Ted Cruz: Gay Activists And Marriage Equality Supporters Are ‘Liberal Fascists’
Arguably the most ludicrous book to emerge during the George W. Bush era was hilariously titled, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, by National Review Online editor-at-large Jonah Goldberg. Yes, somehow Goldberg awkwardly contorted the English language to shoehorn a square liberal peg into a round fascism hole and catapult this hooey to number one on The New York Times bestseller list, making it really difficult to decide which was more idiotic: the book’s title or the legion of doofuses who bought it.
Liberal Fascism was really patient zero for what erupted in the Spring and early Summer of 2009 when Glenn Beck, Rick Santelli and other conservatives erupted with inchoate fury, accusing President Obama of being both a socialist and a Nazi. Because as we all know, Nazis love them some mixed-race Harvard-educated leftists. Pegging off Goldberg’s insane coitus of liberalism and fascism, Beck went one step further, suggesting that because “Nazi” was short for “National Socialist,” Adolf Hitler was a socialist, even though liberalism and fascism are entirely incompatible. Unlike American liberalism, fascism is historically an extreme right-wing governmental system characterized by uber-nationalism, militarism and racial purity.
Just because the word “socialist” was in the National Socialist label doesn’t mean Hitler and his cohorts were literally socialists. Indeed, the first groups to be rounded up and incarcerated at Dachau were socialists and leftists. Labels aren’t definitions. For example, it might surprise the usual suspects to learn there’s nothing democratic or republican about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, aka North Korea. Along those lines, Beck, Goldberg and the rest might be surprised to learn that “hot dogs” don’t contain actual dogs.
Goldberg’s Benito Mussolini, in particular, paraded around as a socialist until after he was elected and then engaged in one of the biggest flip-flops in political history, shedding every last hint of socialism once in power. Turns out — shocker — it’s difficult to get elected by pitching yourself as a fascist strongman.
In a more modern context… CONTINUE READING
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By: Bob Cesca
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16 responses to Ted Cruz: Gay Activists And Marriage Equality Supporters Are ‘Liberal Fascists’
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William April 27th, 2015 at 08:30
*Sigh*
Larry Schmitt April 27th, 2015 at 08:40
How come he’s the one with the almost Nazi salute?
allison1050 April 27th, 2015 at 08:51
He’s so funny
John Tarter April 27th, 2015 at 09:08
Secularism is the new religion and two of it’s sacraments are abortion and gay so-called marriage. Oppose this new orthodoxy and you are in big trouble.
Obewon April 27th, 2015 at 09:16
Pope Francis on LGBT: ‘Who am I to judge?’ ‘Gays are our brothers!’ http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-homosexuals-who-am-i-judge
John Tarter April 27th, 2015 at 10:58
While just last week he rejected a gay man as ambassador to the Vatican from France. And guess what, he is still totally against abortion too!
Dwendt44 April 27th, 2015 at 23:51
Then he shouldn’t have an abortion. The bible doesn’t say a word about abortion.
allison1050 April 27th, 2015 at 09:16
Oh boy! John Tarter is back!!
Dwendt44 April 27th, 2015 at 23:52
This is a secular country under a secular Constitution. SO secular is the way things should be. You still have the right to NOT get an abortion, or NOT kill those that disagree with you.
Of course, ‘secularism’ isn’t a religion to begin with.
bpollen April 28th, 2015 at 04:23
So, religion is another thing you have no understanding of. You’re racking up quite the ignorance quotient, Tater.
tracey marie April 28th, 2015 at 14:22
lol, what a moron
Obewon April 27th, 2015 at 09:12
‘Conservative Majority SCOTUS upholding the 10th and 14th amendments in 2014 ruling for Marriage Equality are ‘Liberal Fascists’-Ted Cruz Irresponsible Canadian birther.
No way out April 27th, 2015 at 10:44
I’ve been using the DPRK nomenclature as the perfect example of something lost in translation for years. Yes, these folks are willfully lying to the public. This man’s work is altrernative fantasy. he should write next for Dungeons and Dragons
John Tarter April 27th, 2015 at 10:55
These are the words of Hillary Clinton last week concerning religion. She said: “Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will,” she explained. “And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” So “deep seated religious belief’s” have to be changed? On whose authority in a free society is this done and what right does anyone have to force others to change what they so deeply believe?
See, this proves that it is the liberal left who seeks total control of what individual citizens believe and how they wish to live their lives. Hillary Clinton by those words has shown that she is a danger to individual freedom and liberty. And you libs claim to be tolerant of others. Yeah, right.
Dwendt44 April 27th, 2015 at 23:49
Ya, christians should be free to own slaves, practice polygamy, abuse their children, and kill those they disagree with. Religious freedom right? She wasn’t talking beliefs explicitly, but actions and practices. No more human sacrifices. What you do in your home or in your church is one thing, what you do in public and in the business world are another.
bpollen April 28th, 2015 at 04:25
When you think about it, Rafael’s run for the Presidency is the closest a Canadian has come to controlling the White House since they burned it down in 1814.