Originally Posted by Darkmatters
I'm interested. What are the right wing aspects of Communism?
I am referring to the actual practice of communism, not the mere theory. In practice, communism comes with extreme government control of the population because that is the only way it could ever possibly exist. Privacy is not respected, and uncalled for searches are rampant. Free speech does not exist, and neither does free association. Militarization and police presence are extreme. All of those in the extreme were considered right wing for a long time. For the most part, they still are. However, the right/left distinction gets mixed up, muddled, and switched a lot.
In the 80's, people were making a big issue of disregard for the First and Fourth Amendments. It was "conservative" Republicans (considered right wing) who were arguing for more censorship of music and expression (flag burning amendment proposal, hysteria over rap and heavy metal lyrics, etc.), though a few Democrats like Al Gore go into the scene to look more conservative. "Liberal" Democrats (considered left wing) were driving around with "Fight censorship!" bumper stickers in large numbers and screaming against the flag burning amendment proposal. Also, the Fourth Amendment was brought into major question because "conservative" Republicans supported the major search frenzy that was/is driven by the war on drugs, and "liberal" Democrats were gung ho about very strict adherence to the standards of the Fourth Amendment. "If you aren't doing anything worng, you have nothing to worry about," was a "conservative" battle cry. Now it's "liberal" Democrats who are preaching it the most. I was semi-aware in the 80's and a child in the 70's, but my understanding of the few decades prior to then is that they were pretty much the same way. In the 90's, "liberal" Democrats got on the "too much violence in T.V. and movies" bandwagon and started sounding like Republicans did in the 80's.
All of this stuff has been put through the blender since then. Today, neither side is making big issues of the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA, the Patriot Act, or the NSA PRISM program. The only masses that seem to really care about those issues are libertarians. Also, as we have discussed before, what the Hell happened to the anti-war movement? How many "left wingers" live in the United States now? What does the term even mean any more?
Originally Posted by Shamanite
A common tactic in denying things that are true is to keep asking for sources, and then when they provide them say it isn't good enough and ask for more. I have provided plenty of sources in this thread so far. I suggest you take a look at them before blindly asking me for more. I believe those sources should explain all the questions you gave me.
I didn't deny what you said. I asked what better sources you have because all you have provided are facts that don't prove your claims and incredibly biased, low level sites that I am not even close to blindly trusting. YouTube videos are worth a lot when they show actual footage that proves things, but just a few freaks claiming stuff with nothing credible backing it are worthless. Wikipedia is often a good source, but convincing me that the Madagascar Plan existed isn't going to convince me that Hitler was not a mass kindapper, hostile take over obsessed psychopath, and ruthless dictator. I'm sure he did want to get the Jews all in one place... out of Europe. That would make them much easier to wipe out.
I have been pretty civil and open-minded about this. At least a hundred high level sources with a lot to lose for straight up lying say that Hitler was the scum bag I described. I asked you to prove otherwise. You haven't done that. I can find some piss ant websites that will say Hitler was an alien or that he worked for the Illuminati. Can you be more convincing than that? I am fascinated by the topic, but not convinced of what you are claiming.
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