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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (249566)5/12/2008 6:18:20 AM
From: Condo  Read Replies (2) of 793911
 
My favorite line:
I would no more vote for (Obama) than for Robespierre.

Here's what Jonah Goldberg wrote about Robespierre in Liberal Fascism:
Robespierre's ideas were derived from his close study of Rousseau, whose theory of the general will formed the intellectual basis for all modern totalitarianisms. According to Rousseau, individuals who live in accordance with the general will are"free" and "virtuous" while those who defy it criminals, fools, or heretics. These enemies of the common good must be forced to the general will. He described this state-sanctioned coercion in Orwellian terms as the act of "forcing men to be free." (from page 39)

And on Liberal Fascism:
Fascism was an international movement that appeared in different forms in different countries, depending on the vagaries of national culture and temperament. In Germany, fascism appeared as genocidal racist nationalism. In America, it took a "friendlier," more liberal form. The modern heirs of this "friendly fascist" tradition include the New York Times, the Democratic Party, the Ivy League professoriate, and the liberals of Hollywood. The quintessential liberal fascist isn't an SS storm trooper; it is a female grade-school teacher with an education degree from Brown or Swarthmore. (from the back flap)

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