Posted on 12/07/2017 2:38:05 AM PST by markomalley
The word "Nazi" keeps coming up, mostly from the Alt-Left but occasionally from the Alt-Right as the two verbally smear each other in hopes that something ugly will stick. The back-and-forth use of the term warrants clarification: which is right, or at least more right than the other? Is either really Nazi, or is this all just a nasty name game? And finally, does it matter?
Perhaps the best primer on Nazism remains Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, through which one can conclude how, astonishingly, the American left has followed in the Third Reich's footsteps, dragging America in its wake. This is authoritatively put into perspective by Allen Bloom in his 1987 The Closing of the American Mind.
The similarities are striking. Today's intolerant national socialist left appears to be consciously patterning itself on the intolerant official Nazis of the pre-WWII era. Shirer notes that Nazi judges were virulently political, using the bench to reinforce Nazi policy and to fight anti-Nazi tendencies. We saw echoes of this in Judge James Robart and then another judge halting the president's perfectly legal deportation orders. Such judges do not justify their decisions in terms of law (as they should), but rather wax poetic about "other branches of government" and "social justice" and the like.
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The nazis were hugely invested in identity politics just like the left.
Good point, but The left are nationalistic in their own way, eg the black panther leftists are nationalistic on behalf of blacks.
they are also nationalistic about any country opposed to the US, eg Cuba
Social media is equivalent to the casino VLT machine. Very hypnotic and very addictive. I don't do Faceborg or gamble but I understand their hold.
In the end, I can only worry about my own improvement.
True. It is the most important thing to do. Improve oneself, and everyone around you will be improved, hopefully.
It is really all we can do, is try to be virtuous ourselves. As Ray Bradbury stated, everything in life can be a distraction and all products are designed by marketers to be addictive—to keep us from true wisdom and profound relationships. Use everything in moderation and only for the benefit of the Soul.
I didn't see any interview, but I, too, stopped voting Democrat forever when Bill Clinton was nominated and later elected. That was when I realized that the horrors that have happened in other countries under socialism can happen here, too. It was frightening to realize that. And under Obama, we came very close to seeing those horrors.
Islam’s connection to NAZI Germany.
Tellthechildrenthetruth.com
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