First Amendment Solutions

I was reading the Huffington Post this morning.  I usually skip the celebrity gossip stories and most of the pieces on TV shows and entertainment.  There were a few interesting stories to note.  Sharon Angle claims Unemployment Insurance ‘Really Doesn’t Benefit Anyone’.  A puppy saved a boy from a bee swarm.  And Glenn Beck admitted to lying (which is really like reporting that the sun is hot).  I read the entry on how Unemployment Rate Rises In August For First Time In 4 Months As Labor Force Expands.  And then I went to the comments.

Every time there is a story on the Huffington Post about the downturn in the economy, increase in unemployment, a stupid bill, political corruption… any of these types of stories… the comments section is flooded with an immediate deluge of anti-Obama, anti-Democratic comments.  I noticed in an unofficial capacity that this phenomena has been increasing over the past few months.

I can’t help but wonder “why”?  I mean, trolls are trolls.  You cannot avoid trolling on any website.  And I’m sure plenty of right-leaning sites get their fair share of leftist trolls.  I have even seen a troll or two on the racist websites, like Stormfront.  But when the trolls out-number the regular subscribers, what is going on?

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Tags: brown shirts, economy, fascist, first amendment, Glenn Beck, Huffington Post, joblessness, New Right, propaganda, sarah palin, stimulus, Sturmabteilung
Category Neo-Conservative |

“Rise of the New Right”

I was able to view Chris Matthews’ brief documentary on the “Rise of the New Right.”  My immediate  impression was that it was far too brief to give any detail.  It was only one hour.  Basically, Matthews’ discusses the rise of the Tea Party Movement.

A true, in depth view of the Rise of the New Right would have started before Reagan and discussed the theory that originated with a Pastor that “Satan wrote the Constitution” and the movements that ensued much before Reagan.  The rise of thought in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (C.E.) that the United States was a nation of Provincial Divinity.  (Long after the “Founding Fathers” had dispersed.) Also, and in depth documentary would have had to spend a good several hours just on Freedomworks, which I intend to discuss soon in the future.

I have already found a few critique of Matthews’ documentary that are in defense of the Tea Party.  None of them really respond to the specific critiques of the Tea Party Movement, namely that there was none of this outrage (from the same people) during the President G.W. Bush Era.

Watching the Tea Party footage, I thought of several things.  First, an anecdote:

I was in downtown Walnut Creek one evening, about a year ago.  I had a fresh latté and it was dusk, so I decided to go for a walk.  I happened to be near the park and hear a lot of commotion, so I ventured over to see what was going on.  I did not know at first that it was a Tea Party Rally.  I did notice the people in the park were not people that I have typically seen in this California version of Stars Hallow.  There was a man in the gazebo shouting and people with mullets were cheering.  There were confederate flags dispersed among the sea of Don’t Tread On Me flags, and lots of denim jackets with no sleeves.  I immediately felt like Richard Pryor in Bustin’ Loose, only I had no pointy hood and robe to wear.  I was in the middle of this mess.  The orator was screaming how President Obama was a muslim communist bent on destroying the country and other such nonsense.  The agitation and anger and lean towards violence were palpable.  I was genuinely frightened.  I guess I should point out that I grew up outside of Camden, New Jersey… so I don’t frighten easily.

I tell that story to demonstrate what this movement feels like to an outside observer.  And I can’t help but wonder how America would feel if this was a minority.  I would point out that the Black Panther Party used the Constitution and legal rights to stand up against a racist system, yet are regarded as “equals to the KKK” by much of White America.  And, in reality, the BPP were a small movement compared to the also small Tea Party Movement.  What if there were this many Blacks or Latinos that picked up guns and had public demonstrations about how “This government does not represent us!” or “taking the country” to a more representative government?  What if Latinos that are American Citizens in Arizona felt tired of being singled out and asked for documentation and decided to carry weapons and stage militia training to fight the “tyrannical government”?  Quite obviously, they would not have support of a majority of the Tea Party movement.

I mean, really, Black Americans’ ancestors constructed the White House, and most of the government buildings for the United States.  They have fought and died for this country.  Where is the concern for the Black community and the equal representation?  What about the Chicano population?  The Indigenous population?  If ANYONE has a claim to a lack of representation as American Citizens, would it not be these groups?  If they did mobilize and chant seditious commentary in the streets, how long would that last?  In the 1950s, Black Americans chanted in the streets peacefully for equal rights and were attacked with dogs and firehoses . . .

Well, the New Right claims they are not racist.  They claim their problem with President Obama is a number of things.  Most of them are actually not true.  They claim he is not an American citizen… but he is an American Citizen.  They claim he is Muslim . . .  so what?  They claim he is a racist . . . really?  I could go on, but these people are just raving loons and not worth the time.  None of these critiques are valid.  (I do find people on the far left have some VERY valid critiques of President Obama, but everyone ignores them, and I will too, as to not feed the raving loons.)

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Tags: commentator, conservative, Constitution, equal rights, fascism, fascist, Glenn Beck, neocon, neoconservative, New Right, sarah palin, Tea Party, United States
Category New Right |

No Really, Epithets for Arizona

I haven’t had an entry in over a week.  I wish I could say it was because everything has filled me with a sense of futility, but the reality is that I haven’t budgeted my time very well.

While on hiatus, Arizona made the news again with the mural on a school in Prescott.  An article can be found on the Daily Courier, here. In a nutshell, they hired artists to paint a mural with the students of an elementary school, of the students of the elementary school.  The students were of multiple ethnicities, which prompted some shouting of racial epithets by passers-by for two months.  The artist contributes this hostility to City Councilman, Steve Blair.  On his radio show on KYCA, he stated:

“I am not a racist individual, but I will tell you depicting a black guy in the middle of that mural, based upon who’s president of the United States today and based upon the history of this community when I grew up, we had four black families – who I have been very good friends with for years – to depict the biggest picture on that building as a black person, I would have to ask the question, ‘Why?’”

Then the school decided to “lighten the mural” or, more specifically, lighten the faces of the students.  Then the school decided not to do this, because of the national outcry.

What I find is the real issue here is the attack on “pluralism” and the identification of “who is an American” with a specific image.  This is really fascist.  Not in an attempt to spread a slur around… it really is fascist.  It is a tenant of fascism.  The most notable case was the image of the “Aryan” – the blue eyed, blonde haired German that was the “only real German” according to Hitler’s Nazi Party.  Just like with anything else, there are varying degrees.  Would I equate this to the Nazi platform?  No, not really.  But is it fascism?  Yes, definitely.

This has been a rising tide since the election of the first Black American President.  This rallying cry of the New Right for what it means to “Be an American.”
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Tags: african-american, apartheid, Arizona, chicano, discrimination, equal rights, fascism, fascist, Glenn Beck, Jonah Goldberg, Liberal Fascism, New Right, race, racism, sarah palin, Tea Party, United States
Category Neo-Fascism |

Utah: A Frightening Warning

The usurp of the incumbent GOP Senator in Utah should be a bit concerning to all of us.  The Fascists are dethroning their Masters.  We could bring up images of Darth Vader turning on the Emporer or Hitler turning on Hindenburg… but I don’t like Star Wars or Nazi analogies.  Star Wars was racist.  Nazi analogies always get lost and people end up arguing semantics.

I am limited in my time and cannot espouse in my typical verbose manner… but the usurping of a Conservative by the Tea Party is interesting, at best… and terrifying at worst.

Tags: conservative, fascism, fascist, New Right, sarah palin, Senate, Tea Party, Utah, white dominance, zombies
Category news |

The Fascist New Right

There are a lot of terms flying around today, especially in the political sphere.  They include, but are not limited to:  Socialist, Communist, Racist, Nazi, Fascist, Lib, Liberal, Teabagger, and Thug.  These terms are seemingly used by any, and everyone, with reckless abandon.  The problem is, that when you actually have a reason to use one of these terms, it gets dismissed.  I have noticed a lot of attention on Goodwin’s Law.  The concept that, “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.“  This is quite humorous.  At the same time, this does not mean the comparisons are not valid.  I find a strong correlation between Fascism and the New Right. (The Conservatives of today, be they Tea Party, Tories, or National Front.)

Sometimes the Left does propose Socialist ideals, or at least borderline socialist ideals.  “Universal healthcare” could be considered more Socialist than Capitalist.  There is no secret that I think they should stop pretending.  I personally think they should say, “We aren’t concerned with who developed this idea.  We are concerned with something that works.  This isn’t a new concept, and the countries that use it are doing quite well with it.”  Farther, they should point out, “As Americans, we should be trying to do it better than other nations, not avoiding it.”  On the same hand, while I am not a big fan of Fascism, I do not contend to use “Fascist” in this entry as an epithet.  The New Right has Fascist ideology and Fascist goals. Fascism is also not democratic.  So, in some way, I am claiming the New Right are anti-democratic.

I want to reiterate, that I am not claiming the New Right are Fascist to drive a farther wedge.  The goal here is to really examine what is going on.

There are a few things that strike me as odd with the rise of the New Right in the past year or so.  When Barack Obama was elected President, a new wave of protest swept through the nation.  There are tangible threads that weave through this new tapestry that seriously concern me.  Especially as the numbers are growing.  Just last night, the Tories in England got back a large portion of British Parliament.  So, let’s look at Fascism and see how it relates to American Conservativism.  (Fascism is quite complex as an ideology.  This is not an academic journal, so I am just using Wikipedia as my reference for any information on Fascism that are listed here.  I do not believe that Wikipedia is the absolute authority on the subject, or even the best authority, but I’m trying to keep this as short as possible, so… I accept that flaw for the time being.)

First we have the basic ideology of Fascism:

• Fascism is a “radical and authoritarian, nationalist political ideology.  Fascists seek to organize a nation on corporatist perspectives, values, and systems such as a political system and the economy.“

If you were to go to a Tea Party website, such as the Tea Party Patroits‘ website, you would see, their “Core values” are “Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government, and Free Markets.”  – “organize the nation on corporatist perspectives, values and systems such as political system and the economy.”

Fascists believe that a nation is an organic community that requires strong leadership, singular collective identity, and the will and ability to commit violence and wage war in order to keep the nation strong. . . . They claim that culture is created by collective national society and its state, that cultural ideas are what give individuals identity, and thus rejects individualism.  In viewing the nation as an integrated collective community, they claim that pluralism is a dysfunctional aspect of society, and justify a totalitarian state as a means to represent the nation in its entirety.  They advocate the creation of a single-party state. . . . Fascists reject and resist autonomy of cultural or ethnic groups who are not considered part of the fascists’ nation and who refuse to assimilate or are unable to be assimilated. They consider attempts to create such autonomy as an affront and threat to the nation.

That’s a long block, I know.  I felt it was spelled out better than I could reword it.
The Tea Party and their cohorts have been extolling the virtues of “What makes America great” and that the “Liberal Elite” want to destroy them and make the US culture a multi-cultural, pluralist society that will lead the nation into ruin.  Arizona just passed a law that will fundamentally restrict autonomy of cultural or ethnic groups that are not considered part of the nation.  It will also penalize anyone who refuses to assimilate or are unable to be assimilated.  They definitely find immigrants with foreign customs to be an “affront and threat to the nation.“

“Fascism is strongly opposed to core aspects of the Enlightenment and is an opponent of liberalism, Marxism, and mainstream socialism  for being associated with failures that fascists claim are inherent in the Enlightenment.”
I was just looking at Al-Sonja Schmidt (who I have much to say about in a future time) and there were a lot of references to Marx, Socialism, Black Nationalism and such.  To get the whole trifecta, she said that President Obama was influenced by Marx and is a tyrant.  (He has a foreign sounding name, is pluralistic, and a product of the Enlightenment.)

I don’t think it is really worth spending much time on how the New Right feels everyone should stay in the Cold War and we need to start the Red Scare back up.  I have spent enough time on this ridiculous garbage.

THE CORE TENANTS OF FASCISM:

Nationalism is probably one of the most obvious core tenants of Fascism.  I also highly doubt any Conservative would decry that Nationalism is not a massive “core value” of their ideology.  Is it even worth examining farther?  The real question is if people truly understand the true meaning of Nationalism.

Fascists saw the struggle of nation and race as fundamental in society, in opposition to communism’s perception of class struggle.  The fascist view of nation is as a single organic entity which binds people together by their ancestry and is a natural unifying force of people.  Fascism seeks to solve economic, political, and social problems by achieving a millenarian national rebirth, exalting the nation or race above all else, and promoting cults of unity, strength and purity.

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Category New Right |