By definition, there has never been and never will be any possibility of right wing totalitarianism. By definition: totalitarianism = leftism; leftism = totalitarianism. For example, Communism, Nazism, and fascism are all leftist and are all totalitarians. Since modern American liberalism is closely related to Communism, Nazism, and fascism, it has strong totalitarian tendencies. In sharp contrast, the right is, by definition, anti-totalitarian.
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"By definition, there has never been and never will be any possibility of right wing totalitarianism."Was that the turnip truck that just passed? Did you just fall off?
"By definition: totalitarianism = leftism; leftism = totalitarianism. For example, Communism, Nazism, and fascism are all leftist and are all totalitarians."
No, that is an incorrect definition. You may do well to crack open a dictionary sometime.
For instance, Communism IS a "leftist" form of government, but it does npt have to be totalitarian. Nazism and other forms of Fascism are "right-wing." Fascism IS totalitarian.
"fascism (n)- a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism." Random House Unabridged 2006
"Since modern American liberalism is closely related to Communism, Nazism, and fascism, it has strong totalitarian tendencies."
None of that sentence is true.
"In sharp contrast, the right is, by definition, anti-totalitarian."
And, none of THAT sentence is true either.
You should learn what the word "definition" means. Also, investigate the phrase "by definition." You seem quite unclear on both of them.
Don't you just wish you can build a time machine so you can place fuck-wits like this guy in front of, say Hitler and some of his SS for example, and have him run his mouth about how much of a commie-leftist Hitler is to his face?
What?is fascism) is absolutely right wing. It's as far to the right as you can get, really.
To make your statement even more ridiculous, American liberalism can not possibly be related to both Communism and Fascism, since they are essentially polar opposites on the ideological spectrum.
And the right is not, by definition, anti-totalitarian. It can be anti-totalitarian, but our current administration sure as hell isn't.
Which is why organizations like the ACLU are "leftist." Oh, wait, the ACLU is really bad, isn't it? We can't have people defending the Constitution!
Somebody slept through high school history. Hitler HATED communism; he and the fascist Nazis DEFINE right wing totalitarianism.
Ah, classic Republican 'thinking'. The world is divided into two unequal groups.
"Left" and "right" don't adequately describe political views. Both can be totalitarian, both can be libertarian to varying degrees. In fact, of the libertarians I know, only a few would identify as right-wing if forced to pick one of the two ... and even they despise Bush.
The explainations here are all correct but they would all be rejected by Naturalized-Texan and his ilk because, well, just because. But what if we referenced the Bible?"In sharp contrast, the right is, by definition, anti-totalitarian."
What of all the monarchs who appear in the Bible who are marching the Jews off to slavery? Does Naturalized-Texan want to admit that monarchy is rightist and totalitarian?
An amusing little tidbit: in French, "naturaliser" can mean to stuff (in the taxidermic sense). I suggest we have NT stuffed and mounted, and then donated to a museum as a specimen of fundius idiotissimus .
Well... there is a point that can be drawn from that.
By definition, there has never been and never will be any possibility of right wing totalitarianism.
I get it! By redefining words to equate to each other, completely disregarding their definitions, or the theory behind them, I can make anything, and anyone look like shit!
Yep your gov'ment with gitmo and more breaches of the constitutional rights than I can think of is like, totally anti-totalitarian. He's living in disproof of his statements (assuming he's actually Texan - which would explain a lot).
And Hitler was a totally liberal hippie too. Just chillin' in his GASCHAMBERS.
"By definition, there has never been and never will be any possibility of right wing totalitarianism."
I guess you've never heard of the KKK, Aryan Nations, Skinheads, Tom Metzger's W.A.R. etc in the US, and the National Front & British National Party here in the UK. Thus, by definition Naturalized-Texan:
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never will be any possibility of right wing totalitarianism.
So when a redneck threatens me "Pray to GOD and repent! Or I will smack you very hard in the head!!!", then this redneck is a radical left-wing totalitarian?
If "rightism" is a mishmash hillibilly/libertarian fantasy where rugged individualists live in their own log cabin away from the rest of the world, then fascism is not righist.
If instead rightism is "let's use the government's power to safeguard privilege and corporate greed" then fascism qualifies.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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