grizpsych
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fencer24 said:Okay, I'll admit it was a cheap shot, sort of in retaliation for your attempt on me to guess why I wrote that the Democrats and the Republicans have not switched philosophies.grizpsych said:fencer24 said:grizpsych said:Interesting, did this hurt to write? I mean cognitively, you put some serious effort in here to lie to yourself.
I stand in amazement of your control of the facts to refute the argument. But, that is because you are obviously trained in the "soft" sciences.
Ad hominem is your route huh? So, when you watch the t.v and you see the people in masks wearing black, covered in anarchy signs and hold banners with anarchist symbols, you think they are democrats/liberal. Seriously? Antifa literally means anti-fascist. This used to be a good philosophy to have in this country.
And sure, in the 1860s Democrats were conservative and a Democrat started the KKK. That doesn't change the fact that literally ever major KKK, nationalist, and neo-Nazi party today has repeatedly endorsed republicans and Donald Trump. This is where I find your effort to be incredible. You seem to discount the reality where these groups were just carrying torches and chanting white supremacist mantras.
As to the Antifa, is no one else amused by the irony of a group of people using fascist tactics to complain about fascism? Black shirts were started by Mussolini, the original successful fascist. The term itself refers back to the bundle of sticks with an axe that was the symbol of Roman authority. I am whole heartedly against fascism, which is why I am opposed to the Antifa. Their rationalization that they can use physical violence to silence those they disagree with is not antifascistic. It is fascism embodied.
As to the Democrat/liberal dichotomy, even you would have to agree that they have moved so far left they have caught up with the fascist side of their version of socialism. They are actually calling for the suppression of what they deem as hate speech. The problem is that the term can be widely interpreted to the point of absurdity. Don't like Nazi speech, well shut it down, right? But I don't like burning the American flag. The flag that draped the coffins of my brothers and sisters of arms when they are returned from battle. Burning that flag aggravates me to the point that I just want to kick their asses. Is that agreeable to you as well?
In fact, Democrats seem to have abandoned any concern for the Constitution in their current Cultural Revolution. I could have fit in just fine as a Democrat when JFK said "bear any burden, pay any price in the defense of liberty" or "ask not what your country can do for you, , , ,." Or MLK's wish that someday his children will be judged for the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
Today's Democrats would consider those to be far right extremism. So no, the parties didn't switch philosophies, the Democrats ran as far to the Left as they could, and jumped off, all the while feeling good about themselves.
To note, I was never in this conversation to change your mind. That's not possible. Rather, I wanted to know how you made yourself okay with being on the same side as these unarguable fascist hate groups--how you are okay with enabling them. And, I found out. Thanks.
You are the master of logical fallacies--not once ever directly answering my original or followup questions. Rather, you most often use the logical fallacy of tu quoque. And, in doing so, you really did answer my original question. Your mental gymnastics isn't effortful, it's based on heuristics.