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Thanks for stopping by

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:58:52 +0000

In reply to "One of the recent propaganda

Thanks for stopping by JNagarya. It goes back even before Reagan to complaints of "reverse discrimination" in response to desegregation policies. Reagan certainly contributed as well. But it really took off in the 90's with the whole "thought police" backlash to so-called "political correctness," and the idea of Christian persecution has now been fully incorporated into right-wing fundamentalist ideology.

It's simple: 1. He's a

JNagarya — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:53:11 +0000

In reply to I don't get the right-wing

It's simple:

1. He's a Democrat; and,

2. He's high-profile visible.

(Psssstttt!!!! Pass the word: he's also an immigrant and a fer'ner and a Jew.)

"One of the recent propaganda

JNagarya — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:50:03 +0000

In reply to Persecution Politics: Nazi Fever

"One of the recent propaganda tactics of the right wing has been to appropriate the leftist language of discrimination and civil rights to argue that liberal elites are persecuting white Christian conservatives."

That began with Reagan, when he set the tone that unleashed this minority hoard of racists by saying "You have a RIGHT to be racist."

Must be blocked by the vast

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:00 +0000

In reply to Couldn't get the video to

Must be blocked by the vast right-wing conspiracy.

It's on youtube. Try the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ogZiSN9iI

Couldn't get the video to

acanuck — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:01:47 +0000

In reply to Persecution Politics: Nazi Fever

Couldn't get the video to work. Lucky me.

No, I wouldn't support

Nebton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:40:35 +0000

In reply to Perhaps, but I won't make

No, I wouldn't support leveling the accusation against them, either. I just don't want to come close to clearing them of that accusation.

Perhaps, but I won't make

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:30 +0000

In reply to I think you're giving

Perhaps, but I won't make that accusation without better evidence. Hating Soros doesn't entail anti-Semitism, and I'm sure that there are conspiracy-minded Jews who hate him as well.

I think you're giving

Nebton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:19:19 +0000

In reply to A great question and worthy

I think you're giving O'Reilly and Beck too much credit. It's possible their hatred of Soros isn't at all rooted in anti-Semitism, but I think it's more likely that it is rooted in anti-Semitism..

A great question and worthy

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:49:08 +0000

In reply to I don't get the right-wing

A great question and worthy of its own blog post. It is weird and a bit creepy, and I'd like to delve further into it, but here's my first blush answer...

Modern conservative paranoia is rooted in Illuminati conspiracy theories. For instance, Pat Robertson's influential book, The New World Order, is basically a repackaging of classic Illuminati paranoia shorn of the overt anti-semitism. As a rich, international Jew, Soros is the model of an Illuminati conspirator. Google soros illuminati, and you'll see what I mean.

Does that mean that the right-wing Soros haters are anti-semitic? Not necessarily. People like O'Reilly and Beck have simply promulgated the watered down conspiracy theories that the real anti-semites invented. In a sense, O'Reilly and company inherited the Soros-hatred from the anti-semitic Illuminati folks.

Of course, it helps that Soros is very rich and very ambitious. I don't think that his vision is nearly as progressive or sweeping as the right wing imagine, but I understand why his ambitions would attract their attention.

I don't get the right-wing

DF — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:05:55 +0000

In reply to It's worth watching to the

I don't get the right-wing fascination with Soros. Maybe it's just that he's the exception to the rule, being a lefty billionaire. They sure don't complain about the Koch family, etc.