Social Justice: What the Khmer Rouge and Bernie Sanders share

[Blondepudding]

Hypothetically speaking should one also be embarrassed for thinking that Sanders parallels a genocidal regime?

Wow. Do you vote?

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Who would have thought the GOP is scared of a nice, old Jewish white man.

You can tell they realize the threat he poses when you see there are no comparable hit pieces against Martin O'Malley.

 

[MerlinJ]

If the issue was important the two women in question would have sought a permit to speak at their own rally rather than threaten and intimidate a Democratic presidential candidate to step from his own dais and let them speak.

They spoke out of turn? How awfully uncouth! I place the lives of black people above the sensibilities of white people. Call me crazy. Sanders has incorporated criminal justice reform into his platform as result, and now works with BLM, by the way.

And yet you differentiate the hate speech of BLM from that of Donald Trump.

What in the world are you talking about? Where's the hate speech in BLM's message?

I'd suggest you learn what Fascist politics embodies before embarrassing yourself further thinking Trump is the example of that. His background , his work ethic, the party he's running for, and his business model refute Fascism in its entirety. While the man you praise, Sanders, is a Socialist. Maybe learn what Socialism entails as a political model after you learn what Fascism is.

I said borderline fascist, meaning there are aspects to his rhetoric which resemble that authoritarian mode of government. The mass deportation and stigmatization of minorities in particular. I'm not at all embarrassed of my use of the term or that Sanders is a social democrat. I'm Canadian. We don't fear the sorts of things Bernie talks about because we've already adopted many of them. Tommy Douglas was a social democrat and he created what is now our healthcare system.

 

[pakicetus]

I said borderline fascist, meaning there are aspects to his rhetoric which resemble that authoritarian mode of government. The mass deportation and stigmatization of minorities in particular..

I think "authoritarian" is a perfect word for Trump. Trump has obvious similarities to fascists, but I think calling him a fascist clearly goes too far. It's a word normally used to describe people like Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini.

 

[MerlinJ]

I think "authoritarian" is a perfect word for Trump. Trump has obvious similarities to fascists, but I think calling him a fascist clearly goes too far--it's a word normally used to describe people like Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini.

Again, I did say borderline, and it wasn't meant only as an insult. The stuff he says is dangerous, whether or not he believes it. He's creating mainstream acceptance for those views. If you go to Stormfront you'll see that, while they don't agree with him on much (especially Israel), the white supremacists are hoping Trump will create wider acceptance of their racist and anti-immigrant beliefs. They're super pumped about the wall and banning Muslims.

 

[Redac]

Who would have thought the GOP is scared of a nice, old Jewish white man.

You can tell they realize the threat he poses when you see there are no comparable hit pieces against Martin O'Malley.

I dunno, I wouldn't be that scared of him yet if I were a Republican. It doesn't look like he can even get past Hillary.

 

[Blondepudding]

I dunno, I wouldn't be that scared of him yet if I were a Republican. It doesn't look like he can even get past Hillary.

Even if that is true , there apparently is something about him that causes a Khmer Rouge comparison to now attach itself to a man that would be hard pressed to live to finish his first term were he elected as the oldest president in our history.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

Next year, we may start seeing fisticuffs on the floor of Congress, just like some of those YouTube videos from third-world countries.

If BLM storms the floor of Congress, I would hope so.

 

[TheBear]

Oy. Another SJW thread.

 

[A2SG]

Next year, we may start seeing fisticuffs on the floor of Congress, just like some of those YouTube videos from third-world countries.

Actually, it wouldn't be the first time at all.

http://history.house.gov/Historical...history-of-the-U-S--House-of-Representatives/

And it hasn't been limited to the House:

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm

More:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_violence#United_States

-- A2SG, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose....

 

[A2SG]

And he will boast about it, "Look, I am a guy that gets things done. I don't wait to a bunch of losers and liars for permission."

And the GOP will praise him for it up one side and down the other.

-- A2SG, and criticize Obama for not having done it enough.....

 

[Armoured]

Until these trials began, the Khmer Rouge were heroes to the Sanders left. They fiercely defended the Khmer Rouge no matter what the reports of their atrocities, because of their commitment to “social justice.”

Call me crazy, but I suspect a degree of partisan inspired revisionism here. I've never heard anyone, ever, right or left, say anything good about the Khmer Rouge. I am willing to accept that people older than me and in different places have had a different experience, but I'd want to see some supporting evidence.

 

[Archaeopteryx]

The difference between the Khmer Rouge and guys like Sanders is what they have the political leverage to inflict.

LOL.

 

[The Cadet]

And yet you differentiate the hate speech of BLM

Wat

 

[ChristsSoldier115]

Who would have thought the GOP is scared of a nice, old Jewish white man.

You can tell they realize the threat he poses when you see there are no comparable hit pieces against Martin O'Malley.

Maybe they're anti-semitic? lol Oh yeah. I tossed the anti-semitic card into the argument.

 

[Ajax 777]

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[super animator]

Oy. Another SJW thread.

LOL, I see you KarateCowboy liking this post, and I'm quite certain that he's referring to YOUR OPENING THREAD TITLE.