The Banality of Evil

[Perknose]

Then I am sure you would agree the Soros funded such as Media Matters or Atlantic Council are equally culpable in disseminating false flag and other propaganda materials.

Not at all, no. I distinguish the two by their respective content. No lazy, bullshit false equivalencies for me, thank you very much. Come back with some facts, we'll talk.

 

[Roflmouth]

Then I am sure you would agree the Soros funded such as Media Matters or Atlantic Council are equally culpable in disseminating false flag and other propaganda materials. I mean, these are evil billionaires so I am sure one would treat any billionaire as a parasite on the body politic.

It's okay when they do it

 

[Moonbeam]

I have wanted to post in this thread since it first came up but have had to do other things, so I am not up to date with what has been said but wanted to leave at least this:

Whatever the reasons one may want to give for the reasons that the world's most advanced nation went Nazi, it matters little in thrms of the validation for stopping it. It was a crime against humanity in any objective sense you care to apply.. it can't be excused and the fact that it happened means it can happen again. It would be nice if Americans aren't next on the list to face justice for a journey down that path. I remember correctly or not that the estimated death toll for WWII was 50 million.

The innocent sleep of Americans in their daily economic rat race will be no excuse. Our nation may be facing its first real challenge since the Civil War. That ended slavery but not the psychotic fear of the other that drives Nazi racism in its easily maluable forms.

 

[dphantom]

Not at all, no. I distinguish the two by their respective content. No lazy, bullshit false equivalencies for me, thank you very much. Come back with some facts, we'll talk.

Since when do you use facts. Seems all propaganda from the statist/socialist/marxist side to me. Obviously you're not capable of distinguishing such false information from factual content. It is tough I will grant you to do so in today's massive misinformationcampaigns. And I do include all sides, not simply your marxist et al brethern. Koch, Heritage are often just as slanted.

But the honest person recognizes that and does not make such broad brushed assumptions. you've been around for a while and I will make an assumption you are intelligent, well educated. You have to be better than what you show. It is important for America we all are better.

 

[pmv]

Then I am sure you would agree the Soros funded such as Media Matters or Atlantic Council are equally culpable in disseminating false flag and other propaganda materials. I mean, these are evil billionaires so I am sure one would treat any billionaire as a parasite on the body politic.

Don't have any particular opinion about Soros. But he is just another data point for the case that capitalism doesn't play well with democracy. And on the whole, quite possibly including Soros to some degree, and allowing for all the other factors that pull people in different ways and cause random variations for individuals, people with lots of money tend, as a group, to be most concerned about the interests of people with lots of money. So that's what they, on average, are going to use their money to lobby for.

The Cato institute (who are libertarians) is just one of umpteen 'think tanks' (aka intellectual lobby groups for the wealthy) funded by the 0.1%. Most annoying aspect of it in the UK at least, is how most of them get classed as 'charities' (and are funded by rich Americans to try and influence UK politics in their interests)

(I mean, you have rich Americans owning the tabloid newspapers at the mass market end, and other rich Americans funding 'think tanks' at the intellectual end - they have it all covered)

 

[WHAMPOM]

An unthinking ignorant response. A pathetic example of all you condemn. Look in the mirror and see thyself.

All good people of any background will condemn this awful act. Evil exists everywhere and this heinous act will be punished. All you are doing is fanning the flames of hatred even higher.

All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Um, two months ago a Sanders zealot nearly killed a republican congressmen, and but for the security detail would've likely killed other congressmen.

Both sides have an extremism problem.

So the crazies on one side balance out the mainstream on the other, how very Donald thinking.

 

[pmv]

So the crazies on one side balance out the mainstream on the other, how very Donald thinking.

Did anyone declare there were some fine people at that incident, both on the shooter's side and on the congressmen's side?

 

[zinfamous]

Conservatives: "So you've got Hantavirus in one population and a cold running through the other population. Both are a problem!"

 

[agent00f]

I have wanted to post in this thread since it first came up but have had to do other things, so I am not up to date with what has been said but wanted to leave at least this:

Whatever the reasons one may want to give for the reasons that the world's most advanced nation went Nazi, it matters little in thrms of the validation for stopping it. It was a crime against humanity in any objective sense you care to apply.. it can't be excused and the fact that it happened means it can happen again. It would be nice if Americans aren't next on the list to face justice for a journey down that path. I remember correctly or not that the estimated death toll for WWII was 50 million.

The innocent sleep of Americans in their daily economic rat race will be no excuse. Our nation may be facing its first real challenge since the Civil War. That ended slavery but not the psychotic fear of the other that drives Nazi racism in its easily maluable forms.

Weren't you excusing sons of the reich/confederacy for mere "thought crime" just a couple weeks ago? Pandering to them not working out?