LWDT 7: The Earth and Heavens Tremble.

[Bear Stearns]

I'll try to find the articles, but my parents used to read The Atlantic and The New Yorker quite regularly, and the amount of Hitler analogies that arose due to the Patriot Act were plentiful. And this was also the height of the gay marriage controversy, so that played a role.

Remember kids, before white nationalists were the big scary bad, it was evangelical Christians.

Ever since the 70’s, the Religious Right has yet to contribute anything of value to the National political discourse.

Perhaps, but calling them fascists or Nazis is retarded.

[Kowani]

Ever since the 70’s, the Religious Right has yet to contribute anything of value to the National political discourse.

Perhaps, but calling them fascists or Nazis is retarded.

There are certain things in common, but the base equating the two is just wrong.

[Liriena]

Yes, people did compare the Bush administration to the nazis. But using that as some sort of cudgel against the left is dumb. After all, while some liberals were calling Bush a nazi, so were a bunch of conservatives circulating a never-ending avalanche of memes and hilariously self-serious arguments as to why Obama was literally Hitler and screaming "feminazi" at a deafening pitch.

Everyone likes to use and abuse nazism as a rhetorical device.

[Duhon]

Remember in the early 2000s when the American left was foaming at the mouth about how George Bush was the next Hitler and going to install an evangelical Christian theocracy?

Yes, due to the trauma forced on me by 9/11.

Contemplating the demise of so many people at once when you're but a little kid was... not pleasant.

[Liriena]

Remember in the early 2000s when the American left was foaming at the mouth about how George Bush was the next Hitler and going to install an evangelical Christian theocracy?

Yes, due to the trauma forced on me by 9/11.

Contemplating the demise of so many people at once when you're but a little kid was... not pleasant.

And there's also the fact that the GOP did push, continued to push, and is still pushing, for theocratic legislation.

[Northern Davincia]

Yes, due to the trauma forced on me by 9/11.

Contemplating the demise of so many people at once when you're but a little kid was... not pleasant.

And there's also the fact that the GOP did push, continued to push, and is still pushing, for theocratic legislation.

Not really.

[Genivaria]

Yes, due to the trauma forced on me by 9/11.

Contemplating the demise of so many people at once when you're but a little kid was... not pleasant.

And there's also the fact that the GOP did push, continued to push, and is still pushing, for theocratic legislation.

Yes which is infuriating, the evangelical faction of the GOP has absolutely no moral foundation to stand on.

[Duhon]

And there's also the fact that the GOP did push, continued to push, and is still pushing, for theocratic legislation.

Not really.

It's probably more accurate to say certain individual Republican politicians, as well as groups closely affiliated with the GOP, are in fact pushing for such policies.

[Nakena]

Remember in the early 2000s when the American left was foaming at the mouth about how George Bush was the next Hitler and going to install an evangelical Christian theocracy?

Yes, barely but yes. Awful times. Politics today is much better and diverse (sic!)

[Northern Davincia]

And there's also the fact that the GOP did push, continued to push, and is still pushing, for theocratic legislation.

Yes which is infuriating, the evangelical faction of the GOP has absolutely no moral foundation to stand on.

They do not require one. Much like minorities by any other name, pandering gets votes.

[Nakena]

And there's also the fact that the GOP did push, continued to push, and is still pushing, for theocratic legislation.

Yes which is infuriating, the evangelical faction of the GOP has absolutely no moral foundation to stand on.

I enjoy how the christian GOP has completly destroyed and obliberated their own moral foundations with Roy Moore and Trump. They now no longer can credibly make any claims on moral and christianity, without coming across as totally hypocrite and unintentionally funny. All gutter trashed for good into the dumpster. This is great. This is the exact way it happened with Berlusconi in Italy.

I really like that.

[Liriena]

Yes which is infuriating, the evangelical faction of the GOP has absolutely no moral foundation to stand on.

I enjoy how the christian GOP has completly destroyed and obliberated their own moral foundations with Roy Moore and Trump. They now no longer can credibly make any claims on moral and christianity, without coming across as totally hypocrite and unintentionally funny. All gutter trashed for good into the dumpster. This is great. This is the exact way it happened with Berlusconi in Italy.

I really like that.

Evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction.

[Genivaria]

Currently watching the 2nd Night of the Democratic Debate via Youtube with my GF.
It's both interesting and amusing.

[Democratic Communist Federation]

There aren’t that many Europeans moving into Islamic countries.

My point was that most people will only associate with strangers if they feel welcome.

[Democratic Communist Federation]

I think he’s trying to say that some countries have been reluctant to integrate Muslims and other migrant groups, which isn’t an unreasonable thing to say.

I mean, there have been other migrant groups which have not integrated all that well either. It seems like Muslims are being singled out.

Yes. When people are marginalized (or othered) by the dominant population, associating with them will not be a priority.

[Democratic Communist Federation]

Perhaps, but calling them fascists or Nazis is retarded.

Some people on the religious right are neonazis (the Christian Identity Movement).

[Soviet Tankistan]

Trump is a terrible president and the GOP is oiled by ignorance, but it's going well. Tighter borders for hard working immigrants and very low unemployment... perfect conditions for a mass strike if you ask me. The corporations are having trouble firing employees right now because there's not always a replacement. The country could easily be torn apart if the government and capitalism doesn't yield to economic protests. The system won't bring drastic change by voting, but the rulers have a lot to lose. Imagine, the rich pressured into giving better conditions by their own market's fault.

[Uiiop]

Trump is a terrible president and the GOP is piled by ignorance, but it's going well. Tighter borders for hard working immigrants and very low unemployment... perfect conditions for a mass strike if you ask me. The corporations are having trouble firing employees right now because there's not always a replacement. The country could easily be torn apart if the government and capitalism doesn't yield to economic protests. The system won't bring drastic change by voting, but the rulers have a lot to lose. Imagine, the rich pressured into giving better conditions by their own market's fault.

If one can make it bigger than the last attempt sure.
But can it?

[Salus Maior]

Perhaps, but calling them fascists or Nazis is retarded.

Some people on the religious right are neonazis (the Christian Identity Movement).

What's the Christian Identity Movement?

[Soviet Tankistan]

Trump is a terrible president and the GOP is piled by ignorance, but it's going well. Tighter borders for hard working immigrants and very low unemployment... perfect conditions for a mass strike if you ask me. The corporations are having trouble firing employees right now because there's not always a replacement. The country could easily be torn apart if the government and capitalism doesn't yield to economic protests. The system won't bring drastic change by voting, but the rulers have a lot to lose. Imagine, the rich pressured into giving better conditions by their own market's fault.

If one can make it bigger than the last attempt sure.
But can it?

It would be hard to organize. I would plan it with one pivotal sector, like commerce and transportation, and expand from their. Trucks stopping, trains to a halt, ships in bay, and planes grounded, all of these would hit trade hard. From there the common American would learn and hopefully join. Opposing it wouldn't make a difference as only the capitalists and the state can put an end to such activity.

It is possible that violent methods would suppress protest, although this would further help by making brutality clear.

If it worked, the problem may be negotiating. It is unrealistic to overthrow the government and doing so may be hazardous. With that, what would wages be? Hours and welfare too?

[Washington Resistance Army]

Some people on the religious right are neonazis (the Christian Identity Movement).

What's the Christian Identity Movement?

It holds that Anglos and other such white people are the actual descendants of the Biblical Israelites and are the only ones capable of achieving salvation.

[Kowani]

What's the Christian Identity Movement?

It holds that Anglos and other such white people are the actual descendants of the Biblical Israelites.

…So, the Black Hebrews (I think that’s what they’re called) but for White People.

[Salus Maior]

What's the Christian Identity Movement?

It holds that Anglos and other such white people are the actual descendants of the Biblical Israelites and are the only ones capable of achieving salvation.

So, the British Israelites.

[Liriena]

[Hanafuridake]

so were a bunch of conservatives circulating a never-ending avalanche of memes and hilariously self-serious arguments as to why Obama was literally Hitler and screaming "feminazi" at a deafening pitch.