When Fascism Came to America
"They bend their tongue like a bow..."
"When Fascism comes to America, it will come under the guise of Anti-fascism."
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever." ― George Orwell, 1984
"This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector." - Plato
These fascists, these authoritarians, these communists, these totalitarians -- who want to deny our individual rights as human beings, who want to see the boot of government stamping on the human face forever -- have played a very good trick.
They've primed and prepped the sheep for tyranny, for being mounted by the state, by giving inoculations against words that truthfully describe what they're doing.
Propaganda
Tyranny
The Big Lie
Fascism
Authoritarianism
These people believe the government should be able to own the only gun in the room and then, with force, at the end of that gun, deny you your right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This includes of course the right to acquire, possess and use property. They don't think you should be able to work. They don't think you should be able to buy food. They don't think you should be able to vote. They think you should be held down by the government, with force, and injected with something. They don't believe in bodily autonomy. They are not pro-choice. They are not individualists. They are naked, power-hungry collectivists and authoritarians who believe in the supremacy of the government over the people, in the supremacy of the collective over the individual.
They oppose our very founding principles.
And then they have the gall to project and accuse their targets of doing *exactly* what they are doing, as if words have no meaning whatsoever. They've done their best to strip words of all meaning. They use words as tools for manipulation and control, not as tools for greater expression and understanding.
Look at what Ted Leiu said. This is an elected official, engaging in a form of DARVO. Dressing up his tyranny & authoritarianism & desire to deny us all our rights as the exact opposite. Projection and perversion. Up is down. Down is up. This is a lie. And it is evil.
"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." - John 8:44
Were you under the influence of something when you wrote this? What a hot histrionic mess.
Love this piece. It's been in my 'get around to it' file forever, and I'm glad I finally did.
So bizarre, the bile from the one prior commentator. Glad you batted it back.
America needs many, many more Keris, especially among our 'spokespeople' set. If we had a Keri or two in Don Lemon's and Brian Stelter's slots, we'd be a happier, healthier, more rosy-futured people. (All right, we'd need more than one or two, but you get the idea.)
I do hope, though, that you've come around on Ukraine. There has been no clearer image of raw evil in my lifetime (and I'm older than I wish I was!) than what Putin has been doing there. Please do follow Jay Nordlinger's posts on it, they're both heartbreaking and eye-opening. And do make sure you know your history -- know your Churchill, and know 1938 and 1939. Santayana was right about history, it does repeat itself, because human nature remains human nature.
Those who oppose our helping the Ukranians are doing it because they are (justifiably) angry at the legacy media for their relentless dishonesty and unfairness; those same media figures are now supporting Ukraine (God alone knows why, as they're pretty much always wrong on everything -- but even a stopped clock...), so some people, out of anger -- let's call it spite -- are utterly uncaring vis-a-vis Ukraine.
They hate our horrible media establishment, so as revenge, they are spiting dead grandmothers on the streets of Bucha.
Anyhow, enough of that. Keri Smith is great. Here's to her.