Liberal Fascism (1) -- Jonah Goldberg ** UNEDITED **

PLAYLIST: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C20E954A7632DCFD
Jonah Goldberg discusses his new book, "Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning", at The Heritage Foundation on C-SPAN2. 09 JAN 08.

REF:

Here's a NY Times article from the days of FDR. Does it sound like today?

"
[Washington, DC is] strangely reminiscent of Rome in the first weeks after the march of the [Mousolini's] Blackshirts, of Moscow at the beginning of the [Communist] Five-Year Plan... America today literally asks for orders... [FDR] envisages a federation of industry, labor and government after the fashion of the corporative State as it exists in Italy.
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-- New York Times, May 7, 1933, Anne OHare McCormick

BOOKS:

"Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change", by Jonah Goldberg
http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/07679171...

"Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939", by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
http://www.amazon.com/Three-New-Deals-Reflections-Roosevelts/dp/0312427433/re...

"The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression", by Stéphane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Panné, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartosek, Jean-Louis Margolin, Stephane Courtois, Jean-Louis Panne, Dr. Mark Kramer (Editor), Jonathan Murphy (Translator)
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Book-Communism-Crimes-Repression/dp/0674076087

"Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies", by M. Stanton Evans
http://www.amazon.com/Blacklisted-History-Senator-McCarthy-Americas/dp/140008...

"Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism", by Ann Coulter
http://www.amazon.com/Treason-Liberal-Treachery-Cold-Terrorism/dp/1400050324/...

"Godless: The Church of Liberalism", by Ann Coulter
http://www.amazon.com/Godless-Church-Liberalism-Ann-Coulter/dp/1400054214/ref...

"The Venona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors", by Herbert Romerstein & Eric Breindel
http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Exposing-Espionage-Americas-Traitors/dp/0895262...

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[TylerNull]

@SeerSucker1981

"merger of corporations and the state" -- i.e., Fannie Fascism, which Liberals adore, foster, spread and ferociously defend,. from Fannie Mae to Freddie Mac to Community Reinvestment Act to Public-Private Partnerships to sponsoring labor price-fixing cartels.

"far right ..." ... SOCIALISM.

You L-word apologists keep reciting the adjectives but you oddly forget to mention the noun which they modify.

You're a sad joke against your grandparents.

[TylerNull]

@Suck

umm... if socialists hadn't manifested such genocidal nightmares under whatever prior name you invented for yourselves, then you wouldn't have to whine whenever civilized man references them long after we defeated its prior plague(s).

As for your other blather, yes, the various sects of socialists vascilate between aligning with, and warring against, each other, as do Sunni v. Shia Islam. So, what ?

Unhappy with $0.7B, but happy with $3.0B ?

Here's a name: you are a textbook imbecile.

[allaboutdatGDA]

yes, its a house divided, it is what you call a duplex..and those damn liberals are so damn loud at night that I can't get to sleep.

[THERepublic1971]

There is no use arguing against people on here. Jonah points out that the American "Left" and the "Right" both have elements of fascism. Its hard to find any political system that doesn't have some kind of similarities. Fascism had to develop from something, right? Jonah's point, and I agree completely, is that the Progressivists or the American "Left" are closer to actual fascism than the "Right." Their policies and means of influencing those policies and culture are very fascistic.

[LawrenceKennard]

Love the book, but am terribly saddened that you do not let my kindle read it for my low vision self.

[MikeWebbsDead]

He is exactly right liberalism is effeminate fascism

[TylerNull]

@kilox10001 You posted nothing but a statement of your own perfect stupor over my last reply, yet oddly you pretend you are prepared for more discourse.

Whether your bout of stupor is genuine or just a ruse to avoid my point, I suggest you rethink your political notions. Perhaps you can start by watching this video series.

[TylerNull]

@kilox10001

"linear progressive evolution" -- monotonic happy-sounding change? Regardless, yours is an odd term for the world's most genocidal and otherwise regressive politics.

The listing of words you strangely equate to "fascism" are applicable to anything remotely related to what's called "a civilization". It is also devoid of any distinctive trait of fascism, like a command economy. Mussolini, the Atheist LABOR LEADER, actually bragged about his.

Sue your teachers' LABOR UNION.

[TylerNull]

@kilox10001

Tell that to the self professed Liberal who coined the term, genius.

Beyond that, modern Liberals are as much an advocate of unlimited government as are any other type of fascist OR communist. All of which are opposites of classical liberalism.

The oxymoron is in equating right-wing socialism with Conservatism. They are polar opposites. That fact remains even after a half century of Liberals trying to erase the noun modified by the adjective "right-wing".

LEARN.

At least TRY.

[TylerNull]

@kilox10001

"Fascism is a far right ..." -- wing of SOCIALISM, as the author discusses at length. (And wrote a book about.)

Thereby demonstrating that Liberalism forbids its devotees from learning.

ANYTHING.

EVER.

[ProNorden]

@tylernull, @sowellfan333, @dagwoodb, @dafunkmonster, @seersucker1981, Any 'coercive socialism' is unethical. And it's almost always the Leftists who organize 'thug groups'('brown shirts/ UAF') to disrupt, dis-invite, shout-down, or push-around dissenting speakers, demonstrations, etc.

Ask Ward Connerly re his efforts to offer ballot referendum questions against anti-White/anti-male policies.

[TylerNull]

@SowellFan333

Unable to discriminate between government force and private citizens exercising their liberties over their own stuff, Liberals always brag about getting it perfectly back-ass-wards.

Whether calling themselves Liberals, or calling themselves "Sowell Fan", even their names are lies.

Thanks for helping me PROVE that.