tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post5823409370601189697..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Authoritarian Ross DouthatSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-36230037144378150532016-03-11T10:09:31.669-06:002016-03-11T10:09:31.669-06:00Thank you.Thank you.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-12698346109602280972016-03-09T17:43:26.608-06:002016-03-09T17:43:26.608-06:00Thanks; I've linked.
I really don't like ...Thanks; I've linked.<br /><br />I <i>really</i> don't like the conservative idea of an ideal America. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-66687554113836575602016-03-08T18:40:53.050-06:002016-03-08T18:40:53.050-06:00The mid-term elections of 2006 give hope that the ...<i>The mid-term elections of 2006 give hope that the best values and traditions of the country will ultimately prevail.</i><br /><br />And then there was 2008, too! Yet here we are.<br /><br />Never misundestimate the power of Wall St. Dems to screw their voters, lose elections, and get paid huge bucks for doing so.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-90655792569399288692016-03-08T18:20:50.457-06:002016-03-08T18:20:50.457-06:00Ross Douthat's idea of authoritarianism, which...<i>Ross Douthat's idea of authoritarianism, which bears little resemblance to reality</i><br /><br />He has his own definition of "decadence" too. The man never saw a word he didn't want to redefine.<br /><br /><i>we’ve had very little organized political violence, and few homegrown movements that manifest the authoritarian temptation.</i><br /><br />The KKK don't count because he's already mentioned the "far-left terrorism".<br /><br /><i>There is no real ideological consistency to this group: Trump’s expanding circle of apologists includes Sarah Palin and Steve Forbes, Mike Huckabee and Chris Christie; he has anti-immigration populists and Wall Street supply-siders, True Conservatives and self-conscious moderates, evangelical preachers and avowed white nationalists. The only common threads are</i><br /><b>MEMBERSHIP OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.</b><br /><br />Country AND Western!Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-56911821832979193552016-03-08T15:42:40.599-06:002016-03-08T15:42:40.599-06:00Snow White America and the Eighth DwarfSnow White America and the Eighth DwarfSusan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-39758085920768709472016-03-08T14:23:47.620-06:002016-03-08T14:23:47.620-06:00" like being characteristically bashful or ha..." like being characteristically bashful or happy or grumpy or dopey."<br /><br />Let's write a book on authoritarianism just so we can call it <i>The Eighth Dwarf</i>.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.com