Thread: Buffalo Tea Party...

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it was contrived but it wasn't backed by a large corporation.. this state is a fucking joke.. the budget that is being passed is an abomination and someones head needs to roll

Originally Posted by Thumper

Fascism is a radical, authoritarian nationalist ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of the nation or race.

Fascist governments forbid and suppress all criticism and opposition to the government and the fascist movement. Fascist movements oppose any ideology or political system that gives direct political power to people as individuals through elected representatives rather than as a collective nation or race (individualism, liberalism, representative democracy); that is deemed detrimental to national identity and unity (communism, class conflict oriented labour movements, internationalism, and laissez-faire capitalism); that protects and empowers people deemed weak and degenerate (egalitarianism) and that undermine the military strength and military ambitions of the nation (pacifism); that may seek to preserve any of the privileges, institutions and cultural values that fascism seeks to overthrow (traditionalism and conservatism).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

Welcome to where we've been heading for a pretty long time.

On a National level.

Okay, explain to me how moving from a far-right to a center-left government peaceably over a period of 90 days is totalitarian, single-party, and fascistic. Then, show me how the presence of these types of protests occurring in cities across America is evidence of "forbidding and suppressing all criticism."

How is George W. Bush, who adhered to the doctrine of interventionist foreign policy, high tax, high spending, high regulation and inflationist domestic policies, significantly different from Obama, who aderes to the doctrine of interventionist foreign policy, high tax, high spending, high regulation and inflationist domestic policies?

They're both fascists. And if you think they're different in any significant way, that's idiotic.

At least we can thank them for the prolonged depression.

If you have any purchases of imported goods, be sure to make them now before the USD tanks.

Dude you should totaly be the fucking president Im sure you could do a much better job

Originally Posted by Ignatius B. Fisticuffs

Okay, explain to me how moving from a far-right to a center-left government peaceably over a period of 90 days is totalitarian, single-party, and fascistic. Then, show me how the presence of these types of protests occurring in cities across America is evidence of "forbidding and suppressing all criticism."

I said that this is where we've been heading for a "pretty long time". So that means that we were heading this way during the Bush Administration and definitely before it. Obama and his team of tax cheats have continued where Bush left off, and taken us even further down the road towards fascism. If you haven't noticed that the Obama Administration and 95% of the media haven't done their best at "surpressing all criticim" of this administraion, I'm not sure what you're actually paying attention too.

Also, calling the Bush Administration "far right" couldn't be further from the truth. Just like calling the extremely radical Obama Administration "center-left" is just as wrong; and putting the word "center" before the word "left" shows me that you're completely caught up in what Obama says, rather than what he's actually been doing. Just like most of the Obama supporters.

lol america is fascist

Originally Posted by Maxy/Team-Kotex

Dude you should totaly be the fucking president Im sure you could do a much better job

True.

What ID are you in, for the 4th time?

Originally Posted by Thumper

I said that this is where we've been heading for a "pretty long time". So that means that we were heading this way during the Bush Administration and definitely before it. Obama and his team of tax cheats have continued where Bush left off, and taken us even further down the road towards fascism. If you haven't noticed that the Obama Administration and 95% of the media haven't done their best at "surpressing all criticim" of this administraion, I'm not sure what you're actually paying attention too.

Also, calling the Bush Administration "far right" couldn't be further from the truth. Just like calling the extremely radical Obama Administration "center-left" is just as wrong; and putting the word "center" before the word "left" shows me that you're completely caught up in what Obama says, rather than what he's actually been doing. Just like most of the Obama supporters.

What are the main differences?

Bush spent a lot, Obama spends more.

Bush regulated a lot, Obama even more.

Bush started some wars, Obama is continuing them.

Bush oversaw huge inflation, Obama even larger one.

Bush nationalized many businesses, Obama hasn't yet.

They're very similar.

Originally Posted by m76

lol america is fascist

"The word fascism has now no meaning except insofar as it signifies 'something not desireable'"
-Eric Arthur Blair

And that kind of ignorance is exactly why this is sadly ironic.

i thought bush deregulated

That's a common belief, but it's absolutely without fact.

http://www.reason.com/news/show/130328.html