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Scott Clevenger's avatar

"It suggests not that we never learn anything, but that we learn and then keep getting dragged back into the darkness from which we emerged by the same bunch of con artists as before."

Well, professional reactionaries need radicals to complete them, else what is the point of their existence. And if no commies can be found, they'll pony up for a RealDoll, dress it in a Che! t-shirt, and commence to hate-fucking it for clicks.

Generals always fight the last war, Right Wingers always fight the last culture war, which is why nearly everything we thought settled or at least arcing toward justice -- abortion, race relations, labor rights -- is a free fire zone again. There's no such thing as peace or even settled law with these revanchists, no treaty or truce is possible. I'm beginning to think the Romans were right about Carthage.

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DrBDH's avatar

We all have terms of approbation we throw at our enemies. They toss

“communist” and “socialist” (Bernie’s tone deaf, using the latter), we have “fascist” and “Nazi.” None of it elevates our discourse. That said, I look forward to the day that everyone agrees with me that the last time “Republican” wasn’t a insult was 1930’s Spain.

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