That's an excellent point. We're all moderates in our own heads. But thanks for seeing me as a moderate. But does that tell me more about you than me?
The ultra left of course is prone to opposing free speech and political correctness. Likewise the ultra-right. They see situations in black and white with no shades of difference. Of course most are left of Nazi-ism as this is a sometimes noisy minority even today.
I don't agree at all. The left see way too much nuance. They see so much nuance, they completely miss the big picture. They're moral relativists. They take up positions that are mutually exclusive because they don't want to offend anyone. "ie, your behaviour as a man is not genetically pre-programmed, it's all a choice. Unless you are homosexual. That's all genetic". They only see difference and subtle nuance everywhere. To the point where they become paralyzed.
Dinesh D’Souza (conservative) claims fascists are rooted in the left wing. He states. “Fascism at its core is the ideology of the centralized state”.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...95cfeab15f8a8a012e2ce6331554b910&action=click
That’s his view. My view is they become more indistinguishable from each other as they go more extreme.
That's just newspeak. He's taking a word with negative connotations and with a right wing associations, and trying to change the meaning of it to associate it with the left instead. That's a common tactic among fascists. They did (and do it) all the time. It's on Ecco's list of things that distinguishes fascism.
The guy was an advisor to Ronald Reagan. A guy who is mostly famous for making America rich simply by using America's credit card to pay for consumption. Brilliant.
The terms left and right comes from the French revolutionary parliament (national assembly). The speaker was in the front and there was two sets of chairs. One to the right and one to the left.
The left were liberals and the right were conservatives.
Conservatives thought traditions, and the way we've always done things was probably the best. They liked things that were tried and tested. Conservatives tended to think liberals were a wee bit too enthusiastic, idealistic and unrealistic.
The liberals thought that if we keep things the way they are they will stay the same, and since things are shit now, it's just a guarantee that things keep staying shitty. They thought conservatives were stuffy and annoying cowards, more ruled by fear than the dreams/hopes of possibilities.
This division is still the same everywhere.
While the Nazis were in some aspect socialists, they were NOT liberal. Communists on the other hand were liberal as hell. But hey, you may react. Communism and Nazism seems pretty damn similar. They were both authoritarian. Should both be on the same side? No. Because you had authoritarians both on the left and the right side of the French parliament. The degree of authoritarianism is irrelevant for the left right scale. As is freedom of speech. The Nazis saw themselves as radically conservative. How confusing is that? The truth is probably that the Nazis were centrist. Their policies were a mix of classically conservative and socialist ideas.
Dinesh D’Souza is just talking shit, and I'm sure he's aware of it. What he is doing is propaganda.
Much of the ultra-left is of course hovering around campuses but the Communist groups do try to influence the union movement and other worker’s groups.
Redefining Fascism to serve a particular doctrine doesn’t mean non-fascists become fascists. The ultra-left will now include the Republican Party and of course Trump.
I think you’re right about the anarchists and ultra-left. They are a noisy minority and while I believe they did stir up some interest, their antics have isolated them. However they were gaining traction from news media.
Bah. Communism is dead. Communism has never been anything than a tiny fringe movement in USA. Unions aren't inherently socialist. Certainly not in USA. Socialist unions tend to see themselves as partners with the capitalists. They meet company owners as equal partners with the shared goal of making the company strong. Unions in USA and England have been more adversarial, and have historically just tried to bleed the company on as much money as possible. That's not socialism IMHO. And I doubt many of the American unionists identify as socialist.
Leftists on American college campuses are more likely to be social justice warriors. It's something completely different.
I think Trump is a fascist. Let's take a look at Ecco's list....
And didn't have to... since sombody else took the trouble to make a video about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mAG-0PKpgE
Pelosi was wise to condemn ANTIFA.
Still just a bunch of weed smoking hooligans that aren't a threat to anyone.
Nazism in Europe is still very small. The right wing groups in Europe are not so focused on race. Surprisingly Marie Le Pen is wooing Muslims. The Dutch Freedom Party d one black atheist MP as a member but she is now living in the USA. The UKIP has Asian and African members and fielded Asian and African candidates.
My views on immigration are about space not race. Our housing is currently in short supply but we do as a nation owe reparations for refugees as a result of the Blair/Bush crusades.
It's because modern Nazis call themselves something different. Marie Le Pen is the same shit. The Swedish Sweden Democrats have support from 1/3 of the electorate. That's not insignificant considering they're a fascist political party.
Fascism isn't inherently racist. Fascism is just a way to spin the public discourse to get yourself power. What makes fascism so singularly dangerous is that it has no ideas. It's an empty ideology. It's all spin and bullshit. It's all about blaming others and not taking any responsibility yourself.
There are some good points in Sharia civil law and some years ago I launched a thread in favour of it. It is legal in the UK conditional to the Arbitration Act.
I'm not sure why you brought this up? Is this the "I know a black guy defense" to prove you're not racist/Islamophobic?
