Early Warning Signs of Fascism: A point by point discussion.

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Orignal Earl

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Hey, just a plain ol' regular person giving you Progressives the chance to "progress"-the-sh!t-out-of-us. ;) Allowing that progressive agenda to shine like a big, red warning light for the rest of the world. Not only are progressives the minority, but thanks to your violence your support is dropping like a brick.
Your progressive-controlled universities are dying from drastically reduced funding and attendance.
Trust in progressive-controlled media is at an all-time low.

It's certainly an interesting study in the human mind and how easily people can be manipulated by GroupThink such as progressivism, anarchism, communism...

Do you figure the PC party was the beginning of the end in Canada?
 

brandonbull

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An anarchist would be, by default, anti-fascist. As would anyone who values freedom and inalienable human rights.

The curious aspect to all of this, is that the fascists supporters seem unwilling to fully admit what they are actually supporting (racism, fascism) so anyone else who opposes them is automatically a "leftist" or "communist."

Funny that you consider the Left some great firewall between Fascism and inalienable rights. The Left and Anitifa seem to have copied their strategy directly from the Nazis'(Fascists) playbook, and Antifa and the MSM just needs to switch to brown uniforms and it would be pretty complete. Anyone not toeing the Progressive line is stupid, uneducated, racist, fascist, homophobe, xenophobe, and many other awesome groupings. Isn't the MSM and Democrats trying to apply pressure to de-legitimize the current Administration and wish to have a candidate put in place by undemocratic means? Sounds like the group that the Left blames others for being.
 
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repoman0

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Hey, just a plain ol' regular person giving you Progressives the chance to "progress"-the-sh!t-out-of-us. ;) Allowing that progressive agenda to shine like a big, red warning light for the rest of the world. Not only are progressives the minority, but thanks to your violence your support is dropping like a brick.
Your progressive-controlled universities are dying from drastically reduced funding and attendance.
Trust in progressive-controlled media is at an all-time low.

It's certainly an interesting study in the human mind and how easily people can be manipulated by GroupThink such as progressivism, anarchism, communism...

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University attendance actually has increased by about 475000 students since 2010 (do I have to show my steps, or can you figure it out?). Maybe if you went to a "progressive-controlled university," they'd teach you how to think a little deeper and you could spend your time bettering yourself rather than being a victim on the internet.
 

Blue_Max

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University attendance actually has increased by about 475000 students since 2010 (do I have to show my steps, or can you figure it out?). Maybe if you went to a "progressive-controlled university," they'd teach you how to think a little deeper and you could spend your time bettering yourself rather than being a victim on the internet.

...and yet: http://narrative-collapse.com/2017/04/07/mizzou-in-decline-23-drop-in-freshman-seven-dorms-closing/

Seven dorms closed due to lower attendance. Oopsie!

People aren't going to the ones making a name for themselves as SJW-central hubs.
 

woolfe9998

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Between 2010 and now total jobs have gone way up. College enrollment historically drops when the economy improves. As the economy adds jobs, fewer people are taking college classes as an alternative to working. This is especially true of community colleges because that is where unemployed people will take classes when out of work.

https://www.insidehighered.com/view...y-college-enrollments-and-tough-choices-essay
 
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agent00f

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Funny that you consider the Left some great firewall between Fascism and inalienable rights. The Left and Anitifa seem to have copied their strategy directly from the Nazis'(Fascists) playbook, and Antifa and the MSM just needs to switch to brown uniforms and it would be pretty complete. Anyone not toeing the Progressive line is stupid, uneducated, racist, fascist, homophobe, xenophobe, and many other awesome groupings. Isn't the MSM and Democrats trying to apply pressure to de-legitimize the current Administration and wish to have a candidate put in place by undemocratic means? Sounds like the group that the Left blames others for being.

"The left are the Real right-wingers" --fair and balanced right-wingers

Between 2010 and now total jobs have gone way up. College enrollment historically drops when the economy improves. As the economy adds jobs, fewer people are taking college classes as an alternative to working. This is especially true of community colleges because that is where unemployed people will take classes when out of work.

https://www.insidehighered.com/view...y-college-enrollments-and-tough-choices-essay

Unfortunately this might well require some education to understand.
 

Amused

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Apr 14, 2001
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Funny that you consider the Left some great firewall between Fascism and inalienable rights. The Left and Anitifa seem to have copied their strategy directly from the Nazis'(Fascists) playbook, and Antifa and the MSM just needs to switch to brown uniforms and it would be pretty complete. Anyone not toeing the Progressive line is stupid, uneducated, racist, fascist, homophobe, xenophobe, and many other awesome groupings. Isn't the MSM and Democrats trying to apply pressure to de-legitimize the current Administration and wish to have a candidate put in place by undemocratic means? Sounds like the group that the Left blames others for being.

"I know you are but what am I" and I'm rubber you're glue" are not valid debating strategies. Try harder.

Accusing your accuser of holding views that are precisely what you're accused of and more than proven to support is a very low IQ tactic. Best suited for daytime talk shows and fox news. Not suitable for rational, critically thinking adults.

And, yet again, many of us who are anti-fascist, anti-trump and anti-white supremacy are far from leftists. I am center right, more libertarian than authoritarian.

So, again, try harder.
 
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nickqt

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"I know you are but what am I" and I'm rubber you're glue" are not valid debating strategies. Try harder.

Accusing your accuser of holding views that are precisely what you're accused of and more than proven to support is a very low IQ tactic. Best suited for daytime talk shows and fox news. Not suitable for rational, critically thinking adults.

And, yet again, many of us who are anti-fascist, anti-trump and anti-white supremacy are far from leftists. I am center right, more libertarian than authoritarian.

So, again, try harder.
Projection and cognitive dissonance are the twin pillars of modern US conservatism.
 
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brandonbull

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"I know you are but what am I" and I'm rubber you're glue" are not valid debating strategies. Try harder.

Accusing your accuser of holding views that are precisely what you're accused of and more than proven to support is a very low IQ tactic. Best suited for daytime talk shows and fox news. Not suitable for rational, critically thinking adults.

And, yet again, many of us who are anti-fascist, anti-trump and anti-white supremacy are far from leftists. I am center right, more libertarian than authoritarian.

So, again, try harder.

Name calling, condescending tone, and outright mockery of posters is a valid debate tactic? I guess in your next rebuttal you will apply the xenophobe label to go along with the racist, and fascist ones.

I don't care what your politics are or how awesome your IQ is. The facts are the facts about the how methods the Nazis used to gain power are very similar in nature to what the Left is using. Democratic method is failing for the Left so they are resorting to alternative means to circumvent our democratic process.
 

nickqt

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Name calling, condescending tone, and outright mockery of posters is a valid debate tactic? I guess in your next rebuttal you will apply the xenophobe label to go along with the racist, and fascist ones.

I don't care what your politics are or how awesome your IQ is. The facts are the facts about the how methods the Nazis used to gain power are very similar in nature to what the Left is using. Democratic method is failing for the Left so they are resorting to alternative means to circumvent our democratic process.
You're describing Strongman Trump in that first paragraph, genius.

Keep on keepin' on, dimwit.
 

Amused

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Name calling, condescending tone, and outright mockery of posters is a valid debate tactic? I guess in your next rebuttal you will apply the xenophobe label to go along with the racist, and fascist ones.

I don't care what your politics are or how awesome your IQ is. The facts are the facts about the how methods the Nazis used to gain power are very similar in nature to what the Left is using. Democratic method is failing for the Left so they are resorting to alternative means to circumvent our democratic process.

Again, you're accusing your opponent who stands for everything against fascism of being fascist while your side are clearly ideological fascists. Protesting fascism is not fascism, no matter how much you seek to project your own side's ideology onto the other.

The Nazis gained power by developing and nurturing a wide spread propaganda machine that denied fact, spread misinformation, and undermined trust in legitimate news outlets. Followed with electing a demagogue, and disguising their racism and fascism as "nationalism." That's your side in a nutshell. The anti-fascists are simply opposing that and standing up for the human rights of minorities and the least of us... the most common scapegoats and victims of fascism.

So no, "I know you are but what am I" and "I'm rubber you're glue" are still not valid debate strategies for anyone over the age of eight.
 
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Blue_Max

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^^^ "No matter how terribly we act, we're not acting terribly!"

Hey, love those double-standards. So long as you're fighting nazis... and who are they? Anyone not marching in line with you, of course. Handy!
 

FelixDeCat

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Can we just get over the fact that Hillary lost?

America wanted some real change, like building walls, getting rid of Obama phones and kicking illegals out of the country.
 

jackstar7

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^^^ "No matter how terribly we act, we're not acting terribly!"

Hey, love those double-standards. So long as you're fighting nazis... and who are they? Anyone not marching in line with you, of course. Handy!
Hey, coward, your straw men are still standing. That's how bad you are at this.
 

Blue_Max

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Hey, coward, your straw men are still standing. That's how bad you are at this.

Gonna' tell us HOW I'm a "coward" for standing up to a dozen screamers? Or why my argument is supposed to be a strawman? Or what the correct opinion is supposed to be?

Nope. Never have, never will. Always the same old tactic - shame the opponent for "wrongthink" but give as little discussion as possible for your own side so there's little room for criticism or debate. *yawn* Same ol', same ol'...
 

outriding

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Can we just get over the fact that Hillary lost?

America wanted some real change, like building walls, getting rid of Obama phones and kicking illegals out of the country.
You realize that the free telephone project started during the Reagan presidency...

And free cell phones were first handed out during the bush presidency...

The "Obama phone" program had the same name as the Reagan program.
 

ivwshane

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You realize that the free telephone project started during the Reagan presidency...

And free cell phones were first handed out during the bush presidency...

The "Obama phone" program had the same name as the Reagan program.

You may or may not be aware of this but to a righty, history began on 1/20/2009.
 
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brycejones

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You realize that the free telephone project started during the Reagan presidency...

And free cell phones were first handed out during the bush presidency...

The "Obama phone" program had the same name as the Reagan program.

Felix long ago gave it up that he was just here to troll. He is best ignored.
 

ch33zw1z

Lifer
Nov 4, 2004
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Can we just get over the fact that Hillary lost?

America wanted some real change, like building walls, getting rid of Obama phones and kicking illegals out of the country.
Yeah, we totally wanted to lose healthcare, pay for the wall ourselves, and take away people's phones.

We also voted to lock up Shillary, when's the trial start again?

#grabladylibertybythepussy
 

cytg111

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I was going to skip this thread cause facism to me is nazi germany and that imo is some long way out, yet i didnt know where to post this,sort of relevant sort of not, sort of a joke sort of fiction. Have anyone seen the trailer for the new season of house of cards? See it, see where they had to go to surpass reality its ... goddamn, guess ill still be watching this show.. its like HOC and reality can take shifts at finding the next gear lol.
 

FelixDeCat

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You realize that the free telephone project started during the Reagan presidency...

And free cell phones were first handed out during the bush presidency...

The "Obama phone" program had the same name as the Reagan program.

"Obama phones" were a symptom of the problem of government run amok. The government also went and stuck its nose where it did not belong thanks to Bronco's backwards liberal agenda of partially socializing healthcare. As a result my premiums skyrocketed, coverage went down and my $1500 maximum deductible went to SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. WTF!

That is why Trump is president and not Hillary, to fix the messes of the last admin. No wonder some people bought MAGA caps and marched in Berkeley.
 
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