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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 06:21 PM
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Great, prepare for more pseudohistory. Conservatives are going crazy over Goldberg's new book
I don't want to go into details, but apparently Jonah Goldberg has written a book proclaiming Liberalism is descendant ideology of Fascism.

Yep, we have yet to say that criticizing the President is an act of treason, and we haven't called for the "godly fumigation" of non-Liberals yet, and we don't go around accusing Conservatives of stabbing our country in the back over Iraq, but still, according to Goldberg, WE'RE the fascists.

History is a bit blurred back then, things were different. But, there is definitely a reason why Goldberg seems to cite Mussolini and Hitler primarily as evidence for "Liberal Fascism", there have been OTHER fascist regimes throughout history.

The Apartheid Regime in South Africa definitely had fascist elements to it
Francisco Franco's regime survived into the 70's
Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship can be considered fascist

So, did Conservatives support fascism when they supported South Africa, were they fascist supporters when they supported Pinochet's regime?


Really, are these guys Liberals?

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Author_says_Obama_Mussolini_indirectly_linked_0110.html
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 06:33 PM
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1. Mom, can I haz job?
Jonah finally finished his "book," did he? Look for it to be offered as a Valentine's Day special along with the Hannity and Coulter oeuvres at any three for a dollar to sign up for e-mail alerts from News Max and World News Daily. Just a little cheaper than toilet paper, at least on a per-sheet basis.
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 06:35 PM
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2. Jonah unlatched from mama's shriveled old tit long enough to write an actual book!?!?
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 07:58 PM
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9. LOL
and didn't break a bone when he fell off her broomstick.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 06:38 PM
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3. look at the great tags at amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/tags-on-product/0385511841/ref=tag_dpp_cust_edpp_sa

And www.sadlyno.com has been brutal...and VERY funny doing reviews etc for weeks.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 07:37 PM
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5. 'Doughy pantsload'
Yep. That's Jonah, all right.

Guy's a loon.
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 07:28 PM
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4. who believes the tapeworm?
if the nazipoohs keep pushing it, the day comes americans wake up and realize socialism is good, better then greed. From there, it's but a step to look at communism not as a mental disease, but as an economic system devoted to common good. Before you know it, America's righteous anger at generations of lies and being defrauded by mr pig, will create understanding, and then regrets/sorrow at causing the death of the old USSR. Such opportunities (imagine, a Union of Soviet, or Workers, Socialist Republics!) probably could never happen again; history so obviously favours power and greed and dishonesty etc, but...why not vote in another attempt at making the public the only 'decider' of all important questions affecting the people, democratically of course? It's the LEAST the American people can do (set up a United Soviet States America ie a 'USSA')
the America people owe at least this, to themselves
:hide:
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 07:39 PM
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6. I have an expired Buy One Get One Free coupon for Metamucil
Betcha it gets me 5 copies
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 07:53 PM
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7. Facism is not liberalism....duh!!!
what a fucker Goldberg is, lying bastard. Liberal facism? WTF. Hitler was a religous nut job with murder in hand, Prescott Bush gave the Nazi party cash knowing damn well what they were doing. Hitler, Facist Dictator YES-; Liberal-NO.

The majority of Facist Dictators were supported by the US Goveronment and more times then not, it was a Republican 'conservative' Adminestration that did so.
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Kip Humphrey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 07:55 PM
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8. So I guess Prescott Bush must have been a card-carrying liberal.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 08:00 PM
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10. Pigboy Limba has been saying this for years
It's called projection. They're experts at it.
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 08:08 PM
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11. They said the Nazis were a gay movement for a decade. Of course they are extending their thesis.
So, in light of this, the hope for bipartisanship is what?
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 08:12 PM
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12. What purpose does Jonah Goldberg serve?
I listened to an interview with him on CSPAN once. My aunt's African Grey parrot is much smarter.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 08:14 PM
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13. Jonah looks like a healthy enough young man.
Why isn't he in Iraq?
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 08:20 PM
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14. were they fascists when they supported nazi germany?
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 08:23 PM
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15. Don't likewhat History is telling you? No problem.
Call Re-write!
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 12:17 AM
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16. The projectors are getting 1 star reviews removed at Amazon
Kind of flies in the face of Cheeto-Boy's thesis, doesn't it?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385511841/ref=cm_rdp_product
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 12:21 AM
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17. People actually have to READ his stupid-ass book in order for it to be influential.
Not too worried here.
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