Republican Leadership Is A Threat To America

[Bn2f]

Throwing labels like confetti only takes the meaning out of the labels, like the Republicans did with "socialist."

If only…
If only calling fascist behavior Fascist and Nazis Nazis were as effective as the false socialist label given to Democrats.

 

[Bn2f]

Fascism is a specific blend of socialism and capitalism, with tight government control of private enterprise. That is the opposite of what Republicans want. Treason is a crime, which you casually accuse a third of voters, basically the rural and some of the suburban population.

I really don’t understand the point you’re trying to make here. Fascists want authoritarian control and it’s convenient for republicans to fluctuate from declaring corporations as people to gain that power just as well for them to then attack Disney or Budweiser to retain it. You gave a definition of fascism as to how it doesn’t apply to Republicans, can you give me a definition of Socialism and how it applies purely to Democrats.

 

[DeluxAuto]

'Shady and Corrupt': Add Barrett Real Estate Deal to List of
Supreme Court Ethics Scandals​

The right-wing justice sold a home to a religious freedom group that has filed numerous
briefs in cases before the court.​

https://www.commondreams.org/news/coney-barrett-real-estate-deal

Days after ProPublicareported on Justice Samuel Alito's previously undisclosed private jet trip—funded by a billionaire
hedge fund owner whose business has been involved in numerous Supreme Court cases—CNNrevealed that Barrett has
had financial dealings with the Religious Liberty Initiative (RLI) at Notre Dame Law School.

A Note Dame professor who had just taken a leadership role at RLI purchased Barrett's private home months after she
was sworn in in October 2020.

The group, which advocates for religious freedom, was founded in 2020 and has filed numerous amicus briefs in
cases related to the issue—related to questions surrounding abortion, public health precautions, and school prayer—
since it was established. RLI has filed at least nine briefs with the court since the sale of Barrett's home.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Fascism is a specific blend of socialism and capitalism, with tight government control of private enterprise. That is the opposite of what Republicans want. Treason is a crime, which you casually accuse a third of voters, basically the rural and some of the suburban population.

Despite having “socialist” in their name, the Nazis weren’t socialist. It was just marketing, like when communist dictatorships called themselves “Democratic Republics”.

Exploitative capitalist enterprises can thrive under fascist regimes so long as they toe the party line. For example DeSantatis attempting to punished Disney for their commitment to diversity is a fascist move.

Fascism also entails ultranationalism—waving the flag all the time. And militarism—dressing up like soldiers and carrying guns everywhere. Also Racism and sexism, and a fanatical devotion to a charismatic leader.

I’m not a saying ALL Republicans are traitors, but they certainly bear the stain of supporting the ones who are.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674160705442836480

 

[Chernosoth]

can you give me a definition of Socialism and how it applies purely to Democrats.

It doesn't. That's an example of the deliberate misuse and overuse of labels as snarl words, like fag, Commie, traitor, etc., to make any discussion less debate and more shouting.

 

[Chernosoth]

In socialism, the government does a poor job of owning and controlling the means of production. In capitalism, the owners of the means of production do a poor job of controlling the government.

 

[Bn2f]

It doesn't. That's an example of the deliberate misuse and overuse of labels as snarl words, like fag, Commie, traitor, etc., to make any discussion less debate and more shouting.

I’m not thin skinned. I can handle being called a socialist and defend it when accused. Are you with me and BrightShinyGirl in calling out Nazisism and its embrace by some?

 

[Chernosoth]

I’m not thin skinned. I can handle being called a socialist and defend it when accused. Are you with me and BrightShinyGirl in calling out Nazisism and its embrace by some?

I might do an eyeroll at the silly guys doing cosplay, if I ever see any Nazis. Ooo, scary clowns. With only two parties in play, there will be at least some loonies in both. Which party has more lunacy looks like a pendulum issue.

 

[Bn2f]

I might do an eyeroll at the silly guys doing cosplay, if I ever see any Nazis. Ooo, scary clowns. With only two parties in play, there will be at least some loonies in both. Which party has more lunacy looks like a pendulum issue.

I’ll take that as a yes.
Have a good day.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

I might do an eyeroll at the silly guys doing cosplay, if I ever see any Nazis. Ooo, scary clowns. With only two parties in play, there will be at least some loonies in both. Which party has more lunacy looks like a pendulum issue.

Modern fascists don’t dress in Hugo Boss. They wear khakis and polo shirts to their marches, or camo with fake military insignias. They do often fly the swastika or confederate flag beside the American flag, which is a giveaway.

As I’ve said before on the board, “both sides” rhetoric is always deployed to defend the right wing. If you have a problem with something the left does, attack that, don’t create a false equivalence.

 

[Bn2f]

Modern fascists don’t dress in Hugo Boss. They wear khakis and polo shirts to their marches, or camo with fake military insignias. They do often fly the swastika or confederate flag beside the American flag, which is a giveaway.

As I’ve said before on the board, “both sides” rhetoric is always deployed to defend the right wing. If you have a problem with something the left does, attack that, don’t create a false equivalence.

100%!
If I were a conservative Republican, and a true American patriot who knows history, I would be fucking incensed to have a Nazi flag next to me much less have politicians talk about banning books!
But it’s clear that he just wants to use our questioning to pontificate more on his perceived false equivalencies. He is free to do that, but I am done.

 

[Chernosoth]

As I’ve said before on the board, “both sides” rhetoric is always deployed to defend the right wing. If you have a problem with something the left does, attack that, don’t create a false equivalence.

There are plenty of people who attack all day, all over the internet. I would get bored with marching in that parade. As a former dues-paying Green, I lean towards the Republicans now because they are currently ahead on the issues that matter to me: war and military spending (less, please), global trade (also less, to rebuild local economy), environment (less global trade again), medical liberty, and even LGBT issues. Yes, conversion therapy is horrible, but pushing kids into transgender operations and hormones is more horrible.

 

[RandyRebecca]

Fascism is a specific blend of socialism and capitalism, with tight government control of private enterprise. That is the opposite of what Republicans want. Treason is a crime, which you casually accuse a third of voters, basically the rural and some of the suburban population.

Fascism is capitalism in rotting decline, which uses "socialist" rhetoric mixed with nationalist rhetoric to build a mass base. The aim of fascism is the liquidation of the organized labor movement, either driving it underground or smashing it into little tiny pieces, and then perhaps replacing it with something like the Nazi "Strength Through Joy".

 

[Chernosoth]

I don't worry about dictatorships or any type of totalitarianism here because they don't work in the USA. The geography and climate here seem to limit the overreach of government, like Russian geography makes it always a dictatorship.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://i.imgur.com/c2FvBZT.jpg

 

[RandyRebecca]

I don't worry about dictatorships or any type of totalitarianism here because they don't work in the USA. The geography and climate here seem to limit the overreach of government, like Russian geography makes it always a dictatorship.

They can happen anywhere, given the right circumstances.

 

[Chernosoth]

Banning "misinformation" is a first step towards dictatorship. That is partly why I am so dismissive of Dems claiming to be anti-fascist, anti-Nazi, etc. But I'm still not particularly worried about that. There is too much dissent and skepticism across the nation to let censorship get that far. There has been plenty of damage already, with civil war still a possibility, but the future here looks better than some other nations where the censorship and damage are much more severe.

 

[JustSkye]

Excellent thread, Zumi

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1675489720904630273

 

[RandyRebecca]

Christianity and hypocrisy go together.

 

[urguyscott]

Both Nazi and Communists use the word Socialist and even the word Republic. But then they know that there isn't a real difference between them and Royalist. All three believe in the same thing and getting it the same way. Instead of calling themselves Emperor, they call themselves Chairman. Only one leader, only on God, (them) and everyone serves the "state" or more to the point the leader. For the first time in the history of this planet, one creature actually controls the world. Xi. He has had this dream since he was 17. He is, as all criminal dictators, ruthless, criminal, racists, sexist, and a monster. Only difference is that he and he alone of all those in the world's history, has patience. He planned everything, including the chemical weapon known as COVID that brought the world to a stop and managed to bring the down fall of the U. S. and destroy human rights everywhere in the world. He knows he is running out to time. He is like Alexander the Great in one way. He doesn't care what happens after he is gone. So he must act soon to fulfill his dream which means he must soon finish taking the Pacific, destroying the U. S. including all the Dumacrats that he has bought out.

This is why he was upset with his puppet in Russia. He was given a job and blew it. Russia is a paper tiger. He called Russia and the U. S. to China to give them their marching orders. The Biden buttheads would give up the Pacific, (He has destroyed our military and our Constitution) and now has to finish the job. Xi, instead of waiting for Russia and Europe to fall like Africa and South America have and are now colonies of the Imperial Chinese Empire, has to move his schedule up to finish taking both the Atlantic and Pacific which means Nationalist China,Japan, P.I. and India. Austria and New Zealand have fallen to corrupt so called fifth columnist just like the U. S. has. But he still surrounds the U. S. with new military bases and troops and with the help of the fallen Democratic Party will soon have actual Chinese control even if he has to use his military. His people and their American turn coats now control large sections of the U.S. including our food supply, transportation, and police forces.

You can tell how scared the Communists Party in the U. S. is for they still fear Trump and the American people. They have tried hard to turn the people against each other. Using hate, fear, racism, economic destruction, end to elections and education and free press and speech. Hate is their code. Make people hate each other and even themselves. Turn them against their family. Rewrite history, the dictionary, and create civil unrest turning lose criminals to burn, loot, and murder (BLM for short). The state police (The FBI, DOJ, HLS, CIA,) are now nothing more than our own KGB and Gestapo Secret Police. Local police has been destroyed and cities burned. Biden has even given his "Hitler Style" speeches (none of which he has written or even understood as he is brain dead) to create hate and fear.

They want to bring back slavery, segregation, the depression, and down fall of human rights, civil rights, and our Constitutional rights. Remember those who became the Democrats of old knew that slaves could be controlled by fear, destruction of the family unit, no education, no religion and no free speech. They must owe their life's to the state (the plantation) for Master will provide. That is the Communists way.

Now let us see how the bots and the Red Chinese hackers will react. Usually with words from the "binder" (Soros dictionary) of "state sayings" and then use cuss words. For people without any real education, this is how they react, by having no will or thoughts of their own, but only what their Masters program for them to say. But we humans get a laugh out of them. Like funny looking cockroaches running around they might humor us for a few seconds, but we know they are a disease carrying creature and must be taken care of for the health of the planet. I'm sure Dr. Falsey of the CDC has a shot for them to take.

 

[Chernosoth]

More generally, the Fascists and Nazis started with positions that seemed sensible and necessary to the majorities of Italy and Germany. Whatever most people wanted is what they sold. That worked because the established parties were too far out of touch with public opinion. The same could have happened here, but to a lesser degree.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1675899565940121601

 

[RandyRebecca]

If anyone says the absurdity that "Nazis were socialists", just mention the Night of the Long Knives, Otto Strasser, Strasserism and Beefsteak Nazis to them, and they are lost. The Nazi "left" (aka Beefsteak Nazis, meaning brown on the outside, red on the inside), who believed in a "second revolution" after January 1933 to establish "national socialism", were purged from 1930-1934.

What came after the crushing of the left in Germany in the 1930s? The Nazi state forcibly aiding German big business to profitability, complete at the expense of the defenseless non-unionized workers. And then later, invading other lands to oppress foreign workers even more than German workers and to find new markets and new materials to exploit. That is far right-wing, the exact polar opposite of Communism.