tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post4717386014072542539..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Tantrum Throwing Meatbag Throws Tantrumdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90814206049326911512015-12-06T20:22:51.541-06:002015-12-06T20:22:51.541-06:00But of course Erikson will be invited back to the ...But of course Erikson will be invited back to the Sunday morning shows. rickstersherpa@msn.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489905720399087036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-1306441881859877862015-12-06T20:20:43.121-06:002015-12-06T20:20:43.121-06:00Well, shozbot!
I suppose next, you'll tell me...Well, shozbot!<br /><br />I suppose next, you'll tell me Li'l George Washington didn't actually chop down that cherry tree. ;)Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-27138215675106284092015-12-06T18:54:09.250-06:002015-12-06T18:54:09.250-06:00@IBW, Il Douche Mussolini didn't actually say ...@IBW, Il Douche Mussolini <a href="http://www.politicalresearch.org/2005/01/12/mussolini-on-the-corporate-state/" rel="nofollow">didn't actually say that</a>. Damning to the rightist cause though many of his statements are, that one wasn't his.Chan Kobunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002224390133771585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-50788554377554032312015-12-06T12:25:03.289-06:002015-12-06T12:25:03.289-06:00@Jeff Olson
This. Plus the need for liberals to m...@Jeff Olson<br /><br />This. Plus the need for liberals to maintain intellectual and moral superiority because they really, truly have to "evaluate" and "consider" the merits of "both sides".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141640791663745884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-47314616456086001962015-12-06T10:11:20.601-06:002015-12-06T10:11:20.601-06:00As our brother Driftglass has demonstrated day in ...As our brother Driftglass has demonstrated day in and day out for 10 hard years in this salt mine, not being picked up by Chicago's Finest for graffiti under a South Side El is not the same thing as a 3 hour daily slot on My Liberal TV.<br />Our mistake has been not seeing (not just the usual Fox/Forbes/Bloomberg suspects) as in on the long con, but Disney, White Westinghouse, Turner and MSoft as well.<br />The mass media are doing, and will continue to do quite well under Trump and Cruz thank you very much. <br />And don't worry, the State won't have any qualms of conscience or sleepless nights. The Police, the FBI or your local Alderman will all find ways to get along. That's in Step 3.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730445780557359154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-47257645409421633062015-12-06T08:38:33.647-06:002015-12-06T08:38:33.647-06:00Good point, JO. As Mussolini, the guy who invented...Good point, JO. As Mussolini, the guy who <i>invented</i> fascism, said: <br /><br /><i>"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism, because it is a merger of state and corporate power."</i><br /><br />The only real difference I see is that in traditional fascism, the State is the senior partner, whereas in our "inverted fascism", Corporate Capital is the senior partner and tells the State what to do.<br /><br />I modified Sheldon Wolin's term <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism" rel="nofollow">"inverted totalitarianism"</a>. The link goes to the Wiki article on that subject.<br /><br /><i>"[Fascism turns] politics into art"</i>--hmm, Der Fuehrer <i>was</i> a frustrated artist. <br /><br />Perhaps another important difference is that the corporate plutocracy's control over the organs of propaganda is so strong now that they think--correctly--they no longer <i>need</i> to stifle dissent, because they can simply drown it out with sheer volume.<br /><br />Hence, The Masters shrewdly let us call them every name we want to call them on Da Intertoobz [my personal favorite name to call them is Teddy Roosevelt's classic <i>"Malefactors Of Great Wealth"</i>]. This helps to maintain the illusion of liberty.Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90963082167959035162015-12-06T02:05:34.273-06:002015-12-06T02:05:34.273-06:00The root of fascism has been with us for a very lo...The root of fascism has been with us for a very long time. But, our mythology of fascism tells us it has more to do with jackboots, goosestepping and GESTAPO than corporatism and turning politics into art.<br /><br />I mean, it's not fascism unless they are German, right? Or rounding up the Jews?<br /><br />Fascist politics is about the image, not the substance - the rhetoric, not the policy, the nation (undefined) not the people you know.<br /><br />At the same time that it is loud, it rejects fact and evidence. That is a feature, not a bug. It is not immune to politics, and can be defeated at the polls. But to defeat it, it has to be ignored, and the conditions that allow its growth must be drained like a malarial swamp or festering boil. Monopolies and concentrated wealth must be broken, political violence and terrorism prosecuted and punished. Their spokesfolk ridiculed in the public square.<br /><br />You can't change a fascist's mind. Don't bother. It is a waste of time. Speak to the people who still can make a difference.<br /><br />For more- see Benjamin, Walter. See also Marcuse, Herbert. Arendt, Hannah. Adorno, Theodore. Trotsky, Leo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730445780557359154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-17649472473767996212015-12-05T21:14:20.545-06:002015-12-05T21:14:20.545-06:00J-Mac, they'll just take the satire as evidenc...J-Mac, they'll just take the satire as evidence of their virtue in the face of <i>"persecution"</i>.<br /><br /><i>"Waaaah! Mean old atheist lefties are laughing at us! We're being PERSECUTED!"</i>. Their bleats cause this unorthodox and definitely imperfect Christian to want to grab The World's Tiniest Violin.<br /><br />Hey, Pharisees--there are still countries on this planet where Christians face <b>real</b> persecution for their faith.<br /><br />The martyrs in Heaven must fall down on the golden streets and wet their robes laughing every time a Murkan neo-Pharisee cites mockery of wingnut views--or even polite disagreement with wingnut views--as evidence of persecution.Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-46613853458514669702015-12-05T18:30:16.291-06:002015-12-05T18:30:16.291-06:00Don't burn the books, shoot them. Yessiree Bo...Don't burn the books, shoot them. Yessiree Bob, we don't just have any ol' fascists here in 'Murica, we got idiot fascists. Dumb as rocks, they are. Vile and Schtupid. These Bumpkins need to be satirized into oblivion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847529025861701877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-10146801446023058912015-12-05T16:39:15.052-06:002015-12-05T16:39:15.052-06:00To emulate your NSFW podcast language: "Fuck ...To emulate your NSFW podcast language: "Fuck that fucking motherfucker." I've had it with pretending that these sick fascists deserve anything other than public ridicule and exile to Somalia or some other libertarian paradise.Sandmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234681315035379874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-70608686961488020222015-12-05T13:41:12.678-06:002015-12-05T13:41:12.678-06:00I'm not laughing.
Erickson threatened to shoo...I'm not laughing.<br /><br />Erickson threatened to shoot census takers, for God's sake. Not at all funny.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06967947720465720504noreply@blogger.com