Dear Puppycow,
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, most people, including here, are unable to process principled reality and rely on endless squabbling over logic and supposition to serve as understanding. They'll debate "issues" ad nauseum, but, truthful principles, never. The prime result of this is their superstitious belief in the eternity of the West, a constitutional inability to see its ongoing decline. If you don't read, you don't care if the libraries burn down, and when the barbarians come to rape your women, you cry "Oh, why is this
happening?"
Fascism is, essentially, in terms of popular practice rather than a common suite of political ideology, the action of a kind of "beast-man" leader or his henchmen on the baser emotions of his followers, that they get a thrill from hearing him speak, that polarises them fearfully in a direction of action, often violent, as we can see with the fascist countries of the Twentieth Century. Arnold Schwarzenegger is contemporary fascism in action, backed by actual ideological fascists akin to the Straussian neo-con faction at the federal level, leading mindless throngs chanting him to "Terminate" his opponents.
As Lord William Rees-Mogg writes, "Arnold Schwarzenegger is relying on the appeal of fascism, whether or not he is personally a fascist."
"The politics of mass emotion are the politics of fascism."
"The core of all fascist movements is the direct relationship between the leader and the masses, not mediated through institutions of democracy. What does the leader do? He provides leadership. What allows him to provide leadership? The strength of his will. What is the evidence of the leader's will? The exciting feeling he creates of ultimate ruthlesness. How does Arnold Schwarzenegger demonstrate this ruthlessness? By having played a machine—not even a man—which killed hundreds of people."[1]
Islam's danger is that it is an aggressive, text-based philosophy with a history of culture-wrecking and imperialism. It is a very practical religion--they really couldn't care less what you believe in your heart, so long as you go through the proper motions. Islam produces no Hegels, no Kants, no deep psychological thinkers. Freedom of speech is inconceivable for it to originate. Islam has tried to destroy Christendom before, remember, and only heroic efforts in the Crusades and elsewhere managed to beat them back and save Europe.
But, the danger is not just from a "philosophy" that is attacking, much less "terrorists," the danger is from sheer immigration. They will outbreed us, and replace our culture with their culture--not that most people even have a culture to lose, at this point. It matters not that the proverbial 95% of the Moslem population are not aggressive; the 5% fanatics will suffice, and their victories will be assented to by the rest of them, who will not rise up to defend an alien culture, regardless of how much money it makes them.
View the above not alone, however, but, in context of overall immigration patterns. Moslems will not have a lock on all Western countries, thus, rather contributing to the same kind of trend ongoing across the board.
The only thing intelligent I've read contributed to this on this thread is the notion that we should recognise the (Anglo-American) Empire. Without understanding that, the "islamofascist" situation really is meaningless. Worry about who's choking you to death right now, before you worry about the barbarians over the hill.
What Is Fascism, Really?
Save the American Republic From the British Empire!
When fascism comes, JREF and others will welcome it.
Cpl Ferro
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I wonder if a JREF genre film fan will spy a nit to be picked, there, perhaps using it to roundly discredit the good Lord Rees-Mogg.
