Biden's Speech Had It All Backward
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The Democrats have the "fascist" business wrong.
Donald Trump isn't a fascist, or even a semi-fascist, in President Biden's term. Mr. Trump is an opportunist. His ideology is coextensive with his temperament: In both, he is an anarcho-narcissist. He is Elmer Gantry, or the Music Man, if Harold Hill had been trained in the black arts by Roy Cohn. He is what you might get by crossing the Wizard of Oz with Willie Sutton, who explained that he robbed banks because "that's where the money is."
As for Mr. Trump’s followers, they belong to the Church of American Nostalgia. They are Norman Rockwellians, or Eisenhowerites. They regard themselves, not without reason, as the last sane Americans. You might think of them as American masculinity in exile; like James Fenimore Cooper’s Natty Bumppo, living in the forest has made their manners rough.
If there are fascists in America these days, they are apt to be found among the tribes of the left. They are Mr. Biden and his people (including the lion’s share of the media), whose opinions have, since Jan. 6, 2021, hardened into absolute faith that any party or political belief system except their own is illegitimate—impermissible, inhuman, monstrous and (a nice touch) a threat to democracy. The evolution of their overprivileged emotions—their sentimentality gone fanatic—has led them, in 2022, to embrace Mussolini’s formula: “All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.” Or against the party. (People forget, if they ever knew it, that both Hitler and Mussolini began as socialists). The state and the Democratic Party must speak and act as one, suppressing all dissent. America must conform to the orthodoxy—to the Chinese finger-traps of diversity-or-else and open borders—and rejoice in mandatory drag shows and all such theater of “gender.” Meantime, their man in the White House invokes emergency powers to forgive student debt and their thinkers wonder whether the Constitution and the separation of powers are all they’re cracked up to be.
Mr. Trump and his followers, believe it or not, are essentially antifascists: They want the state to stand aside, to impose the least possible interference and allow market forces and entrepreneurial energies to work. Freedom isn’t fascism. Mr. Biden and his vast tribe are essentially enemies of freedom, although most of them haven’t thought the matter through. Freedom, the essential American value, isn’t on their minds. They desire maximum—that is, total—state or party control of all aspects of American life, including what people say and think. Seventy-four years after George Orwell wrote “1984,” such control (by way of surveillance cameras, social-media companies and the Internal Revenue Service, now to be shockingly augmented by 87,000 new employees) is entirely feasible. The left yearns for power and authoritarian order. It is Faust’s bargain; freedom is forfeit.
Mr. Trump, the canniest showman in the White House since Franklin D. Roosevelt, introduced into 21st-century politics what seemed to be new idioms of hatred, a freestyle candor of the id. Doing so, he provoked his enemies—and finally Mr. Biden—to respond in kind: a big mistake. In the early 1950s, when Sen. Joseph McCarthy was loose in the land, and roughly half the country supported his anticommunist inquisition, President Eisenhower wisely decided, “I will not get into the gutter with this guy.” It took a while for McCarthy to implode.
Americans, lamenting the divisions of 2022 and, some of them, entertaining fantasies of a new civil war, should refresh their historical memories. The country has been bitterly divided against itself any number of times. The hatreds and convulsions of the 1930s (the era of Huey Long and Father Charles Coughlin and the Silver Shirts, of homegrown tribes of Trotskyists and Stalinists) culminated in the ferocious battle between isolationists and internationalists that lasted until the Sunday morning of Pearl Harbor.
The motif of political hatred returned to America almost as soon as World War II ended. The Alger Hiss case of 1948 warmed up the enmities, and McCarthy blew on the coals and turned half of the country against the other half. Such hatred seems cyclical. The 1960s (assassinations, civil rights battles, urban riots, the Vietnam War) had Americans at one another’s throats again. Those eruptions of political rage occurred in the years when the baby boomers and Joe Biden (who was a few years older) came of age and acquired their idea of what America is all about.
That night in 1936, Roosevelt, warming to the language of hatred, suggested that his enemies should get out of the country: “Let them emigrate and try their lot under some foreign flag.” Mr. Biden—who, as he spoke in Philadelphia, was bathed in a lurid red light that seemed, as it were, ineptly theological—was content to cast his foes into outer darkness.
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Projection is their calling card.
Astonishingly clueless conclusion.
Trumps following, bottom line, is "white grievance". The return to the Eisenhower era is symbolic, as it represents the last era when people of color shut up and took it.
We truly are the last sane Americans.
We shall prevail!
Probably nobody.
What will happen now is a lot of women who feel abortion is the key issue will run out and vote democrat. Progressives will vote democrat. Maybe Jim Clyburn will order black Americans to vote democrat. It won't be enough. They will lose in November.
That is a sick, digusting, racist comment, [Deleted. Shameful.]
No, YOU just made a sick, disgusting racist comment [Deleted]
You can't point to a single racist comment I have ever made. You, on the other hand, revel in your blatant racism and post it constantly.
FUCK OFF
Clyburn brags to this day, about telling black people in South Carolina to go out and vote for Joe Biden.
It was the act that saved Biden in the democratic primaries.
Some don't like to hear it.
That's not good enough either. I think you exhausted all the loopholes.
There is a difference in rhetoric between "recommending" and "ordering". Your comment is a further attempt to disparage black Americans, as you know full well.
Clyburn likes telling the story. You should listen to it.
Your comment is a further attempt to disparage black Americans, as you know full well.
Not I. LBJ
Who is we, Vic? Would it be you and your readers?
Ask John
It sure did and then Biden went on to defeat Trump, how cool is that...LOL
Should I just flag it for taunting or are you finished?
There you go.
They do it every time they need black votes.
Yes, that's what I call racism! That is how they try to control black voters.
The Democratic grip on Hispanics seems to be loosening, so there IS hope for us yet.
It is really loosening on Hispanics. Give all of them credit.
If you think it taunting you should flag it or STFU about it.
So you don't know who ''we'' is. Too funny.
Don't tell me to shut up
I told you to [Deleted] if you aren't going to flag it for taunting. DUH
Funny how the party of white people who decide who and isn't a "real" black person can feign offense.
Considering how the country is doing with high inflation high energy prices, the country being in a recession, high crime rates, the invasion on our southern border and Americans abandoned in hostile countries, I would say it isn't now nir was it then cool at all.
You only have a minimum of two plus years to live with it, so rejoice.
LBJ also said this:
That's two plus years too long. Unfortunately if we did get rid of him what is waiting in the wings to take over is even more useless.
How is this racist?
It is well known that he essentially ordered blacks in South Carolina to vote for Biden in the primaries, and they obeyed, bringing Biden as the nominee mainly because of the black vote.
Well, most liberals think blacks don't know how to get IDs to vote and can't make it to the precinct to vote. They believe they need to be the ones to get them there.
THAT is disparaging to blacks.
beginning in February of 2020, ending in May of 2020, reaffirmed in June 2020,
but that was the wrong Administration wasn't it?
Technically the economy is still expanding albeit more slowly than anyone likes.
Can you list the ground we have lost at the border?
Or list the Americans abandoned overseas?
Comment 2.1.31 amplifies and compounds the racism of Comment 2.1.2.
Most liberals know that most reactionaries spout meaningless nonsense and don't have the slightest idea what they are talking about.
Do you even know what the definition of racism is?
Not the liberal triggered "everything is racist" but the actual definition
Nothing in mine, nor Texan's post elicited any racism.
What we said was the truth.
To bad you don't like it.
Most Americans know the real reactionaries spout meaningless bullshit, then get their asses handed to them by proof of what they claim others don't know what they are talking about.
He sure did, since he called out all white men.
Your post is blatant and obvious racism. Someone orders blacks to do something and they obey. That is one of the most sickening posts I have ever read on here.
I didn't comment on a post by Texan. As is frequently the case, you are wrong.
Ami Horowitz is a reactionary propagandist with as much credence as James O'Keefe -- NONE.
Do you even know what the definition of reactionary is? Obviously not. For your edification it is defined as follows:
"ultraconservative in politics"
Nice try at deflecting, but like always....a fail.
Most liberals are well known to call anything and everything they disagree with racist, but don't know the real definition, as your posts previous have proven so.
BTW.....What's it like proven wrong once again with the video of little white liberals saying blacks don't know how to get IDs.
Kinda blew your bullshit out of the water, didn't it?
No way my post is racist. A BLACK man ordered other BLACKS to vote for Biden and they obliged. Otherwise, there would not have been a president Biden.
You really need to figure out the definition of racism. [Deleted]
It must be difficult to live in a world where everything you know is wrong. How do you manage?
That's what we expect from you, and you never disappoint.
Was he talking about white men here?
"These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference"
LBJ was the forefront of most modern liberals today.
Obvious you don't want to admit what the true definition of racist is, since you would admit to being wrong yet again.
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If you don't understand how disgustingly racist your comment was, that's on you. And It's not a good look.
It's pretty obvious that he wasn't since it was in 1957 and said to Senator Russell.
Yet in 1964 he was responsible for passing a sweeping civil rights bill.
I guess that being white makes you an expert on that.
For someone that does not know the definition of racism, and calling people racist without that knowledge, is sick and disgusting.
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[Not a good look.]
He had no choice but to sign it, to keep his democratic racist tendencies in the background.
"I guess that being white makes you an expert on that. "
When I typed that, I identified as another race other than white. Doesn't matter what.
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In your opinion and like all opinions doesn't mean a hell of a lot.
[Deleted] you should be able to answer that.
Your comments 2.1.31 and 2.1.44 fit within the classic definition of racism. If you don't like being called out for it, that's your problem. Deal with it.
That's bullshit, John and you know it.
My wife is Asian and she has been more involved in politics over the past few years than she has in our 33 years.
I encourage her to be independent in her thought, and if she votes democrat, then so be it, it is her choice and none of my business.
However, she has taken the intelligent route and has voted for and will continue to vote for republicans in the near future.
Biden's following, bottom line, is white liberal racism,
He motivates a lot of bitter women. Can he motivate the transgendered?
Now women who want the right to control their own body are "bitter" ? yikes !
Abortion hasn't been outlawed John.
Any woman who casts her vote based on abortion is a bitter woman. Bitter about what I don't know, but it is abnormal.
How do you know they are bitter if you dont know what they are bitter about?
Some us tried to tell you that ending Roe would goose the Democratic turnout but you didnt listen.
So are men bitter when they cast votes on issues? Or just women in your view.
You think it's normal?
Some us tried to tell you that ending Roe would goose the Democratic turnout but you didnt listen.
First of all John, Supreme Court Justices are not to make decisions based on political ramifications. Second of all, who listens to people who believed the Russia/hoax?
Is that supposed to be your misogynist smear?
You try so hard.
I just go by what people post. Actually very easy.
Did you mean to address this to SCOTUS?
The Supreme Court was under no compulsion to hear that case. They wanted to.
I remember when you posted something and took it right down.
It's good to have friends.
Good. Then you saw what I said.
If you think I didn't get yelled at you are seriously misinformed about that.
It wasn't a case to be heard. It was a case wrongly decided.
Would you have the Dred Scott decision stand because there were no related cases pending?
I wasn't alone.
Again, fine by me. You all know my thoughts.
On Another Note.. The left is interfering in another election. They have the Jan 6 Committee drama, the document dispute, the inflation bill which was really an energy bill and now the smearing of the best half of the country. Even if the momentum had changed, as the leftist media keeps telling us, Joe will once again institute some radical policy that will be the worst nightmare this side of malignant cancer. Either way they lose!
You see, our Democracy (or Republic) is like a rich old widow. The problem is that people like Obama and Biden want to marry the old girl.
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Roevember is coming, Vic.
;- )
Roemember Roemember The 8th of Roevember!
geez, thanks for the earworm....
I'll be here that night.
How about you?
Asking a question doesn't count as an answer.
That's two questions in a row that you didn't answer Vic.
You try so little.
Biden has even botched up democracy. Is there anything that Biden won't screw up?
Biden could screw up a wet dream.
That was already a lame cliche fifty years ago...
Much like your memes of today.
True none the less
It's just another Orwellian assault on language the left has become adept at. The party of racialism and racial discrimination calls those who believe people should not be jusged or treated differently becuase of the color of their skin, "racists." The party of big government, regulation and working hand in hand with corporations to censor Americans and push lies upon the public decided to start calling those who favor limited government and deregulation "fascists." It's chilling to see so many on the left engage in this mindlessness.
Party of racism....Funny when we all know where the racist extremists reside.
You know regulations are there for a reason. Take away all regulations and see the outcome. You probably won't like it.
Do I need to remind you of what liberals say about minorities that vote republican?
Let me know if you need help finding it.
And republicans said shit and my God some Independents said shit.
Fact being, most minorities are either Dem or Independent.
Yes, everyone says shit, however, liberals tend to be the most repulsive to minorities that dared escape the liberal plantation.
We are seeing more minorities escaping from that plantation each election cycle and going independent. Many even seeing the light and voting for their best interests...republican.
Anyone that calls something they don't agree with, say Black people in the Dem party, use the word plantation as a way to disparage a lot of people.
You are actually telling them that their choice is bad, claiming that they are being used.
The republicans are and always have been the 'culture wars'.
Blacks ARE being used by mostly liberal whites in the democratic party.
They are wooed to vote for the democratic candidate, promising many great things that will allegedly help them in their lives, then when they are elected, they go back to their ivory towers and forget all about the black community.
Rinse and repeat every 2 and 4 years.
People go to places where they feel the most comfortable. You are still saying that they are too dumb to figure out what is best for them.
So how many times do are you alleging this has occurred bugsy? It seems to me I have read this same claim for decades now.
If it's more than ONE election cycle, doesn't your comment imply that black voters aren't intellectually mature enough to know when they are being used and DO something about it?
Or is your implication that they enjoy the abuse?
So, what you're saying is that you believe black Americans are stupid and gullible and aren't smart enough to vote for the candidate that is actually supporting policies that are in their best interest. I'm not really surprised at such a disgusting racist narrative, it's something rightwing conservatives have basically been saying ever since they started migrating to the Republican party after the civil rights act and voting rights act were passed by the majority of Democrats.
The neo-fascists and reactionaries are sure butt hurt because Biden called them out. Poor little snowflakes.
The symbolisms alone should be enough to alarm any reasonable American, much less the ones that he , the PotUS, just labeled enemies of the state.
Ooooo, red scary.
"(Democrats want to) destroy our second amendment, attack the right to life, and replace American freedom with left-wing fascism. Fascists, they are fascists." - Donald Trump 2020
"Our radical Democrat opponents are driven by hatred, prejudice and rage" "They want to destroy you and they want to destroy our country as we know it. Not acceptable, it’s not going to happen. Not going to happen." - Donald Trump 2019
Yeah, so terrible of Biden to call Trumpublicans "semi-fascists". /s
Rightwing conservatives' blatant hypocrisy would be funny if it wasn't so fucking sad to watch.
"His ideology is coextensive with his temperament: In both, he is an anarcho-narcissist. He is Elmer Gantry."
@!@
Right off the bat the only 'anarcho-narcissist' I have come across is Mr. Bean. As to equating Donald with Elmer Gantry, which one? The Gantry of Sinclair Lewis or the Gantry of Richard Brooks? In the meantime I can't wait for L. Morrow to quote Donald quoting Elmer quoting 1 Corinthians 13,11.
"As for Mr. Trump’s followers, they belong to the Church of American Nostalgia. They are Norman Rockwellians, or Eisenhowerites."
The 'Church of American Nostalgia' ... WTF is that, a pawnshop?
Norman Rockwellians? Only if Rockwell painted on velvet.
Eisenhowerites? That's laughable. Rossite Perotites works.
As to both Hitler and Mussolini being socialists, both abandoned socialism very early in their careers and set their dogs upon them, much as Donaldo was a democrat who abandoned them and set his 'velvet' pooches on them.
'Kudos' to Lance(?) ... Lewis(?) ... or is it Lester(?) for hiring Tim Allen to supercharge the spincycle.
This just in....looks like Trump will get a Special Master. This is bound to ruffle a few left wing feathers
From the article....
“The Court is mindful that restraints on criminal prosecutions are disfavored, but finds that these unprecedented circumstances call for a brief pause to allow for neutral, third-party review to ensure a just process with adequate safeguards,” Cannon, a Trump appointee, wrote in her 24-page order."
It was totally expected, guess again.
A Trumpist Judge granting Trump special favors. Big surprise.