It is truly bizarre how genuine racism, fascism and totalitarianism are simply seen as fine if the racist, racist totalitarian has the right enemies.
The crazy right has it in their love for Putin just because he’s the enemy of “woke”, but the really bizarre is as you said the left wing embrace of Islamic religious fascism.
And it rests on such a weak foundation.
They themselves would never live under an Islamic theocracy. They could move to Iran right now if they wanted to and because they don’t they surely know how bad it is in reality.
I think Islamism has more in common with the left than you think. They're both antisemitic, anti-imperialist, totalitarian, totally opposed to freedom on general principle, intensely messianic, and enthusiastic about the use of political violence. Yes, they disagree on certain issues and the Islamists would kill the leftists the first chance they got, but given that they're both ultimately suicide cults, the similarities are so basic and fundamental that the alliance was probably inevitable.
They seem to disagree on a whole lot of issues that are massively significant both in terms of personal lives and how society functions and what laws exist, so useful insight into their similarities can only be taken so far. For instance, the commonality of antisemitism is only there because Jews happen to have their own functioning state and as a people are very successful right now. If Jews had nothing more than a beaten down diaspora and were poor and on the margins throughout the West, the progressive left would champion them as victims of American imperialism. But Islamists would still hate Jews. It’s in the Quran after all.
What totalitarian movements have common is that they’re evil.
Also, Islamism is NOT anti imperialist.
They are incredibly in favour of having their own empire. Kind of like imperial Japan. It was anti-American all right, but not because it was anti-imperialist. 😏
Islamism has a huge problem in that the Quran tells them that Muslims should be ascendent and dominant in the world. And they clearly are not.
Which suggests that the Quran is false…. and they can’t accept that and so they create terrorism.
Donald Trump did say he loved the undereducated. He also said white extremist groups and neo-nazis were fine people. I live in the Deep South, where far right-wing antisemitism is just as bad. Jews need to arm themselves and get tactical training. Stop flagrantly standing out like easy targets. One young Jewish woman said a pro-Palestinian protestor attacked her, and the police said they couldn't do anything about it.
You are so right they would maybe live just long enough for the mullahs to see them for who they really are and then bingo a mass defenestration event.
For all the handwringing about the decline of the west, the United States is still incredibly powerful and good at insulating itself from global problems. And as we’ve seen it’s pretty easy to ignore the terrible things about Iran when you’re not experiencing them directly.
WTF: "The crazy right has it in their love for Putin just because he’s the enemy of “woke”, but.."
Certainly, this can't be a contextual continuation to "bizarre". I've scoured the article for any mention, intimation, or even tertiary intimation at such perverse association. Perhaps a literary ruse to interject ... [what ?]
Only thing missing is the "all"; but only a "borderline" would be so broadly inclusive as say characterize them as something so loathsome as say "deplorables.
I cant think of a single right [Conservative] that "loves Putin"; feel free to enumerate or was "crazy" the caveat...
The winds are shifting as people realize the monster that has been released. There were some crocodile tears at her arraignment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_JxiGS3keU
The radical “left” never sees how paradoxical it is that while they like to talk as if they favor equal rights, they also believe that they are the only ones who have rights because of their opinions. The result in practice, not coincidentally, is that they believe that people with other opinions are only around to be crushed in the name of progress. And increasingly, here in America more people are awakening to this paradox.
I'm on the sidelines looking at the battle between white liberals and conservatives ... two wings on the same trifling bird. I'm focusing more on vertical issues (collective economics) for black folks. Horizontal issues are irrelevant. White liberal liberals just shuffle the chairs on a sinking ship for votes, while white conservatives sink the ship.
One cannot be a hypocrite if one has no actual principles. The real issue is that people whose stated ideology is "words are power constructs" are believed to have principles by so many.
What’s not fine is that it makes it more difficult to trust you since I can’t quickly verify that you’re fairly and accurately relaying someone else’s statements.
Excellent article Benjamin. I believe the use of tactical nukes are on the table, but this may not be the time. It should be noted that Israel had plans to take out the Iranian nukes much as they did Saddam's Osirak reactor long before they were buried in hardened underground facilities. Unsurprisingly, the Obama administration leaked the plans which, of course, scrubed the operation.
It is truly bizarre how genuine racism, fascism and totalitarianism are simply seen as fine if the racist, racist totalitarian has the right enemies.
The crazy right has it in their love for Putin just because he’s the enemy of “woke”, but the really bizarre is as you said the left wing embrace of Islamic religious fascism.
And it rests on such a weak foundation.
They themselves would never live under an Islamic theocracy. They could move to Iran right now if they wanted to and because they don’t they surely know how bad it is in reality.
And yet they continue to cosplay.
I think Islamism has more in common with the left than you think. They're both antisemitic, anti-imperialist, totalitarian, totally opposed to freedom on general principle, intensely messianic, and enthusiastic about the use of political violence. Yes, they disagree on certain issues and the Islamists would kill the leftists the first chance they got, but given that they're both ultimately suicide cults, the similarities are so basic and fundamental that the alliance was probably inevitable.
They seem to disagree on a whole lot of issues that are massively significant both in terms of personal lives and how society functions and what laws exist, so useful insight into their similarities can only be taken so far. For instance, the commonality of antisemitism is only there because Jews happen to have their own functioning state and as a people are very successful right now. If Jews had nothing more than a beaten down diaspora and were poor and on the margins throughout the West, the progressive left would champion them as victims of American imperialism. But Islamists would still hate Jews. It’s in the Quran after all.
What totalitarian movements have common is that they’re evil.
Also, Islamism is NOT anti imperialist.
They are incredibly in favour of having their own empire. Kind of like imperial Japan. It was anti-American all right, but not because it was anti-imperialist. 😏
Islamism has a huge problem in that the Quran tells them that Muslims should be ascendent and dominant in the world. And they clearly are not.
Which suggests that the Quran is false…. and they can’t accept that and so they create terrorism.
Donald Trump did say he loved the undereducated. He also said white extremist groups and neo-nazis were fine people. I live in the Deep South, where far right-wing antisemitism is just as bad. Jews need to arm themselves and get tactical training. Stop flagrantly standing out like easy targets. One young Jewish woman said a pro-Palestinian protestor attacked her, and the police said they couldn't do anything about it.
You are so right they would maybe live just long enough for the mullahs to see them for who they really are and then bingo a mass defenestration event.
Pretty unlikely.
For all the handwringing about the decline of the west, the United States is still incredibly powerful and good at insulating itself from global problems. And as we’ve seen it’s pretty easy to ignore the terrible things about Iran when you’re not experiencing them directly.
WTF: "The crazy right has it in their love for Putin just because he’s the enemy of “woke”, but.."
Certainly, this can't be a contextual continuation to "bizarre". I've scoured the article for any mention, intimation, or even tertiary intimation at such perverse association. Perhaps a literary ruse to interject ... [what ?]
Only thing missing is the "all"; but only a "borderline" would be so broadly inclusive as say characterize them as something so loathsome as say "deplorables.
I cant think of a single right [Conservative] that "loves Putin"; feel free to enumerate or was "crazy" the caveat...
The winds are shifting as people realize the monster that has been released. There were some crocodile tears at her arraignment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_JxiGS3keU
The radical “left” never sees how paradoxical it is that while they like to talk as if they favor equal rights, they also believe that they are the only ones who have rights because of their opinions. The result in practice, not coincidentally, is that they believe that people with other opinions are only around to be crushed in the name of progress. And increasingly, here in America more people are awakening to this paradox.
I'm on the sidelines looking at the battle between white liberals and conservatives ... two wings on the same trifling bird. I'm focusing more on vertical issues (collective economics) for black folks. Horizontal issues are irrelevant. White liberal liberals just shuffle the chairs on a sinking ship for votes, while white conservatives sink the ship.
One cannot be a hypocrite if one has no actual principles. The real issue is that people whose stated ideology is "words are power constructs" are believed to have principles by so many.
Not linking to the NYT is petty. But that’s fine.
What’s not fine is that it makes it more difficult to trust you since I can’t quickly verify that you’re fairly and accurately relaying someone else’s statements.
As Ronald Reagan said …. trust, but verify.
Excellent article Benjamin. I believe the use of tactical nukes are on the table, but this may not be the time. It should be noted that Israel had plans to take out the Iranian nukes much as they did Saddam's Osirak reactor long before they were buried in hardened underground facilities. Unsurprisingly, the Obama administration leaked the plans which, of course, scrubed the operation.