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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 19, 2017 at 4:39 pm
(October 19, 2017 at 4:34 pm)Tiberius Wrote: (October 19, 2017 at 2:12 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: I have no intention of honoring President Putin with my presence. I don’t care for his appointee over in Washington.
Pretty sure Angela Merkel is leader of the free world. Putin's world isn't free at all.
Merkel can't be the leader of the free world until she threatens to nuke N. Korea or trash hard-earned international agreements.
At the least, she could shit on veterans and their families. That would be a start.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 19, 2017 at 10:16 pm
Conservatives really need to start learning what words like 'fasicsm' means. My students know what it is, and they're only in high school. Hell, my youngest daughters know what it means, and they're in elementary school.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 19, 2017 at 10:52 pm
Fascist boycott?
I read the thread title and immediately assumed that Trump had decreed that his base should boycott a certain disagreeable product or service.
Silly me.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 19, 2017 at 10:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 11:02 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
American english is a very fluid language. Sometimes, and particularly after a november, terms don;t mean what they used to. Terms like "moral character", "traditional values", "fiscal responsibility", and "fascism".
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 19, 2017 at 11:38 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 11:39 pm by SteelCurtain.)
(October 19, 2017 at 3:28 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: It just seems to me like the guy is getting railroaded over a minor offense. YMMV
While I don't think it's right, you gotta know that being in a picture with Trump as he dismantles the healthcare system further is going to come back to bite you.
This isn't a left or right thing. This is a people thing. This is a social media thing. The left is currently bereft of power, and is wielding social media power in the way that humans do now, like a drunk toddler.
If he didn't know, that's on him. But if a business owner in LA showed up behind Trump signing an executive order that harms Latinos, you can bet that the people would boycott. If you own a business and your clientele is predominantly liberal, don't show out with the most hated President in American History. Axiom of business.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 20, 2017 at 10:29 am
(October 19, 2017 at 10:52 pm)Javaman Wrote: Fascist boycott?
Provocative thread title only meant to convey people's totalitarian impulses and serve as click-bait. Otherwise, I basically use the term fascism in the same sense as the father of fascism, Mussolini:
Quote: "The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."
and...
Quote:All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
Basically, people who think the solution to every social evil is for government to control, regulate or take over, that pushes a society away from personal liberty and in the direction of fascism.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 20, 2017 at 10:30 am
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2017 at 10:32 am by The Grand Nudger.)
-and what about a consumer boycott fits -any- of the above..even the weak ass "totalitarian impulses" clickbait use?
You use the word the way you do because you've swallowed the koolaid, Neo. Temet Nosce.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 20, 2017 at 10:33 am
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(October 20, 2017 at 10:30 am)Khemikal Wrote: -and what about a consumer boycott fits the above?
The basic belief in punishing people who question the role of the state to regulate and control all aspects of health care, or anything else for that matter. Trying to ruin people's lives over political differences doesn't encourage productive civil participation.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 20, 2017 at 10:34 am
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You must be thinking of some other story then, perhaps you should link to that. I see people refusing to give their money to a business owner.
He's not entitled to their money, case closed.
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RE: Another Fascist Boycott
October 20, 2017 at 4:49 pm
This isn't fascism
This idiot tried mixing business with politics . And pissed his customers off . This is all on him .
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