Snake Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Lots of normal, reasonable people oppose Donald Trump. Many of them oppose the border wall, too. But the third item on this agenda is the (usually) unstated aim of the so-called "antifa," from which the other two items are supposed to draw your attention -- except when they get over-excited and spell it out with a silly chant. This is the whole point of the label "anti-fascist," and it has been for roughly 85 years now. Everyone -- especially journalists -- needs to stop using that label, because it's part of their propaganda, an effort by people unworthy of polite company to fish for mainstream endorsements from dumb and naive fellow-travelers. The term "anti-fascist" is of Soviet origin, and it was used before and during World War II to make the aggressive, murderous, war-criminal regime of Joseph Stalin seem more palatable. The entire point then, as now, was to make it seem like the U.S.S.R. had a lot in common with normal, decent people's views, even as millions were being shipped off to die in the archipelago of slave-labor camps that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn experienced for eight years. (His crime? An irreverent reference, in a letter, to Stalin's moustache.) The historian Norman Davies has this to say about the term "anti-fascist" in his history of the Second World War, which is titled "No Simple Victory": Quote "Anti-Fascism" did not offer a coherent political ideology. In terms of ideas, it was an empty vessel, a mere political dance....It gave the false impression that principled democrats believing in the rule of law and freedom of speech could rub along fine with the dictators of the proletariat, or that democratic socialists had only minor differences with Communism. What is more, it opened up a wonderful arena for the activities of disciplined activists, whose training in the Leninist techniques of splitting and dividing adversaries would run rings round wooly intellectuals....If you were a French trade unionist, tired of the wrangles of the Left, or a British Empire loyalist baffled by the complexities of modern politics or a Christian peace worker hoping to avoid another war, anti-Fascism was for you! Only in the background was the unspoken dialect that, if Fascism was to be Bad, the Good had to lie with the originator of anti-Fascism -- Joseph Stalin's USSR. Stalin is dead and the U.S.S.R. is just a historical lesson of what happens every time an actual socialist state is formed in real life. But the term "anti-fascist" is being used for the same ends today as it was then. Violent leftists want to make their assaults on others' life and property -- almost identical to the sort of thing neo-Nazis engage in, only for different reasons -- seem justifiable. And they do this by defining themselves as a force opposed to something that all ordinary, decent people find repulsive. We may not take today's anarcho-communists as seriously as we did back when they had the power, the weapons, and the infrastructure to murder tens of millions of people. But their goals are no different. As they put it, they don't want a "U.S.A. at all." The country they want to occupy the center of North America has no First Amendment, no freedom of expression, and people with opposing views (of any views, not just Nazis) are beaten, imprisoned or murdered for intellectual dissent. They may run the gamut from anarchism to revolutionary socialism in their views, but they have far more in common with fascists than they do with the people they seek to attract with the sweet-sounding "anti-fascist" label. Davies notes that the propaganda value of "anti-fascism" in the West reached its apex when Francisco Franco won the Spanish Civil War, with help from the fascist governments of Italy and Germany. It then fell out of favor when Stalin aligned with Hitler in hopes of devouring half of eastern Europe. Before the Germans turned against them, the Soviets seized half of Poland, annexed the Baltic States, and invaded Finland in the 1939-1940 Winter War, casting its democratic government at the time as a fascist enemy (of course). So always with these little would-be tyrants. When you use the label "antifa" or "anti-fascist," you are helping and enabling a resurgence of terrorist liars in the exact same tradition, who are indistinguishable from neo-Nazis except in the specific motivations for and targets of their authoritarian impulses and irrational violence. The Associated Press recently made and announced its laudable decision not to refer to neo-Nazis as the "alt-right," a misleading term that makes their violent and racist political beliefs sound like some kind of respectable "alternative conservatism." People who write and talk about the street brawlers of the fringe Left should likewise refuse to dignify them with their preferred label. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/why-you-should-never-use-the-term-anti-fascist/article/2632847 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Ben is reading it, slack jawed, trying to formulate a response that simulates intellect, all while missing the obvious, all while completely missing the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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f7ben Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 34 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: Ben is reading it, slack jawed, trying to formulate a response that simulates intellect, all while missing the obvious, all while completely missing the point. No matter how hard you try.....I am your physical and intellectual superior by a large margin. Sorry bout your luck you gray haired faggot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildboer Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 And you fucktards really think lefties are the ones who love playing the victim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 6 hours ago, DriftBusta said: Ben is reading it, slack jawed, trying to formulate a response that simulates intellect, all while missing the obvious, all while completely missing the point. If you drive, I''ll ride out to Indiana with you, and help you beat the shit out of that smarmy fucktard. I have an old axe handle in the barn that has his name on it. I use it to beat raccoons and possums to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) Most serial killer started out with animals. Edited September 1, 2017 by awful knawful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 9 hours ago, awful knawful said: Most serial killer started out with animals. Where do you live? Just askin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Campbellton NB. Still waiting tuff guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I think I got a pic of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 3 hours ago, awful knawful said: Campbellton NB. Still waiting tuff guy! What street and number, faggot??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 1 hour ago, SVT Renegade XRS said: You think that's funny, bitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT MXZ XRS Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 7 minutes ago, polaris550 said: You think that's funny, bitch? Yep, sure do. And you aren't gonna do shit about it, fuckin old pussy ass cock smokin Faggot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 1 minute ago, SVT Renegade XRS said: Yep, sure do. And you aren't gonna do shit about it, fuckin old pussy ass cock smokin Faggot Suck a dick, faggot. You're talkin' big 'cause you're 900 miles from here, you dick-lickin, cock-smoking faggot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT MXZ XRS Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 You aren't shit old man. So just STFU, pussy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 3 hours ago, awful knawful said: Campbellton NB. Still waiting tuff guy! Been through Campbellton several times in years past. One time a 350 mile hell trip started in St. Louis du Ha ha. Who the fuck names a town St. Louis du Ha Ha?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT MXZ XRS Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Hey Mach, you old pussy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 On August 31, 2017 at 9:13 PM, motonoggin said: On August 31, 2017 at 9:44 PM, f7ben said: No matter how hard you try.....I am your physical and intellectual superior by a large margin. Sorry bout your luck you gray haired faggot Typical ignoramuses reactions when you have ZERO arguments to the OP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 10 hours ago, DriftBusta said: Been through Campbellton several times in years past. One time a 350 mile hell trip started in St. Louis du Ha ha. Who the fuck names a town St. Louis du Ha Ha?! In Quebec they do things differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 On 9/1/2017 at 2:17 AM, polaris550 said: If you drive, I''ll ride out to Indiana with you, and help you beat the shit out of that smarmy fucktard. I have an old axe handle in the barn that has his name on it. I use it to beat raccoons and possums to death. You couldn't bust a grape you old crusty beef curtain... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 7 hours ago, Momorider said: Typical ignoramuses reactions when you have ZERO arguments to the OP Its like batting around a fucking crippled pet raccoon. You almost feel sorry for it. Operative word being "almost". 51 minutes ago, awful knawful said: In Quebec they do things differently. I wanna get a Yamaha turbo and hit those high speed trails again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 1 minute ago, Anler said: You couldn't bust a grape you old crusty beef curtain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 22 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: I wanna get a Yamaha turbo and hit those high speed trails again. Small tune would be a blast on those trails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 32 minutes ago, awful knawful said: Small tune would be a blast on those trails. I remember back in 2000, was the same trip I met Rob Lyons on for the first time, riding my SRX just clamped, for miles, and wishing I had more power, because 115 mph wasn't fast enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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