead the Dems right into a permanent oblivion where only judges can save them. And if we get to keep the White House, eventualy we’ll get rid of those judges whose robes hide the evil intentions of the fascists wearing birkenstocks and Darwin t-shirts.
The US has had about 230 years in which to create a theocracy. For most of those 230 years, religion played a much greater role in public life than it does now.
If it hasn’t happened by now, it ain’t gonna.
Is it just me, or is “fascist” a word that’s often tossed around like a bomb by people who have no real concept of what it means? It’s just a petty attack word these days...
Hedges is promoting the “Queer” agenda. Christians oppose his agenda. His “kind” has passed a bill in the House of Rep. that would protect him from any criticism. Say something bad about “queers” you are accused of a hate crime.
Hedges has a more sophisticated way of dealing with religious Nazis; he reprints a brief essay by Umberto Eco on ‘Eternal Fascism’ and, like other critics of the religious right, seizes on Sinclair Lewis’s line from the years of the Great Depression: ‘When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.’
Sinclair Lewis, so what.
Now could that be the same Sinclair Lewis who wrote a couple of (cough) noteworthy books and the Nobel Prize then 'spent his last years traveling throughout Europe, unable to find publishers for his work and poignantly aware that his place in American literature was far less significant than his early admirers had led him to believe.'The same Lewis whose 'unique place in American literary history is perhaps best expressed by Mark Schorer: "He was one of the worst writers in modern American literature..."
So yes, by all means let's believe what this overrated moonbat said about Christians and this about America .."I love America, but I don't like it."
Screw Sinclair Lewis.
What this idiot fails to appreciate is although most Freepers hate liberalism they would not tolerate a system which exterminates opposing ideas and thoughts. The Christians here, especially, uphold the Republic as something instituted by Christian men to fullfill God’s purpose for the Nation of the USA. It is not the religious right (on the whole) who seek to undermine the constitution. It is those who seek to add to the constitution through the judiciary until it is unrecognisable from the original!
Mel
Man I have learnt a lot about the USA over the few years I have been reading here.
fascism - a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
Exactly how does this term fit the religious right? In what universe do these paranoid lunatics live?
We have to be afraid of the Christians.
I guess that’s because Islamofascism, Atheism, and Secularism are benign, docile forces in our society.
I’m reading a biography of Carrie A. Nation that was published in 1908. Fascinating because of what Nation thought the causes of societal disintegration were then.
Sounds like the perfect description of modern American liberals.
“religious conservatives in the United States are incubating a form of fascism that could eventually destroy America’s political and intellectual traditions, exposing the nation and the world to a terrifying form of theocracy.”
Once again our secret plans for world dominion are exposed. Now how the heck are we gonna take over? The subliminal messages in Coke commercials did not work. The hidden Bible verses in Beat poetry, a failure. The disguised images of Jesus on all currency, a wash out. The churches operating as strip clubs, closed down.
We are running out of options people. Do something. A grand nefarious scheme takes teamwork.