Dr. James "Angel Eyes" Hughes |
The link: http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/csr20090808/
What to say on this?
First off, it's totally sweet how much stupid there is. The interwebs are truly a sea of it. Hussain sends me a random link, and even though I know there are a million more just like it, I get to spend a few quality minutes with it, enjoying it on its own lunatic merits. As I was telling my folks the other night, they're like snowflakes. It might seem, from a distance, that they're all the same. But when you look closely, you'll see that each internet lunatic, each expulsion of stupid, is a unique treasure all its own. The stupid crystallized in a subtly different matrix, the “tea bagger” falls just a beat after the “astro-turf” and it's an entirely new experience. |
So, yeah, “Changesurfer Radio.” Good work on that name, nobody thought the word “change” had worn out its welcome in, say, mid-September 2008? But anyway, Dr. James Hughes feels that there is a disturbing trend towards fascism in the modern American right. Or he's just quoting a lot of what some chick had to say on it. Honestly, I didn't really pay that much attention, I mostly skimmed his podcast and established two key facts:
1) He's a fucking loon.
2) I felt like writing a response to him.
Since his stupid blog moderates posts, and he's a far-leftists, I know he won't post what I wrote on his site. So, I'll post it here.
Please try to be less of a lunatic, or at least more conscious of your own lunacy.
Of all the madness in this podcast, the part I most enjoy is invocation of fascism. It's utterly ridiculous on many levels, but I'll cover the two most critical:
1) The GOP is currently the proud owner of a super-minority in the Senate, a minority in the House and has lost control of the White House. It's especially fitting that they managed to officially attain super-minority status by losing a seat to a comedian. This is the political party that you're worried is going to march you off to a death camp? Never mind the fact that your characterization of them is cartoonish hyperbole. Even if you were right and they wanted to kill you, they lack anywhere near the political capital required to do so.
But hey, maybe you're onto something... It was crushing inflation and poverty that Hitler rode into power. Maybe you've realized that Obama's policies will fertilize our political landscape for just such a situation. And here I thought you had confidence in Obama...
2) Even if we assume that your jackbooted carricature of the American right is correct, they're still not fascists. Now, I know... You're a simpleton-who-wishes-he-wasn't, and like all of your ilk, you've replaced the word "bad" with the word "fascist" and the words "bad politician" with "Hitler" because you think this makes you look like your prattling is founded in real historical understanding and research.
It's so ridiculous, there's a wiki page for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
So, no, the Republicans are not fascists, they're not hinting at being fascists. The word you're looking for is "theocrats."
This is not a good word. In fact Iran is a theocracy, and I've been told that they're a very, very scary bunch of evil folks. So it's not a good word. But then, it lacks the punch that "fascist" has with the buzzword-centric crowd you appear to run with.
Anyway, in closing, and speaking of buzzwords, watching you and Rush Limbaugh bandy "astro-turf" around, in a pitiful "realness competition," is one of the most humiliating things I've had to endure in American political discussion. Are we seriously going to argue over whose grassroots are more capable of genuine photosynthesis? Really?
You're an idiot cheerleader. While that in no way discredits the political views you espouse, it does discredit you personally, along with your crazy, crazy eyes.
Seriously, you look (and act) like some sort of malfunctioning Keith Olbermann cloning program. You guys should have a love child, and then in 2044, he could run for President as the candiate of the Ultra-Communist++ Party. Just be sure to get a good quality photocopy of his birth certificate.