Forum Post: Right Wing Plays "Nazi" Card On Protests!
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 18, 2011, 9:32 a.m. EST by arealpolitik
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By John Liming - The Liming Liberal Digest
Whenever the Republicans or any of the Right Wing get a little push back from “Real” Americans, they get nervous and start playing the “Nazi, Commie, Hippie” (Or you name it) cards.
That is their historical response to any occasion on which a mass of Real Americans stands up to their bull crap and makes any significant noise in opposition to their pseudo- ”Christian/Patriot” political bull manure.
In the first place, many Republicans and Conservatives lack the basic intellectual attributes to do any truly originalist or creative thinking and they sure as Hell aren’t the least bit “Progressive” in their regressivist, status-quo-worshipping lack-of-mind set.
So now that what was once considered “A few smelly Hippies in a park near Wall Street with some kind of desire for a government handout” has exploded into a bona fide World Class, World-Wide protest movement.
The Media have taken notice, the Right Wing Pundrity has taken notice, the Conservative Propaganda Machine has taken notice and, perhaps at long last, the voices of the oppressed masses might actually get heard.
And the once arrogant Conservative power types are virtually defecating themselves in fear that their little expensive house of cards, built from the mortar of the blood, sweat and tears of the deprived masses might come tumbling down in a sea of unwavering and immovable citizen protest.
Read more: http://www.thejeffersontree.com/right-wing-plays-nazi-card-on-protests/
http://www.occupyr.com/News/thread.php?id=151
"Hmm.... Fascinating. The American Nazi Party has just taken up the call to arms from #occupywallst. Well, we'll take it. Welcome comrades ^_^;"
If you don't figure out exactly what the movement stands for, the you'll always be vulnerable to people who want to paint it as whatever they want.
We have been mislead by Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama, and nearly every other public figure. Economic growth, job creation, and actual prosperity are not necessarily a package deal. In fact, the first two are horribly misunderstood. Economic growth/loss (GDP) is little more than a measure of wealth changing hands. A transfer of currency from one party to another. The rate at which it is traded. This was up until mid ’07′ however, has never been a measure of actual prosperity. Neither has job creation. The phrase itself has been thrown around so often, and in such a generic political manner, that it has come to mean nothing. Of course, we need to have certain things done for the benefit of society as a whole. We need farmers, builders, manufacturers, transporters, teachers, cops, firefighters, soldiers, mechanics, sanitation workers, doctors, managers, and visionaries. Their work is vital. I’ll even go out on a limb and say that we need politicians, attorneys, bankers, investors, and entertainers. In order to keep them productive, we must provide reasonable incentives. We need to compensate each by a fair measure for their actual contributions to society. We need to provide a reasonable scale of income opportunity for every independent adult, every provider, and share responsibility for those who have a legitimate need for aid. In order to achieve and sustain this, we must also address the cost of living and the distribution of wealth. Here, we have failed miserably. The majority have already lost their home equity, their financial security, and their relative buying power. The middle class have actually lost much of their ability to make ends meet, re-pay loans, pay taxes, and support their own economy. The lower class have gone nearly bankrupt. In all, its a multi-trillion dollar loss taken over about 30 years. Millions are under the impression that we need to create more jobs simply to provide more opportunity. as if that would solve the problem. It won’t. Not by a longshot. Jobs don’t necessarily create wealth. In fact, they almost never do. For the mostpart, they only transfer wealth from one party to another. A gain here. A loss there. Appreciation in one community. Depreciation in another. In order to create net wealth, you must harvest a new resource or make more efficient use of one. Either way you must have a reliable and ethical system in place to distribute that newly created wealth in order to benefit society as a whole and prevent a lagging downside. The ‘free market’ just doesn’t cut it. Its a farce. Many of the jobs created are nothing but filler. The promises empty. Sure, unemployment reached an all-time low under Bush. GDP reached an all-time high. But those are both shallow and misleading indicators. In order to gauge actual prosperity, you must consider the economy in human terms. As of ’08′ the average American was working more hours than the previous generation with far less equity to show for it. Consumer debt, forclosure, and bankruptcy were also at all-time highs. As of ’08′, every major American city was riddled with depressed communities, neglected neighborhoods, failing infrastructures, lost revenue, and gang activity. All of this has coincided with massive economic growth and job creation. Meanwhile, the rich have been getting richer and richer and richer even after taxes. Our nation’s wealth has been concentrated. Again, this represents a multi-trillion dollar loss taken by the majority. Its an absolute deal breaker. Bottom line: With or without economic growth or job creation, you must have a system in place to prevent too much wealth from being concentrated at the top. Unfortunately, we don’t. Our economy has become nothing but a giant game of Monopoly. The richest one percent already own nearly 1/2 of all United States wealth. More than double their share before Reagan took office. Still, they want more. They absolutely will not stop. Now, our society as a whole is in serious jeapordy. Greed kills.
They played that shit on the Teabaggers, too. Kept crashing the Teabagger protests with nazi slurs and openly displayed firepower.
News flash for the conservatives: You better look in your own house if you want to see nazis. You're not finding them here no matter how badly you want to.
I think the "Teabaggers" tried to do that to Obama. Just say Fox News, Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, They are always lying and distorting facts to paint anyone they do not like with a negative brush.
Yup, you're absolutely right.
Mainstream media channels, one giant bullshit factory. All crap, all the time.
Don't democrats always shout racism
No they do not. As a white fellow I can tell you there is enough racism in this country to go around. Obama is president but there is a long way to go to wipe our racism and sexism!
Yup! They do, I for one think it would be really ironic to see a Nazi Hippie....
Would be a stretch to make it ironic. More of an oxymoron! No?