tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post8285724767182410170..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Good idea, "rebranding."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-56563970129744167562009-05-23T13:05:38.399-04:002009-05-23T13:05:38.399-04:00Alon,
We're thinking of different libertarians. H...Alon,<br /><br />We're thinking of different libertarians. Here's the Boston Tea Party website program: http://bostontea.us/program. The Green Party candidate even endorsed four major proposals of it. I admit the libertarian label is a contested one and certain GOP apologists will present themselves as libertarians ~ not to mention the disputes between anarchists and limited governmentalists overNick Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513334575122504558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-20199749412870572922009-05-22T03:36:34.291-04:002009-05-22T03:36:34.291-04:00if it does ever get in the way, I'll let you know....if it does ever get in the way, I'll let you know.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-42835454514285946742009-05-22T03:36:09.017-04:002009-05-22T03:36:09.017-04:00ah, work away, it's not like you're exactly silenc...ah, work away, it's not like you're exactly silencing the voluminous flow of chat on the topic, you know?belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-60011380571367726772009-05-21T22:55:57.489-04:002009-05-21T22:55:57.489-04:00Belle,
To what extent do you mind tangents in you...Belle,<br /><br />To what extent do you mind tangents in your comments section? The conversation Alon and I are having seems to go off in all kinds of directions ~ only tangentially connected to rebranding the Republican Party.<br /><br />I have a habit of being a straying commenter on blogs ~ not always appreciated by the blogger. I don't want to repeat that mistake here.Nick Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513334575122504558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-45449609672792436602009-05-18T17:02:00.000-04:002009-05-18T17:02:00.000-04:00The contrast I was giving was between religious fu...The contrast I was giving was between religious fundamentalists and all other radicals. There are other contrasts to be made, but not when the subject at hand is personality cults.<br /><br />As for the Tea Party people, I really doubt they're much different from your garden variety Republican. There have been plenty of civil rights violations this decade, but the Tea Parties ignored all of them Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-63837014878643072512009-05-18T13:35:00.000-04:002009-05-18T13:35:00.000-04:00Alon,
Not really any disagreement with your detai...Alon,<br /><br />Not really any disagreement with your detailing of Nazidom. It parallels my own reading.<br /><br />There are indeed personality cults across the spectrum, but I am not sure what specific two kinds of radicals you're contrasting.<br /><br />Secular vs religious?<br /><br />Right vs left?<br /><br />On Libertarians: I've personally never met many personality cultists, but I am Nick Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513334575122504558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-19688375350552425632009-05-17T20:36:00.000-04:002009-05-17T20:36:00.000-04:00Nick: Nazism is a weird movement to compare anythi...Nick: Nazism is a weird movement to compare anything to, simply because it was so personality-oriented, without much of a clear program other than "The current system isn't working" and "the Treaty of Versailles is oppressing Germany." The actual specifics the Nazis didn't talk much about after 1929, when their voting base expanded beyond the hardcore fascist 2% of the voters. The Christian Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-30436151723096300342009-05-16T23:18:00.000-04:002009-05-16T23:18:00.000-04:00Alon,
Some interesting facts about the Nazis ther...Alon,<br /><br />Some interesting facts about the Nazis there. <br /><br />Doesn't Hitler attacking priests who disagree with him make him analogous to a Medieval Pope or something doing the same? In terms of fundamentals.<br /><br />Comparatively speaking, I just meant that the thought processes of say hardcore Christian Reconstructionists seem remarkably similar to fealty to the Nazi volk/its Nick Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513334575122504558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-9487330287587116342009-05-15T22:24:00.000-04:002009-05-15T22:24:00.000-04:00What's all this hurley-burley about? I'd like it ...What's all this hurley-burley about? I'd like it holus bolus to stop.Mandoshttp://politblogo.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-58016251124254178242009-05-15T21:40:00.000-04:002009-05-15T21:40:00.000-04:00Yeah. Alternately, if they weren't contributing t...Yeah. Alternately, if they weren't contributing to actual danger, "real life trolls."belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-38040512615238591372009-05-15T19:01:00.000-04:002009-05-15T19:01:00.000-04:00As for Ingraham, the polite word for people like h...As for Ingraham, the polite word for people like her, Ann Coulter, and Michael Savage is "Eliminationist." That's a euphemism for "Thug." Nobody ever advocates mass murder or revolution without meaning it.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-24916871129495586422009-05-15T18:52:00.000-04:002009-05-15T18:52:00.000-04:00Nick: the Nazis promoted Christianity, but they al...Nick: the Nazis promoted Christianity, but they also meddled in it heavily. Hitler was merciless toward priests who criticized him. Ironically, although the Nazis were a heavily Protestant party, they also promoted more use of the New Testament and less of the Old Testament, which is a Jewish document.<br /><br />The people praying for Bush isn't really similar to Nazi Hitler-worship. I don't Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-538547237177569612009-05-15T14:07:00.000-04:002009-05-15T14:07:00.000-04:00In related news:
"The truth is that it is no long...In related news:<br /><br />"The truth is that it is no longer possible to govern this country through a conservative elite. We have a radical elite, an elite that believes in climate change, gay marriage, unrestricted abortions, and the United Nations."<br /><br />~ Laura Ingraham<br /><br />From the always controversial Arthr Silber: http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2008/09/Nick Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513334575122504558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-56061058960508107422009-05-15T02:03:00.000-04:002009-05-15T02:03:00.000-04:00You know how as historians today we can look back,...You know how as historians today we can look back, shake our heads sadly, and say, "Boy, that Qin Shihuangdi sure did have a bad case of mercury poisoning. If only someone had known"?<br />I'm just sayin'.little lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348805482325856358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-29997796599172941292009-05-14T20:18:00.000-04:002009-05-14T20:18:00.000-04:00That hardly seems fair to the people in the street...That hardly seems fair to the people in the street.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-86044380332083492992009-05-14T18:09:00.000-04:002009-05-14T18:09:00.000-04:00The Republican Party is reminding me more and more...The Republican Party is reminding me more and more of those kind of people you sometimes encounter on the street who are muttering to themslves and then when you walk by they scream something right at you like, "YOU!!!! Stop putting those thoughts in my head!!! THE CIA is watching YOU!!!!"Comrade Physioprofhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-10906673910645825782009-05-14T16:44:00.000-04:002009-05-14T16:44:00.000-04:00Can we now "rebrand" these Republicans? With actu...Can we now "rebrand" these Republicans? With actual hot irons? Just checking.CrackerLilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176388186521154104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1594298448181214362009-05-14T12:14:00.000-04:002009-05-14T12:14:00.000-04:00A better brand for the republicans would be "White...A better brand for the republicans would be "White Christian Nationalist Party."Diojeanne of Signuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165430154980722725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-90977858179742317682009-05-14T09:05:00.000-04:002009-05-14T09:05:00.000-04:00"given that in most other places the Dems would oc..."given that in most other places the Dems would occupy the space of a conservative party"<br /><br />which is why "epic fail party" is redundantpiggie1230https://www.blogger.com/profile/15084635853178647613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-51300011071976397332009-05-14T08:37:00.000-04:002009-05-14T08:37:00.000-04:00Isn't "democratic socialism" 1) already taken, and...Isn't "democratic socialism" 1) <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism" REL="nofollow">already taken</A>, and 2) inaccurate, given that in most other places the Dems would occupy the space of a conservative party?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com