11-26-2016, 02:50 AM
(11-25-2016, 04:43 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(11-25-2016, 04:32 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Sounds like the same attitude the brownshirts had.
Giving fascism another chance is as much a blunder as giving convicted serial killer Gary (Green River Killer) Ridgway another chance.
Would you have any problem if the fist were smashing the symbol of the Khmer Rouge of Iraqi Ba'athism?
Nah, I suspect he's simply suggesting that once you declare violence against any ism as acceptable, then all you have to do is declare any folks you don't like as being believers in that ism. Instant license to beat, rape, pillage and kill.
Kind of like when we first started declaring wogs we didn't like as being terrorists, then that definition slowly started to creep toward other undesirables. That is exactly the attitude of brownshirts.
The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master: I take the responsibility of my acts: The only arbiter I acknowledge is the sword: If any one denies my right, let him try conclusions with me. -- Lysander Spooner