[FoRK] Right-wing propaganda equating fascism with the left

[Jeff Bone]

On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Jeff Bone wrote:

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> BTW, James, lest we forget:  criticizing the right-wing doesn't  
> make you left-wing.  The only person I see talking about things in  
> us-vs-them terms --- is in fact you.

Actually, this isn't quite true.  Obviously Goldberg's engaging in us- 
vs-them.  In doing so, he's defining both an "us" (in his case, the  
right-wingnut fringe, the sort of audience receptive to the  
stuttering "no, we're not the fascists, THEY are") and them (the  
dreaded "libruls" --- increasingly, anybody who sits anywhere left of  
the far right extreme on any issue, and / or anybody who criticizes  
in any way the right-wing extremists.)

I haven't seen any sort of response from any bona fide "liberals" in  
any case (and am unlikely to, given the right-wing control of the  
media) and I'm certainly not appropriately empowered to or intending  
to speak for "them."  I'm only one of "them" to the extent that I  
reject Goldberg's thesis on the face of it due to obvious, glaring  
historical inaccuracy.  I was merely remarking on how far the  
brainwashing of the right wing has come, that such assertions should  
be given any consideration at all.

$0.02,

"I am James' right testicle" ;-)

jb