Re: The Stockholm Convention (et.al) 📂 Archived Message Posted by Sir Michael Mouse on December 8, 2020, 5:58 pm, in reply to "The Stockholm Convention (et.al)" Chris Hedges: Distortion and omission Trump is like Hitler - tick His supporters are racist - tick No mention of Russiagate and the 4-year attack waged on Trump's presidency by the CIA, FBI and MI5 and their media assets, unless this was one of the 'fabulist conspiracy theories'. No mention of the efforts of those same agencies and their state dept allies to prevent Trump's troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan. 'Trump and the Republican Party, along with the shrill incendiary voices on right-wing media, play the role the antisemitic parties played in Europe during the late 19th and early 20th century. The infusion of anti-Semitism into the political debate in Europe destroyed the political decorum and civility that is vital to maintaining a democracy. Racist tropes and hate speech, as in Weimar Germany, now poison our political discourse. Ridicule and cruel taunts are hurled back and forth. Lies are interchangeable with fact. Those who oppose us are demonized as human embodiments of evil. This poisonous discourse is only going to get worse, especially with millions of Trump supporters convinced the election was rigged and stolen. The German Social Democrat Kurt Schumacher in the 1930s said that fascism “is a constant appeal to the inner swine in human beings” and succeeds by “mobilizing human stupidity.” This mobilized stupidity, accompanied by what Rainer Maria Rilke called “the evil effluvium from the human swamp,” is being amplified and intensified in the siloed media chambers of the right. This hate-filled rhetoric eschews reality to cater to the desperate desire for emotional catharsis, for renewed glory and prosperity and for acts of savage vengeance against the phantom enemies blamed for our national debacle. The constant barrage of vitriol and fabulist conspiracy theories will, I fear, embolden extremists to carry out political murder, not only of mainstream Democrats, Republicans Trump has accused of betrayal such as Georgia governor Brian Kemp and those targeted as part of the deep state, but also those at media outlets such as CNN or The New York Times that serve as propaganda arms of the Democratic Party...' Also his take Reinoehl seems a bit of a turnaround...I thought these guys were a 'cancer'. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-cancer-in-occupy/ Message Thread: Chris Hedges: The Collective Suicide of the Liberal Class - sashimi December 7, 2020, 9:47 pm Re: Chris Hedges: The Collective Suicide of the Liberal Class - Gerard December 8, 2020, 10:57 am Excellent particle. Thanks. nm - Tomski December 8, 2020, 11:04 am The Stockholm Convention (et.al) - Gerard December 8, 2020, 11:24 am Re: The Stockholm Convention (et.al) - Sir Michael Mouse December 8, 2020, 5:58 pm Ho hum, another liberal - Keith-264 December 8, 2020, 10:13 pm Re: Ho hum, another liberal - Gerard December 9, 2020, 11:03 am « Index   Searching