The New McCarthyism

"saying McCarthy wasn’t insane, but RIGHT."

Hello,

Some day, in ten or twenty or even fifty years, it may come out that one of the people involved with the Community Center is a terrorist. It might surface that they diverted funds to a terrorist cell. Planned terrorist activity at the Community Center. Met contacts in the Prayer Room. Purchased explosives and stored them in a closet at the Community Center. Maybe even blow up a building.

And if that happens, many people will stand up and say, "See?! We were right! They used the Community Center for terrorism! They are a violent people! One of the people involved was a terrorist! We were correct to oppose the structure! We are vindicated!"

This same kind of thing can be seen when an inconvenient detail of the law lets an accused murderer off the hook. Then he goes and murders again. And people say, "See?!"

Frequently this will be followed with angry shouts to do away with X Procedure or Y Law or Z Protection. Because, "Look! He got off and he killed! On a technicality!"

That technicality usually has something to do with equal rights and protections to all persons under the law.

It's just inconceivable to people that even if someone later proves to be bad, it was still never okay to persecute them or violate them. Even if doing so would have been helpful, or prevented some tragedy, it's STILL not okay to persecute them or violate them.

The principle exists for a reason. Not because it's always right. But because the alternative is always wrong.

--Anthony

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Originally posted by Niki2:

Okay; nobody is “ignoring” anything, as has been accused; we are trying to bring some perspective to statements that Islam is a terrorist religion and/or that Christianity is lilly white. To say anyone is ignoring Muslim terrorism or feeling “warm and fuzzy” or saying there are no terrorist or any of that crap is just that: crap, and I cannot conceive of why anyone would say such a thing. Either it just sounds good, it’s actually what they believe (inconceivable!) or it’s how they want to portray the situation. By making such statements they completely and utterly discredit themselves and virtually any argument they make, so I find it hard to figure out why they make them. Oh, unless it's just to try and trigger othres. Whatever the reason, it’s ASSinine.

By the way, it was Communism McCarthy was “ferreting out”, not socialism. They're not quite the same thing, you kow.

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Okay, this gave me a funny. I know you meant "you know", but I hit it like a road hump, and read it as "They're not quite the same thing, you cow." :) Works either way.

Anyway, to the point at hand. NO, Rappy DOESN'T know the difference. To him, every "ism" is evil, except for "conservatism", "capitalism", and "patriotism". And he CAN. NOT. EVER. SEE. how those could be used for evil.

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Nonetheless, the idea that anyone would take anything that small, small politician who found a way to become BIG seriously is just as asinine, but everyone’s entitled to their opinion. That Raptor believes that insanity, has nothing to do with the facts about McCarthyism and the parallel we are facing today.

My gawd, Anthony, you almost got me with that article! I actually believed it for about two seconds—which shows you how low America has sunk!

Frem: good ‘un! But omigawd, Kane TOO??? None of these people seem to remember that Glenn Beck himself said he was a rodeo clown and anyone who took him literally was a fool. I couldn’t get more than a minute into the McCarthy video he posted...about the time I got to “the best thing that ever happened to the Communists was the red scare” and the realization that Kane was saying McCarthy wasn’t insane, but RIGHT.

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That's completely by design. There's a hardcore effort on the right to revise history and paint ol' Scary Joe as some kind of crusading hero.

AURaptor's Greatest Hits:

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 20:32 To AnthonyT:
Go fuck yourself.
On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you.

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 18:26 To President Obama:
Mr. President, you're a god damn, mother fucking liar.
Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.

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Originally posted by mincingbeast:
Wasn't offered as a funny, though if it amused you, I'm glad.

No, my intent was to call to mind this, where you were outed as a furry pervert:

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

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Curses! I'm outed !!

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http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=11&t=42502#768269

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Mince did you forget your admission? Half rat half banana...
...but...i am a furry. for serious. my fursona is named "Bananard.

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