01/23/2016 1:21:19 PM PST
· 99 of 224 Tzfat
to mconley22; Jim Robinson
Add me to the list. Ban me. I am confident you will have support from someone in the future your modern Mussolini no doubt - but it won’t be from conservatives.
FR used to be the premier conservative site. No longer.
01/23/2016 11:51:40 AM PST
· 71 of 89 Tzfat
to central_va
No, Trump is the grenade, which pin you have pulled, and while attempting to frag the GOPe, you dropped in the middle of what previously was a band of brothers, fellow conservatives.
When you dropped it, instead of yelling that ridiculous Bronx cheer, you should have said, “Sorry, I see I’ve killed us all.” Boom.
01/22/2016 8:38:25 PM PST
· 82 of 86 Tzfat
to Las Vegas Ron
No, Reagan was never a populist. Reagan ran on pure Conservative principles.
I am not a newby to conservatism. Populism such as Perot’s, Buchanan’s, Sander’s, and Trump’s is tied to personality rather than philosophical principles.
If you don’t know the difference, then that explains it.
01/22/2016 11:47:02 AM PST
· 8 of 86 Tzfat
to Teacher317
George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
A study of Italian Fascism can reveal much of what is going on today in relation to Obama’s Marxism and how Trump has tapped into the frustration with GOPe.
Italian Fascism was highly nationalistic, and if we were comparing it to modern times, it would come across much like Trump. Studying it would be helpful for those who can’t figure out Trump’s positions (pro Government healthcare, strong arm against illegals, etc.).
One big difference is Trump wavers between isolationism and “bomb the crap out them.” Italian Fascism was not isolationist.
Mussolini was rabidly anti-Marxist, and rode a wave of populism to power. Trump is not exactly like Mussolini, but philosophically and personality wise there are some frightening similarities.
Smooth words (or coarse ones in this case) are what Proverbs has warned us against. Wisdom knows that going “all in” for anyone other than the Creator of the Universe, will not only be eventually disappointing, it could ruin our very moral character.
01/19/2016 8:26:29 AM PST
· 36 of 37 Tzfat
to freddy005
I am not a Cruz supporter. But nice try.
I was comparing the lemming like attitude of some Trump supporters to those that elected eventual dictators. There are multiple threads here that show that is precisely the mindset among some slobbering Trump sycophants.