Shutting down Protests

[Zoe_Brain]

I strongly encourage you to advocate for homosexuality based on the authority of any number of invisible unicorns.

I don’t advocate for homosexuality. I advocate for homosexuals. And blacks. And catholics. And jews.

 

[fkjuliano]

Exactly like Benito Mussolini.

Fascist is as Fascist does. Secret political police, shutting down the press, “disappearing” opponents… whether in the name of the State, the Volk, the People, or whatever, it’s the methods they use, not the particular political philosophy they pay lip-service to.

So Franklin Roosevelt and Huey Long “disappeared” their opponents? That’s news to me.

As to the “Socialist” in NSDAP, that would only be significant if one were to think that Hitler and the rest of his Nazi thugs were above using deception in their quest for power. As I see it, they wanted to co-opt those who were fighting for legitimate social justice in Germany.

As to comparing posters for the New Deal and Nazism, all that proves is that they were contemporary phenomena, therefore the graphic designers employed by either were under the same artistic influences. That does not establish any kind of philosophical kinship. Anybody could present myriad examples of posters with a similar style with no relation to politics. As a matter of fact, here are some them for your enjoyment, advertising such sinister ideologies as vacationing in Western Australia, early diagnosis of tuberculosis and brushing one’s teeth:

Follow the sun | National Library of Australia http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visualculture/images/C00200~.jpg Soft Water http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2007/070727_blog.uncovering.org_bugatti-poster_1.jpg
I bet that first one made you nostalgic for the sweet, innocent Australia of yesteryear when folks would greet each other with a warm “G’day, mate” and Vegemite on white bread was a gourmet treat. Oh, wait, maybe it hasn’t changed much.

 

[fkjuliano]

I don’t advocate for homosexuality. I advocate for homosexuals. And blacks. And catholics. And jews.

On behalf of Catholics (and it should be spelled with a capital “C”), I thank you for your advocacy. The 1.1 billion of us have done just fine for 2,000 years except for that unpleasantness in the Coliseum with lions and a few other things, but I guess it won’t do any harm if you put in a good word to your secular friends. I’ll tell you what: I’ll return the favor by asking God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, to send the Holy Spirit to enlighten your heart so that you will submit to His divine will, as revealed in Sacred Scripture, and not have to spend eternity in the pit of darkness.

 

[Charlotte408]

I bet that first one made you nostalgic for the sweet, innocent Australia of yesteryear when folks would greet each other with a warm “G’day, mate” and Vegemite on white bread was a gourmet treat. Oh, wait, maybe it hasn’t changed much.

You mean ‘marmite’?? ((gags)) my mom eats that stuff… shivers me timbers

We’re from Wales, though…what is that stuff anyways?? It tastes like the shavings off of burnt toast…