-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 01/04/2018 03:21 PM, jim bell wrote:
On Thursday, January 4, 2018, 10:04:44 AM PST, juan <juan.g71@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:54:35 +0000 (UTC) jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com <mailto:jdb10987@yahoo.com>> wrote:
On Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 7:53:38 PM PST, <jamesd@echeque.com <mailto:jamesd@echeque.com>> wrote:
A tiny handful of leftists did criticize the Khmer Rouge before 1978 December, and got called fascists, nazis, and admirers of Adolf Hitler.
But no one academic in the entire western world, not a single one, risked his tenure by criticizing the Khmer Rouge until authorized to do so in December 1978.
I'm waiting to see if someone tries to contradict you!
No doubt commies suck but what arch fascist donald is saying about commies is 100% mccarthyst propaganda. It is just typical americunt war propaganda with completely made up numbers.
I don't find that calling it "mccarthyist propaganda" is particularly persuasive. We may hate Joseph McCarthy for his tactics, but there WERE many valid reasons to object to Communism and Socialism in the early 1950's.
As for the "completely made up numbers", which numbers do you believe to be valid? I frequently say that in the 20th Century, about 250 million people were killed by government, including in wars. Far more of those deaths seem to be caused by Communist/Socialist governments than by Fascist governments. And, as you might recall, I was reminded nearly two years ago (from the Wikipedia article on Benito Mussolini) that "Fascism" is essentially Socialism, and probably doesn't deserve to be called "right wing" as many people seem to do at this point.
Jim Bell
Governments seem to be one of the most effective forces in getting people to abandon their objections to killing. Nationalism and racism are common tools they use to convince people to kill. Even if fascism has been less deadly than communism, i don't find that an argument that would make me adopt fascism. After all most forms of fascism on the planet advocate killing me. Honestly i see the ramping up of white nationalism and things like that as a prelude to genocide. - --- Marina
Jim Bell
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