Quote from: Conner42 on February 23, 2017, 08:35:45 amIt's pretty god damn funny that I've seen the phrase "liberal fascist" pop up more than a couple of times here...I would like to take credit for the term. Been working on it awhile. The most descriptive term I came up for modern liberalism is "liberal corporate fascism". The corporate aspect is very important. I played around with "corporatist" and "progressivist" but it's hard to fit the words together and becomes cumbersome. You need something catchy like "fake news" in today's culture, so I shortened it to liberal fascism, aka "the anti-fascists are the new fascists". Been hammering the internets with it, and now I see it showing up in conversations. Of course someone else might have launched it independently and I'm giving myself too much credit.
It's pretty god damn funny that I've seen the phrase "liberal fascist" pop up more than a couple of times here...
Okay, so it's like an ironic joke or something.
Quote from: Conner42 on February 23, 2017, 09:15:47 amOkay, so it's like an ironic joke or something.Wrong, as I stated, it is a term to encompass what modern liberalism has become. Intolerance, and the ability to enforce their narrow views on others, and silence anyone who disagrees. There is nothing fascist about Trump, it was the democratic process, will of the people.
But what if the people are fascist?
Quote from: SaintsCanada on February 17, 2017, 09:02:50 amTrump is in big trouble. He is at war with the deep state, and his support from congressional Republicans is paper thin. Due to his clear violations of the emoluments clause, and of course possible ties to the interests of a foreign power, he is eligible for impeachment any time congress decides to pull the plugIf the deep state and congress want to overturn the democratic will of the people then someone should be at war them surely?You guys throw democracy out the window the moment it produces a result you don't like.
Trump is in big trouble. He is at war with the deep state, and his support from congressional Republicans is paper thin. Due to his clear violations of the emoluments clause, and of course possible ties to the interests of a foreign power, he is eligible for impeachment any time congress decides to pull the plug
But I think it should be done on those grounds, as the result of public pressure from the overwhelming majority of Americans who now oppose Trump.
This kind of behavior on behalf of Trump and his camp is indefensible.
Yeah whatever. The peaceful transition of power which is NOT happening, is indefensible. Trump has tanks. Revolutionaries want to take the government from the rightful elected president? Come get some.
Yes, good idea. Because Tiananmen Square worked out so very well for the Chinese.
Quote from: Ptolemy on March 06, 2017, 01:15:01 pmYeah whatever. The peaceful transition of power which is NOT happening, is indefensible. Trump has tanks. Revolutionaries want to take the government from the rightful elected president? Come get some. Yes, good idea. Because Tiananmen Square worked out so very well for the Chinese.
Perhaps Ptolemy could provide his views on the events to show us his hand.
Perhaps the word "overwhelming" was over the top. But his unpopularity is historic.http://www.inquisitr.com/4034798/donald-trump-approval-ratings-hit-lowest-among-past-potus/
Approval ratings of 65%+ will never happen again in America as long as the current hyper-partisan spirit reigns, absent some sort of 9/11 "country comes together" moment.
I am not educated on these China events, so I can't speak about that.
Quote from: kyndo on March 06, 2017, 02:38:17 pmQuote from: Ptolemy on March 06, 2017, 01:15:01 pmYeah whatever. The peaceful transition of power which is NOT happening, is indefensible. Trump has tanks. Revolutionaries want to take the government from the rightful elected president? Come get some. Yes, good idea. Because Tiananmen Square worked out so very well for the Chinese.Not that I'm defending it but those soldiers and tanks combined with the suppression of the event through the state controlled media played out surprisingly well for the regime. It's incredible the number of 20 something Chinese students who have no knowledge what so ever of these events. Obliviously those that do are reluctant to expand on them at great length.
This coming from the guy who expects "Asia will rally around China".
Back on the topic of out of control liberals. It does seem like some sort of catastrophic event needs to happen, to teach these people a lesson.