I’ll admit to two things:
- Having seen how the radical left works up close and personal, when I saw the Capitol riot the week before last I thought “I’d wager a shiny new quarter they had some “encouragement” from provocateurs from the left””.
- At the same time, after two months of hearing about legal “Krakens” that turned out to be Ewoks in court, I’ve noted that some in the MAGA crowd have a certain flair for issueing, and consuming, information you may not want to stake your life on.
- On the other hand, the response from the Left – “There was never any provocation, Winston” – seemed just a little…pat?
And so re-read Berg’s 18th Law, and waited to see what happened.
And sure enough:
Read the whole thread.
Of course, saying “the “Anti”-Fa guy made me do it” is a flimsy defense, legally and morally.
But this is a reminder to all of you who might be involved in any sort of public demonstraiton for conservative causes: keep tape rolling. Photograph everything and everyone that seems out of place, and perhaps more importantly everyone that seems waaaaaaaay to enthusiastically “in place”.
We learned this during the Tea Party, when the shills were amateurs. Now it’s the “A” team, and they are getting people killed.
I get the WaPo & NY Times daily briefing newsletters.
Both of those papers, which were once managed and edited by serious people, are promoting the idea that there is a vast cabal of Trump supporters, at all levels of government, in the military, and in the private sector, who are actually pursuing a coup to take control of the federal government.
The only trustworthy federal institutions, the WaPo and NY Times believe, are the FBI & the CIA.
This is strongly reminiscent of the bad old days of the USSR. As was revealed after the cold war, the KGB considered itself the true government of the USSR, able to impose its will upon the “sovereign” communist party.
Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had, I dedicate to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist.
General Pinochet, where are you when we need you?
JK endorses capitalism, then tells Mitch how to run his blog.
I don’t take your request for me to moderate my language seriously such that you make your comment threads a safe space for vulgarian racist Swiftee. Tard Joe it stays, such that I care to participate here. I’ll be receptive to you “asking” when you moderate the rest of your misfit commenters.
Whataboutism for me, but not for thee.
John “Mandingo” Faphammer: “Bake that cake, Berg…and bake it the way I want it!”
^ Merg, I’m rather astonished at the consistency of your commenters putting up incoherent one sentence reply guy posts, and expecting knowing looks from all around (in a ‘virtual’ sense).
If Herr Doktor Professor Strunk was actually pro-fascist, he would be much more approving of the American Federal Government.
If JK was anti-fascist, he would less supportive of the American Federal Government.
“All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
He says he’s a fascist, MO
There is no union in America that is willing to stand up to the federal government’s orders about who they shall admit to their ranks. That is my exhibit A that the federal government is de facto a fascist state. It will permit no free labor movement.
Self-identification is notoriously unreliable, JK.
I think that my definition of fascism is more rigorous than Herr Doktor Professor Strunk’s.
Which 20th century tyrant proclaimed his goal to be “socialism within one country”? Probably not who you are thinking of.
^ You’re being exceedingly academic and literal with your application of political definitions.
You prefer the “do their uniforms have skulls on them?” definition, JK?
I suppose I am guilty of Trump Derangement Syndrome. I never thought 400K would die of Covid with no federal government plan, that there’d be fewer jobs, that Americans would be banned from most countries, that the US Capitol would be a war zone to block coup attempts. Yeah, I was way too optimistic.
Although he could still release his healthcare plan today. Or even Wednesday morning early.
What is it MO, you been looking for an opportunity to work that line in and think this is the spot?
I would say I just argued for a non-academic, somewhat flexible, practical analysis of things like ‘fascism” and ‘socialism’. Nazi’s are a fairly textbook example. That’s ‘literal’ and ‘academic’.
Merg, I’m rather astonished at the consistency of your commenters putting up incoherent one sentence reply guy posts, and expecting knowing looks from all around (in a ‘virtual’ sense).
How do I put this gently? You’re a tiresome bore. However, since one line isn’t apparently sufficient to mollify your towering self-regard, we’ll add a few more words. Your rhetorical approach careens from freelance moral philosopher to third-rank insult comic. Not once have you offered an insight on these pages that we can’t get from thousands of other blue-checkmarked sources. You decry racism in others but traffic in casual racist tropes about genitalia. The only value you provide in this forum is as a bile-suffused piñata. You repeatedly threaten to leave, but continue to return and then get huffy when others call you out for your bullshit. Other than that, you seem to be a splendid fellow.
Dr. Pete Strunk on January 19, 2021 at 9:26 am said:
Here’s a fun activity, to take your mind off the voices in your head, Faphammer.
Why don’t you try and refute Dr. Pete Strunk’s (that’s me, btw) observations? I know, it’s going to take more than one sentence, and you’ll probably have to look up some words, but give it a go, eh?
John Kraephammer on January 19, 2021 at 9:34 am said:
Here’s your refutation: I like capitalism and think it’s superior to collectivism. Capitalism != Fascism.
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John Kraephammer on January 19, 2021 at 10:33 am said:
^ Merg, I’m rather astonished at the consistency of your commenters putting up incoherent one sentence reply guy posts, and expecting knowing looks from all around (in a ‘virtual’ sense).
There is more than mere cognitive deficiency at work here. This is an example of how mentally disturbed leftists are. Faphammer can’t see his response, so in his fevered mind, it never happened.
If Herr Doktor Professor Strunk was actually pro-fascist, he would be much more approving of the American Federal Government.
Shhhh, MO. I’m not done with him yet…I just felt the hook go through his fat lip.
I’m rather astonished
Why?
I’ve had a comment section for almost 18 years. Some of the people here have been commenting since or close to the beginning. Many have met in person. I’ve met many of them as well.
Nothing astonishing about it. There’s community and history here. Make of it what you will.
Translation of 11:12
“My words mean whatever I want them to mean because I’m smart, not dumb like you.”
You know, JK, if you want to persuade people that your analysis is worthwhile (and simultaneously impress us with your erudition), you might include a classic quote from a Lewis Carroll novel to illustrate your point. Or, if he’s too Dead White Male for you, perhaps a more modern author, Ally Condie: “Words mean what you want them to mean.” It’s a proven rhetorical technique. Try it, next time.
I don’t have illusions that I’ll be persuading any of you.
I do think its useful that people who believe fantastical, contemporary conspiracy theories hear themselves be called morons, Joe.
I don’t have illusions that I’ll be persuading any of you.
Indeed, your manner pretty much forecloses any chance, even if you were to bring a coherent argument.
Translation of 12:50
“You’re dumb, not smart like me.”
Geez, John, have you nothing better? Ad hominum can be effective on occasion but nobody likes a one-trick pony.
You’re really bringing the heat, debate me guy.
.Both initiatives come as OneTen, a coalition of 37 leading CEOs and organizations, launched last month as a new initiative aimed at upskilling, hiring and advancing a million Black Americans over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/oneten-aims-to-hire-1-million-black-workers-over-next-10-years
It is illegal, in the United States, to use race or ethnicity or sex ti discriminate when hiring.
For the federal government to accept this discrimination, much less promote it, is about as clear a violation of the 14th amendment as can be imagined.
But the ABA and the ACLU have taken the position that “reverse discrimination” is perfectly legal. The civil rights section of the Justice Department is full of lawyers and administrators who promote racial discrimination, today, as a remedy for racial discrimination in the past (aka racial discrimination which does not exist).
“All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
I don’t have illusions that I’ll be persuading any of you.
To the contrary! Not only are you living a life of illusions, where you’re concerned, we’re all 100% convinced, Faphammer.
a new initiative aimed at upskilling, hiring and advancing a million Black Americans over the next 10 years into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement.
This has been tried, and tried again…it used to be called “equal opportunity”, now it’s “equal outcomes” but life don’t work like that. You can offer a guy $100k/year to, I dunno, tune up cars. But if that guy either lacks the cognitive ability, the aptitude, or the ambition to tune up cars, you’ll end up paying him $100k/year to hand tools to a guy who does have those requisites. That guy is gonna want $200k/year since he’s doing the work of two.
This is the kind of insane plan you’d expect from an administration that appoints an obese, mentally ill man in a dress as the Assistant Secretary of Health.
From the BB:
Trump Criticized For Loudly Denouncing Incoming Administration And Not Just Spying On Them Like A Normal President
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-criticized-for-loudly-denouncing-incoming-administration-and-not-just-spying-on-them-like-a-normal-president
The word “health,” to Democrats, is best personified by an overweight, mentally ill person.