Comments on: Alexis de Toqueville, man of the moment

By: Gaffe Prices

Gaffe Prices — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:30:54 +0000

Hey Will, could you explain again why Liberal Fascism is the better choice over Conservative Hypochrissy in that straw man way you doo sooo well?

I mean, after all, better to lose to the new national socialisms than to commit that most cardinal of sins- dread HYPOCRISY!!!

With hypocrisy defined by you as engaging in some moderate form of what the administration and congress are doing now; namely, engorging themselves on a spending and bribery binge that exceeds the budgets of all previous presidents combined. But hey, you’re there safe and secure, spotting hypocricy where it rears its ugly head, before the rest of us in denial to the max can see it.

You know, there’s a job for you in the new 0bamas administration, because 0bama said he wanted to cut that stuff right out…

But don’t get me wrong, I like, so totally agree with you on everything! So why don’t we all just stop bickering and complaining, and submit to our new gay and lesbian overlords?

Yeah, and guilt ourselves some more, and engage in all the other pieties of this new crackpot religion.

By: Steynian 333 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 333 « Free Canuckistan! — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:18:51 +0000

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By: Will

Will — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:46:09 +0000

Liberal romanticism is dumb as bricks, but the conservative politicians are hypocritical to the max. I think there’s too much knee-jerking going on, especially with a band-wagon the size of the Internet. Liberal Fascism sounds funny and has a lot of truth, but Conservative Fascism (or rather, Conservative Hypocrisy) has even more truth, the cliche being that fiscal Republicans don’t exist in office any more even though they all take turns barfing up the same story of fiscal responsibility. And Sharon, if you’re going to make a point, don’t just spit words on a screen, actually try and make your point make sense, because what you’re trying to say is some weird version of events that only make sense in your head (another major problem with us conservatives these days).

By: Duke of Sharon

Duke of Sharon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:43:11 +0000

Back when the PATRIOT Act was the liberal bogeyman de jour, we heard a lot of the old, “those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither.” Apparently, to today’s leaders, that only applies to a very thin segment of liberty and safety, why doesn’t it apply to economic liberty and safety as well?

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:14:23 +0000

I am currently reading Liberal Fascism for the third time. If liberals could back up their arguments against conservativism with as much damaging factual and historical proof as Goldberg uses against them in that book, we conservatives would have no choice but to pack it in and go home. However, truth is rarely on the liberal side, although that never seems to bother them. Give them an unproven ideal over a proven fact, and they will accept it every time. Unfortunately, the liberal disinterest in truth and the independent voters’ consistent cowering before the demands of relativists have combined to create a democratic tyrrany from which absolute truth will have a hard time recovering its place of reverence (if it ever had one). Therefore, I salute Roger Kimball and Jonah Goldberg for taking a stand. We need all the help we can get.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:12:52 +0000

That great book is “Liberal Fascism” by the learned and hilariously astute Jonah Goldberg. A must read for what is happening to us and to know that all that is happening now is by design. Proof of that? The chief of staff, “No crises should be wasted.” That just about says it all.

By: Mustang94

Mustang94 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:34:43 +0000

Somebody (I can’t recall whom) wrote a book touching on the history of this phenomenon and its associations with the political left. It’s the one with the red dust jacket with the smiley face on it. What was the name of that book again?