Facetiously says the guy who argues for "post"-fascism in favor of liberal democracy.Originally Posted by Hawk
Facetiously says the guy who argues for "post"-fascism in favor of liberal democracy.
I don't think it's a big deal to keep that name or change it.
He's a business man and looking to protect his business best way he sees fit and most likely thinks he can get some good press that will make him more money by the name change. Just the market being the market
Things that are more serious to me than this? If I should have gone for Mexican or sushi for lunch for staters.
I went with sushi ftr
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
****, I'm guilty of thoughtcrime.
Show me mercy, Herr Kommissar.
I wouldn't suggest arresting you, but pointing out some really kooky ideas while you throw stones at some very tame ones is fair game, no?
Tame ideas like labeling free speech advocates neo-Nazis?
Mmm. How about something like nazi-adjacent, or nazi-collabo, or nazi-curious?
Let's keep it simple.
People who think differently than me.
Spend some time reading the past couple of pages of the Confederate Monuments thread, and you'll see that I've tried to make it clear that my argument is about ideas--one in particular, and its historical resonance into today--and not at all about historical figures. And I'm quite content to line that up with advocacy of fascism any day.
Certainly that. But dogs, fleas, etc.
Oh, did you delete the post this was in response to?
Really, "retrograde persecution of historical figures?"
Yes.
Yes.
I see where you've tried to take one modern idea and transpose it onto one historical event, in isolation, pocketing the ensuing 150 years of history.
FWIW, I, like many of us, have roots in the ol' family tree that extend to the CSA. If I had to guess, I'd say that you probably do, too. Mine include a prominent Virginian family whose scion has been very much at issue here. It's not something that I asked for or earned, so I don't think about it much. But if I'm not triggered by the "persecution of historical figures" (by pointing out that the propagation of myths about them has perpetuated white supremacy in the years 1865-) that I'm actually related to, I'm not sure why people are so touchy about it. They're dead, and can neither care nor defend themselves. They left us with a clear legacy that one can either own up to or sing pretty, but morally vacuous, songs about.
Oh, 'cuz that's an isolated event that is not representative of broader events. Come back stronger.
Where are we putting the Bannon statue so we don't forget our history?
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
You should read the Yale report
If they are dead, and history has judged them, then why do you feel as though you'll find vindication by pulling them of the grave and putting them on what is nothing more than a show trial?
Can't tell your players without a program, and can't learn your history without statues at the courthouse.
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