tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post8918778844499693930..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Authoritarian leadership is out of control.Susan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-84068267587806142342008-05-08T13:48:00.000-05:002008-05-08T13:48:00.000-05:00Fear isn't the only thing. I also think that many...Fear isn't the only thing. I also think that many people just kind of get their rocks off in abusing people different than they are. I forgot which famous study, I think it was at Stanford, which concluded that you could find more than enough people in the U.S. right now to to staff any number of Nazi-style concentration camps, including gas chambers. I think many people just enjoy being sadists, and they are mad that normal society won't let them. Now, these normal restraints have been ripped apart by all sorts of heaving gasbags that are on national TV and radio. Anything that is on your mind, you can now say and even do. Everything is allowed, if it advances their particular agenda. I think many people in this country would revel in being part of an SS style organization. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I call people like that pyschopaths. I can't believe fear is the only motivation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-53201674976413439362008-05-08T11:52:00.000-05:002008-05-08T11:52:00.000-05:00My grandfather died in WWII, which is not as immed...My grandfather died in WWII, which is not as immediate as the pain you feel, Susan, but makes me staunchly anti-war, as well.<BR/><BR/>m.bouffant? Where the hell you been?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-47927992094910413892008-05-07T21:08:00.000-05:002008-05-07T21:08:00.000-05:00Of course it doesn't square with equality. How can...Of course it doesn't square with equality. How can we keep saying we were built on equality whe most people weren't equal, whether poor or female or of another race?<BR/><BR/>It is strange to be called a traitor by imbiciles, when I spent years as a small child on military bases and my father was an Air Force captain who was killed in Vietnam. Conservatives never understand why someone like me is antiwar, although it seems very clear to me.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-82820230379072624182008-05-07T17:05:00.000-05:002008-05-07T17:05:00.000-05:00Also on the subject:When one American turns to ano...Also on the subject:<BR/><BR/><I>When one American turns to another and says or insinuates, “I am more American than you are; I love my country more deeply than you do,” he is paradoxically expressing a revulsion for this nation. For he sees in it on the one side, greater Americans, and on the other side, lesser Americans. The Americanness to which he holds so fast, has embedded within it a contempt for those fellow Americans who do not see their own identity wrapped up in a flag. How can this square with the principle of equality upon which America was founded?</I><BR/><BR/>From <A>http://warincontext.org/</A>, a fine site I just discovered.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-45576731734126349552008-05-06T11:06:00.000-05:002008-05-06T11:06:00.000-05:00So what do we do with this knowledge? People don't...So what do we do with this knowledge? People don't throw off authoritarianism until they accept its core truth, and most people would rather die than do that. The only thing I can think of is to continue to talk about how we make decisions, and what these decisions are based on. (Often unconsciously held fears.)Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-6437652334930679582008-05-05T12:02:00.000-05:002008-05-05T12:02:00.000-05:00great post, susan. I have thought the same since r...great post, susan. I have thought the same since reading Dean's conservatives without conscience and getting on to bob altemeyer's work on the internet. <BR/><BR/>aimaiaimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.com