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"If only it were also simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it was necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
--- Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn
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As
I witness the breakdown of society and that's moral
underpinnings, as well as the breakdown of the Living Planet, as
well as the breakdown of my own physical health I am looking back and
try and sense of these rapid changes.
I
was highly fortunate to grow up in a stable environment with clear
boundaries and fairly conventional values with a little bit, but not
too much religion. As a teenager I rejected stability and
rebelled, adopting Marxism as a creed. As I have got older I have
returned to an appreciation of my roots. My only regret is my parents
are not around to hear this.
I
have been accused by a couple of people of supporting Trump and his
putative army of white supremacist, fascist misogynists.
However,
this could not be further from the case. I do not see things in a
binary, or dualistic way of black vs white, good vs evil, but try to
see the truth even from people I do not fully agree with.
For
instance, in the video below there is almost as much that I disagree
with as agree with.
I
am not, for example, a Christian, so am not against abortion (but see
it as a personal matter of conscience), I rebel against the idea of
"apple pie" American patriotism and disagree strongly with
his views on Israel.
But,
for all that there is much that I agree with here.
For
instance he states that whereas the Antifa people
have principles that one could agree with (who is not against
fascism?) they then go "left-of-field" and say things that
reveal themselves to be violent and closer to the KKK neo-nazis they
claim to be opposing.
Just
see how they look in their masks and black clothes that give the
impression that they are ISIS fascists, an impression that is not too
far from the truth.
These
are deluded young people, wet-behind-the-ears who are being
manipulated by powerful, dark forces they do not understand.
They
think they are opposing fascism. Apart from the relatively small
numbers of real KKK and neo-nazis the whole movement totally ignores
real nazis (as in Ukraine or other parts of Europe) and the fact that
the real fascists are the ones that are giving sustenance to this
movement.
I
come from a more tolerant age and do not understand the "if you
are not with us you are against us" approach which tars
everybody who is not "with" them with the same brush -
right up to women who do not identify with their identity politics of
placing transsexuals (for example) and, like I do see only two
genders - male and female.
I
am a tolerant person and will stand up for the rights of my
homosexual friends (right up their right to live together) but object
strongly to the social engineering that places LGBT on
a pedestal so that it becomes desirable and people who do not adopt
this ideology are automatically painted as fascist, white
supremacist, misogynists (usually all in the same breath).
The
aim of the elitist people that are driving the agenda are trying, in
my mind to set different groups against each other and destroy what
little social stability is still left - hence the witness report
(true or not) of KKK and Antifa members
arriving in the same bus in Charlottesville.
In
the current age (especially with the world hurtling for near-term
human extinction with economic, political and social collapse on the
way) it is impossible to talk about a progressive agenda. Progressing
towards what, exactly? Towards extinction.
The
"progressive" movement, liberalism, has turned toxic and
instead of the liberation movements of the past which I adopted have
degraded into identity politics which has become more and more
extreme.
Anyone
with more than a fragmentary knowledge of biology knows that "third"
genders do not exist. The requirement of society to reproduce itself
says otherwise (not that there will be another generation).
These
are my reflections. I shall react harshly to anyone who attacks this
as opposed to offering their own well-considered views.
College Professors Begin Direct
Support For AntiFa Groups On
Campuses
23
August, 2017
Authored
by Jacob Grandstaff via Campus Reform,
Despite the reputation Antifa groups have cultivated for employing violence to shut down opposing speakers, the professors insist that they only support "self-defense" by "those who are being threatened by fascists.”
Two
professors are organizing a campus Antifa (Anti-Fascist Action)
organization with the goal of confronting groups it considers fascist
and “driv[ing] racists off campuses.”
According
to Inside
Higher Ed,
the Campus Antifascist Network (CAN) was organized by Purdue
University Professor Bill Mullen and Stanford University Professor
David Palumbo-Liu with the intention of serving as a “big tent”
for “anyone committed to fighting fascism.”
“Since Trump’s election, fascists, neo-fascists, and their allies have used blatantly Islamophobic, anti-semitic, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist messaging and iconography to recruit to their ranks and intimidate students, faculty, and staff,” Palumbo-Liu wrote in the group’s invitation letter.
“The time to take action is now,” he maintained, saying, “we call on all interested individuals and organizations to support or join the Campus Antifascist Network (CAN).”
In
an interview with Campus
Reform,
Palumbo-Liu reiterated that “the
groups that concern [CAN] the most are fascist in the sense they
espouse a hateful ideology that targets particular groups based on
race, ethnicity, religion, [or] sexuality, and wish to dominate,
exclude, drive out, and harm members of those groups with force and
violence.”
As
part of its efforts, CAN provides a syllabus which
labels fascism as a “historical expression of capitalism’s
tendency to dominate the poor, working class, and oppressed people.”
Mullen
told IHE that
the network has grown to 200 members, including students and faculty,
in the wake of the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, adding that
CAN will “build large, unified demonstrations against fascists on
campuses” and protect groups that are vulnerable to attack.
While
Mullen and Palumbo-Liu do not advocate direct violence, Antifa has
been criticized for engaging in violent protests around the country,
including riots against conservative speakers.
When
asked about violent elements within Antifa, Palumbo-Liu told IHE that
CAN would reject some elements of the movement and would
only “advocate self-defense and defense in various forms of those
who are being threatened by fascists.”
Palumbo-Liu
likewise told Campus
Reform that
“physically attacking speakers is not [within the law],” and
therefore is not something that his organization promotes.
“The issue really is not speech, but rather the kinds of actions a group is known to engage in that precisely impinge upon others’ free speech, academic freedom, and civil liberties,” he said.
“We are organizing to protect members of campus communities from groups that come to campus to provoke physical confrontations, purposefully destroy property, invade individuals’ privacy.”
The
professor also pushed back on the view that President Trump is not a
fascist, branding
it as “literally an academic argument in the worst sense of the
word” and declaring that “we need to pay attention to what is
happening, not the labels that we feel are most fitting.”
Mullen
did not respond to Campus
Reform’s
request for comment.
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As
Ron Paul explained earlier, the
alt-right and its leftist opponents are two sides of the same
authoritarian coin.
The
alt-right elevates racial identity over individual identity. The
obsession with race leads them to support massive government
interference in the economy in order to benefit members of the
favored race. They also favor massive welfare and entitlement
spending, as long as it functions as a racial spoils system. Some
prominent alt-right leaders even support abortion as a way of
limiting the minority population. No one who sincerely supports
individual liberty, property rights, or the right to life can have
any sympathy for this type of racial collectivism.
Antifa,
like all Marxists, elevates class identity over individual
identity. Antifa
supporters believe government must run the economy because otherwise
workers will be exploited by greedy capitalists. This faith in
central planning ignores economic reality, as well as the reality
that in a free market employers and workers voluntarily work together
for their mutual benefit. It is only when government intervenes in
the economy that crony capitalists have the opportunity to exploit
workers, consumers, and taxpayers. Sadly, many on the left confuse
the results of the “mixed economy” with free markets.
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Oh,
and as a reminder, the
petition to label AntiFa a terrorist group now has over 250,000
signatures.
FakeNews: Reuters Issues Retraction after Labeling Antifa ‘PeaceActivists’
Left-leaning media outlet Reuters was forced to issue a retraction Wednesday after labeling violent demonstrators outside a Trump rally in Phoenix “peace activists.”
A tweet sent out from the news agency’s official Twitter account Tuesday night claimed, “Pro-Trump supporters face off with peace activists during protests outside a Trump rally in Phoenix.”
Reuters’ “peace activists” were immediately thrown into question by numerous Twitter users, who pointed out Phoenix rally counter-demonstrators were caught staging violence towards police, as well as Trump supporters leaving the venue.
"peace activists" twitter.com/Reuters/status…
"Peace activists" who punch black Trump supporters in the face.twitter.com/gatewaypundit/…
"Peace activists"
This is how stupid the mainstream media thinks you are.twitter.com/Reuters/status…
On Wednesday, the Reuters official Twitter account announced a “CORRECTION,” adding they “inaccurately characterized the anti-Trump protesters as ‘peace activists.'”
As Infowars has highlighted, the media attempted to portray violent alt-left protesters in Phoenix as “peaceful,” despite footage showing them lobbing canisters at police and punching Trump supporters.
What happened #2:
Trump supporters in Phoenix blocked from leaving rally before being assaulted by left-wing rioterspic.twitter.com/iSFog0JnjH
Over the weekend, cable outlet CNN also retracted a headline after criticism that it referred to Antifa as activists seeking “Peace Through Violence.” An editor’s note admitted CNN altered their story after members of Antifa claimed they had not committed violence at a rally in Charlottesville.
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