Constantly I am seeing meme wars and conservative commentators equate the neo leftist movements of the West to something akin to the national socialists of Germany. There is a constant association of Hitler and Nazis with left wing ideals and followers of neo-leftist ideology. Since before Trump won the election the left wing elements have been associating all conservatives and Trump with Hitler. I find this to be very immature and intellectually dishonest from both left wing camps and right wing camps.
The Second Amendment is often being drug into the "you're literally Hitler" debate. The right wing associates all gun regulation with something Hitler would support. This is false. Hitler had no interest in disarming people in his political and ethnic camps, he was focused on disarming his opposition. Both extreme leftists and moderate leftists are not nazis. The neo-left are not Nazis and have little in common with Hitler or his ideals. Hitler was a pro-white, ethnic nationalist, racialist and socially conservative in many ways. Many of his beliefs were akin to modern left wing ideals but some of his ideas also were akin to modern socially conservative views. He was a Socialist, yes, but was not into the breed of neo-Marxism the American left wing is embracing. The national socialists hated communists with a passion.
Every argument we have now with the left is an attempt to associate us with Hitler and now the right wing follows suit. I think the first thing I would like to point out is how strange it is that Hitler and the Nazis are the paramount of evil in human history.
Why do we give the crown of evil to Hitler? Why are we not using Stalin as a marker for terror and evil? Why does the term Nazi send shivers down peoples spine? Why cant we scream communist, Marxist or socialist and get the same reaction? The reason is because the narrative is controlled by very specific people with very specific agendas and our media has an obsession with the holocaust and and the demonization of ethnic nationalists of European stock.
Nelson Mandela and the ANC (Marxists) are not stigmatized by the media or by academia. Mandela was the Timothy McVeigh of South Africa with his bombings focused on unarmed civilians and murdered more people than Mcveigh with his militant ANC brigades, but the Mandela family and the ANC does not face a fraction of the scrutiny that Mcveigh or Hitler did.
Why is Mao Zedong never seen as the paramount of evil? Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot are much more rarely used as an association of evil even though Stalin killed tens of millions of people, as did Mao.
Marxist murders are often ignored or celebrated. If you wear a Maoist star, hammer and sickle or Che Guevara shirt on any university campus you will not face any backlash or hostility from the majority of students or faculty. Any celebrity who sports such symbols will be applauded by their stary eyed freakish fans and their corporate overlords will not bat an eye.
Now show a symbol or ideal that shows any sense of European nationalism or Western nationalism and you will face scrutiny.
If you are a Marxist or a non-white violent nationalist then you are applauded or ignored at best. If you are white and a nationalist of some breed you are stigmatized no matter how peaceful, calm and rational your views are.
Am I proposing that we all walk around with shirts sporting photos of Hitler or swastikas? No, I am not supporting or suggesting such a thing, I am simply saying that it is time for intellectually honest discussions.
Authoritarianism is not something I want in the USA and I feel it is against my values and the values of great patriots before me. Authoritarianism is not synonymous with socialism, Marxism, liberalism, or conservatism, rather it is synonymous with any person or group who answers to nobody but themselves while taking power and civil liberties away from others.
As much as I like Ben Shapiro and Andrew Klavan, Rebel Media and many other conservative outlets must stop with this idiotic false equation that the left is so fond of, that being "political opposition equals Hitler".
I think some people were doing this false equation to prove to the political left that we could find similarities within leftist ideals and create the same straw man false equation, but now it is getting out of hand and unfortunately, many intelligent conservative people are starting to buy into it.
Say what you wish, but many on the left are using TACTICS used by Hitler. That said, I'm sure that few on either side plan on murdering 13 million people. Of course, in the beginning, maybe Hitler didn't either.
ReplyDeleteHave you observed tactics used by the left that were used by Hitler as well, but NOT by Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, all three of them?
DeleteIt also needs to be said that the political left has no problem with killing 13 million people if they need to do so. Don't confuse inability with unwillingness. They are willing, but our heavily armed status as citizens has so far prevented mass violence.
DeleteI feel extreme elements of the political left will justify violence but there seems to be a greater number who do not think that far ahead and would be revolted at such a suggestion. Extreme leftists are often morphed perverted breeds of Marxists who are violent as hell while there is still a neo liberal element that believes it can change the world by giving money, hugs and toys to all of the down and out and hurt and suffering.
DeleteIn what way is a neo liberal different from a liberal?
DeleteCol. B. Bunny, "neo-liberal" is often used as a disticintion from "classical liberal". Classical liberals were liberty lovers, the Founding Fathers are an example of classical liberals. An example of a neo-liberal would be someone like Nancy Pelosi.
ReplyDeleteUsually when someone is called a "liberal", they're talking about neo-liberalism as opposed to classical liberalism. The two are on opposite ends of the spectrum on almost everything. Maybe everything.