You were, of course, absolutely correct. As was I. The use of the term “Brownshirts” (inadvertently left off the second ‘r’ the first typing) was deliberate and I believe the comparison was accurate. And “shitstorms” only mean they are afraid one is correct. So far so good.
And the comparison isn’t flattering. Wasn’t meant to be flattering. Nor was it neutral. So, it does belong on Flame or needs to be gone. I trashed it as a non-productive post, provocative without being thought provoking, simply a post which allowed me to voice my own particular prejudices.
Thanks for calling me out in such a gentle manner. Not sure I deserved that after that post.
- I read that post
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Thanks bowser.
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Any discussion here of "Nazi" political tactics is wrapped in such complete obliviousness about what those tactics actually were, that ...
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Wow, a self-referential rant. Brilliantly ironic to parody rightwing extremism and knee-jerk smears as a vehicle to claim that the left is smearing the right.
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A perfect example. I referred to the Senators who pledged to block any Obama initiative as "Brownshirts", in reference ...
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How about a nice link to that "pledge" you seem so obsessed with?
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Here's enough to generate an apology from a reasonable person. Google "pledge 42 senators" and read for hours. ...
- Now, you want to address anything at all in the rest of my comment?
- Your link (thanks!) was dated December 1.
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Mitch McConnell's pledge
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Sorry, that's not what Bowser's been plugging.
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Didn't look very hard, did you?
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I was looking for something significant, something that justified Bowser including it in almost every other post for months. ...
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You were attacking the very existence of the pledge to rebut bowser. The pledge turns out to be a fact. ...
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I asked for a link. I got one. And it's obvious now why there wasn't one before.
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You lost me. Why wasn't there one before?
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You lost me. Why wasn't there one before?
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I asked for a link. I got one. And it's obvious now why there wasn't one before.
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TB: 'Nothing was “blocked.”'
Good grief!
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You were attacking the very existence of the pledge to rebut bowser. The pledge turns out to be a fact. ...
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I was looking for something significant, something that justified Bowser including it in almost every other post for months. ...
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Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the ...
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Didn't look very hard, did you?
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Sorry, that's not what Bowser's been plugging.
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Here's enough to generate an apology from a reasonable person. Google "pledge 42 senators" and read for hours. ...
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How about a nice link to that "pledge" you seem so obsessed with?
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That response wasn't even coherent.
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Yes, that's what I was saying. It was a rant, not a coherent argument.
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Yes, that's what I was saying. It was a rant, not a coherent argument.
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A perfect example. I referred to the Senators who pledged to block any Obama initiative as "Brownshirts", in reference ...
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Hmmm. Similar to references to "planned economies" I think.
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Wow, a self-referential rant. Brilliantly ironic to parody rightwing extremism and knee-jerk smears as a vehicle to claim that the left is smearing the right.
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Any discussion here of "Nazi" political tactics is wrapped in such complete obliviousness about what those tactics actually were, that ...