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Topic: Noam Chomsky Compares Right-Wing Media to Nazi Germany
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Valus
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posted October 16, 2010 06:48 PM
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHEuudJ-o0
Linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky criticizes right-wing media outlets, which he describes as delivering a message of paranoia and economic populism comparable to Nazis during the Weimar Republic. "There were people with real grievances," says Chomsky. "The Nazis gave them an answer."
----- World-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky has been pushing change in language, politics and culture for decades. The controversial expert on modern language explains why "the smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum." - Commonwealth Club of California
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/06/Noam_Chomsk...
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katatonic
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posted October 16, 2010 07:53 PM
yes the parallels are all there ... only substitute muslims for jews, illegal immigrants for gypsies, you catch the drift...and sinclair lewis(? i believe) said 50 odd years ago, when fascism comes to america it will be wearing a flag and carrying a cross. IP: Logged |
jwhop
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posted October 16, 2010 08:05 PM
Valus, I'm a little surprised you would bring up the far left loony-tunes supporter of every Socialist dictator of the 20th century.If Chomksy really believed his own bullshiiit rhetoric, he would have been spoken out against every one of them. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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posted October 16, 2010 09:36 PM
Wouldn`t Sinclair Lewis, by todays definition, be called a leftist? I recall reading It Couldn`t Happen Here and each generation has seemed to fit his ticket of fascism. Remember the lead man {prez} Buzz Windrip? When Windrip is elected, all hell breaks loose. The dissent is crushed, the Bill of Rights is gutted as he stacks the Supreme Court, blame is placed on foreigners and war is declared (on Mexico ), and "rehabilitation" (labor) camps are established to help shore up Windrip's vaunted "New Freedom," which toted the beauty of American freedom and branded anyone who disagreed or even questioned the President, as anti-freedom and anti-America while quietly killing freedom. Or Once in, he appoints his close personal friends and political advisers to high-level positions, stocks the Supreme Court with 'surprisingly unknown lawyers' who called him by his first name, takes away most of the power of Congress under the guise of national security, allows Big Business to dictate economic policy, consolidates the media to a few rich corrupt owners, and fills newspapers with syndicated gossip from Hollywood to keep everyone distracted. {snippets from squidoo}
Sound familiar? Which generation or Prez?
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Valus
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posted October 17, 2010 10:11 PM
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when fascism comes to america
it will be wearing a flag and carrying a cross
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jwhop
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posted October 17, 2010 10:37 PM
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katatonic
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posted October 18, 2010 11:34 AM
"In this provocative and well-researched book, Goldberg probes modern liberalism's spooky origins in early 20th-century fascist politics. With chapter titles such as Adolf Hitler: Man of the Left and Brave New Village: Hillary Clinton and the Meaning of Liberal Fascism—Goldberg argues that fascism has always been a phenomenon of the left. This is Goldberg's first book, and he wisely curbs his wry National Review style. Goldberg's study of the conceptual overlap between fascism and ideas emanating from the environmental movement, Hollywood, the Democratic Party and what he calls other left-wing organs is shocking and hilarious. He lays low such lights of liberal history as Margaret Sanger, apparently a radical eugenicist, and JFK, whose cult of personality, according to Goldberg, reeks of fascist political theater. Much of this will be music to conservatives' ears, but other readers may be stopped cold by the parallels Goldberg draws between Nazi Germany and the New Deal. The book's tone suffers as it oscillates between revisionist historical analyses and the application of fascist themes to American popular culture; nonetheless, the controversial arc Goldberg draws from Mussolini to The Matrix is well-researched, seriously argued—and funny. (Jan. 8)" amazon.com finally - a source material. written by someone who has yet to realize that ALL political movements strive to circumscribe the general public for their own ends... IP: Logged | |
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