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12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Unleash the Hounds! (L... · 0 replies · +10 points

The thing that is so completely BS about the Conservative Christians protesting the Ganesha statue in Idaho...is that of the 15 sculptures that will be displayed...TWO OF THEM ARE EXPLICITLY CHRISTIAN! You can see them all here, including "St. Francis of Asissi," and "Rachel Weeping for her Children.":

(http://www.cdaid.org/%5Cmod%5Cuserpage%5Cimages%5CArtCurrentsBrochure.pdf)

Of course, considering the fact that Cour d'Alene is infamous as the former HQ of the "Aryan Nations," it really should come as no surprise that it's full of mouth-breathers and knuckle-draggers...

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - San Francisco Peaks Up... · 0 replies · +11 points

David Barton is not advocating for the "rights" of Christians...he's advocating AGAINST the rights of non-Christians.

That's like saying, "What's the difference between the Ku Klux Klan and the NAACP?"

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - San Francisco Peaks Up... · 2 replies · +4 points

For the record, I spend/waste a lot of time editing on Wikipedia, and if anyone needs reputable sources on things, they can find me here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bryonmorrigan

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Michele B... · 0 replies · +4 points

"The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them." -- Mark Twain

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Michele B... · 0 replies · +4 points

"Radical" is a term often misused, by people on both the Left and Right. (For example, there is no such thing as a "Radical Right-Winger," since the two concepts cancel each other out....) Nazism was an extreme Reactionary ideology, as it was meant to bring Germany back to an idealistic "status quo ante," or theoretical "golden age", and Jim Crow was the very definition of "Conservative," since it was legislation designed to impede any changes or reform in the social status quo. The only truly "Radical" ideology that you mentioned was Soviet Socialism.

RADICAL:
n. A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims
n. One who advocates fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions

REACTIONARY:
adj. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, relating to, or characterized by reaction, esp against radical political or social change
n. An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative.

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Michele B... · 0 replies · +4 points

It is politically impossible for a Liberal to be a "Fascist" or "Nazi," and anyone making that claim exposes his/her complete ignorance of political science and history.

FASCISM: an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
--(in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practices. (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fascism?view=uk)

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Michele B... · 0 replies · +4 points

...which were obviously created AFTER the controversy, to make a joke. Show me one t-shirt like that from before 2009.

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Michele B... · 0 replies · +4 points

That's the real definition, Guest. They've been trying to 'change' it over the last decade or so, in order to distance themselves from their horrid past of supporting racism, sexism, religious intolerance, homophobia, and other 'lovely' positions.

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Michele B... · 2 replies · +4 points

That's pretty much what happened in 2009. Instead of passing the extremely popular "Public Option," the Liberal Democrats caved to the Blue Dog Democrats...who witheld their votes in order to make us model the "Individual Mandate" on the Republicans' plan.

12 years ago @ The Wild Hunt - Quick Notes: Michele B... · 0 replies · +4 points

The most important aspect of propaganda is setting the definitions of words. Of course, I prefer to rely on dictionaries for such things.
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lib·er·al·ism (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberalism)

A political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties.

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con·serv·a·tism (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conservatism)

The disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.

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