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That's not just a funny coincidence -- the American left has for decades been slowly allying themselves against the West. That's why no one on the left batted

by hodwik 10y ago

That's not just a funny coincidence -- the American left has for decades been slowly allying themselves against the West. That's why no one on the left batted an eye when Google chose Yuri Kochiyama for their Google Doodle, despite that she said in 2003: "...I consider Osama bin Laden as one of the people that I admire. To me, he is in the category of Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Patrice Lumumba, Fidel Castro.... I thank Islam for bin Laden. America's greed, aggressiveness, and self-righteous arrogance must be stopped."

woah 10y ago
Bin Laden killed many fewer innocent people than were killed and continue to be killed in the American middle eastern wars. Do you feel that Google should deny the doodle to anyone who says anything good about Gerorge W Bush or Barack Obama?
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shitlordism 10y ago
Lefties have parasitic degrees(sociology, gender studies, philosophy etc.) and they can't get money by doing something useful for other people. So what is their next step? It's to find a rich target and extract resources from them by blackmailing them. Since it's mostly white men who have the most money, they are vilified. Lefties will implicitly tell white men: "Gives us money for our non-profit, diversity program or we will call you a racist/misogynist". It's a fucking racket. Gives us money or we will bomb you will emotionally charged terms like racism, misogyny, privilege, sexism, bigotry, anti-poor and many other terms like that.
rangibaby 10y ago
At least she had a good reason to not trust the US government. The interment camps were a disgrace.
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guelo 10y ago
> American left has for decades been slowly allying themselves against the West. The US, including both parties, has been shifting rightward for decades, so it makes sense that leftists are feeling alienated.
- hodwik2 10y ago
  Progressives move forever more to the left, and then accuse the right of "moving right" because we didn't move to your new definition of center fast enough. Excuse me, conservatives have not actually managed to get signed any major conservative initiative in the US in 50 years, because of that line. Our government is bigger than it has ever been: -we haven't privatized schools or gotten vouchers, -we haven't abolished any major departments of governments, -we haven't been able to abolish any major social program, -we haven't been able to cut costs in the welfare state, -we haven't abolished government marriage, -we haven't opened immigration to wealthy foreigners, -we have only lost ground on gun rights and religious rights, -we have not been able to slow the judicial activism of the courts, -we have only gotten passed minor deregulation efforts, -we have not limited the unions, -abolished the minimum wage, ended zoning laws, and so on. To a conservative of the Goldwater years the Republican party of today would look like a bunch of socialist fascists. The closest Republicans get to doing anything conservative these days is to slow your guys roll.
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > Progressives move forever farther and farther to the left, and then accuse the right of "moving right" because we didn't move to your new definition of center fast enough. The individual mandate for purchase of private insurance + subsidy system adopted as "Obamacare" was first proposed by the Republicans and insurance industry lobbyists in opposition to healthcare reform efforts under the Clinton administration. Today, its a Democratic achievement seen as socialism by the Right. > -we haven't privatized schools or gotten vouchers, Both traditional public schools and traditional private schools are losing enrollment to homeschooling and public-funded, privately-operated charters -- both of which are things that have been pushed by the right. (The right's also unsuccessfully pushed vouchers and drastically cutting public school funding, but when your pushing for multiple and mutually-exclusive things, you can't really characterize it as your opponents winning when you get some of the things that your side is pushing for instead of the others.) > -we haven't been able to abolish any major social program, Well, in the 1990s you got to abolish AFDC, one of the biggest social programs in the country, and replace it with the more-restrictive TANF. > -we have only lost ground on gun rights and religious rights, Actually, the federal "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" and state laws modeled on it have advanced religious rights to discriminate which had previously been found to violate laws which existed prior to those. And, on 2nd amendment rights, major advances were made by the right in the Supreme Court in D.C. v. Heller (2008) -- holding that the 2nd Amendment created a personal right in federal enclaves -- and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) -- holding that the 2nd Amendment created a personal right incorporated against state restrictions by the 14th Amendment. > -we have not been able to slow the judicial activism of the courts, And the left really wishes you would slow the judicial activism of your courts, such as the bizarre ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius that Congress can't set the terms for State participation in a program (Medicaid) which is otherwise within Congress power to establish. > To a conservative of the Goldwater years the Republican party of today would look like a bunch of Socialists. Well, we could ask a conservative of the Goldwater years about that, like the one that's the odds-on favorite to the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States in 2016. Well, except someone did, back in 1996 (on NPR, 1/13/1996): "SCOTT SIMON: I mean, did you ever back in the ’60s, between when — I believe you were a Goldwater girl — HILLARY CLINTON: That’s right. SCOTT SIMON: — and whenever you became politically – HILLARY CLINTON: That’s right. And I feel like my political beliefs are rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with. I don’t recognize this new brand of Republicanism that is afoot now, which I consider to be very reactionary, not conservative in many respects. I am very proud that I was a Goldwater girl."
kelukelugames 10y ago
My comment was about the French rejecting Netflix, but okay.

by hodwik 10y ago

woah 10y ago

Bin Laden killed many fewer innocent people than were killed and continue to be killed in the American middle eastern wars. Do you feel that Google should deny the doodle to anyone who says anything good about Gerorge W Bush or Barack Obama?

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shitlordism 10y ago

Lefties have parasitic degrees(sociology, gender studies, philosophy etc.) and they can't get money by doing something useful for other people. So what is their next step? It's to find a rich target and extract resources from them by blackmailing them. Since it's mostly white men who have the most money, they are vilified. Lefties will implicitly tell white men: "Gives us money for our non-profit, diversity program or we will call you a racist/misogynist". It's a fucking racket. Gives us money or we will bomb you will emotionally charged terms like racism, misogyny, privilege, sexism, bigotry, anti-poor and many other terms like that.

rangibaby 10y ago

At least she had a good reason to not trust the US government. The interment camps were a disgrace.

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guelo 10y ago

> American left has for decades been slowly allying themselves against the West. The US, including both parties, has been shifting rightward for decades, so it makes sense that leftists are feeling alienated.

hodwik2 10y ago
Progressives move forever more to the left, and then accuse the right of "moving right" because we didn't move to your new definition of center fast enough. Excuse me, conservatives have not actually managed to get signed any major conservative initiative in the US in 50 years, because of that line. Our government is bigger than it has ever been: -we haven't privatized schools or gotten vouchers, -we haven't abolished any major departments of governments, -we haven't been able to abolish any major social program, -we haven't been able to cut costs in the welfare state, -we haven't abolished government marriage, -we haven't opened immigration to wealthy foreigners, -we have only lost ground on gun rights and religious rights, -we have not been able to slow the judicial activism of the courts, -we have only gotten passed minor deregulation efforts, -we have not limited the unions, -abolished the minimum wage, ended zoning laws, and so on. To a conservative of the Goldwater years the Republican party of today would look like a bunch of socialist fascists. The closest Republicans get to doing anything conservative these days is to slow your guys roll.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > Progressives move forever farther and farther to the left, and then accuse the right of "moving right" because we didn't move to your new definition of center fast enough. The individual mandate for purchase of private insurance + subsidy system adopted as "Obamacare" was first proposed by the Republicans and insurance industry lobbyists in opposition to healthcare reform efforts under the Clinton administration. Today, its a Democratic achievement seen as socialism by the Right. > -we haven't privatized schools or gotten vouchers, Both traditional public schools and traditional private schools are losing enrollment to homeschooling and public-funded, privately-operated charters -- both of which are things that have been pushed by the right. (The right's also unsuccessfully pushed vouchers and drastically cutting public school funding, but when your pushing for multiple and mutually-exclusive things, you can't really characterize it as your opponents winning when you get some of the things that your side is pushing for instead of the others.) > -we haven't been able to abolish any major social program, Well, in the 1990s you got to abolish AFDC, one of the biggest social programs in the country, and replace it with the more-restrictive TANF. > -we have only lost ground on gun rights and religious rights, Actually, the federal "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" and state laws modeled on it have advanced religious rights to discriminate which had previously been found to violate laws which existed prior to those. And, on 2nd amendment rights, major advances were made by the right in the Supreme Court in D.C. v. Heller (2008) -- holding that the 2nd Amendment created a personal right in federal enclaves -- and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) -- holding that the 2nd Amendment created a personal right incorporated against state restrictions by the 14th Amendment. > -we have not been able to slow the judicial activism of the courts, And the left really wishes you would slow the judicial activism of your courts, such as the bizarre ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius that Congress can't set the terms for State participation in a program (Medicaid) which is otherwise within Congress power to establish. > To a conservative of the Goldwater years the Republican party of today would look like a bunch of Socialists. Well, we could ask a conservative of the Goldwater years about that, like the one that's the odds-on favorite to the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States in 2016. Well, except someone did, back in 1996 (on NPR, 1/13/1996): "SCOTT SIMON: I mean, did you ever back in the ’60s, between when — I believe you were a Goldwater girl — HILLARY CLINTON: That’s right. SCOTT SIMON: — and whenever you became politically – HILLARY CLINTON: That’s right. And I feel like my political beliefs are rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with. I don’t recognize this new brand of Republicanism that is afoot now, which I consider to be very reactionary, not conservative in many respects. I am very proud that I was a Goldwater girl."

kelukelugames 10y ago

My comment was about the French rejecting Netflix, but okay.