Problem with Bernie is he is deep down a Marxist. I have antipathy towards Marx and Marxism, for one thing he is not a socialist, he was a proto libertarian,
but I have no truck with any ist or ism, be it secular or sectarian.
Ism's require unfettered devotion and loyalty, and are antithetical to critical thinking and individuality.
Problem with Bernie is he is deep down a Marxist. I have antipathy towards Marx and Marxism, for one thing he is not a socialist, he was a proto libertarian,
but I have no truck with any ist or ism, be it secular or sectarian.
Ism's require unfettered devotion and loyalty, and are antithetical to critical thinking and individuality.
From what I have seen, in the eyes of a Marxist, a Marxist government can do no wrong, regardless of how antihuman they are, and in my opinion Putin the beneficiary of the residual Marxism of many on the left In the 1950s and 1960s the Brits called them Tankies (a wikipedia article on Tankie), we have a 2024 version of Tankie, in the form of Tulsi Gabbard, Jill Stein, et al.
While IMO, Trump voters are in fact, deplorable, white Christian nationalists racist, Not all are.
There is significant portion of the black and Hispanic population that are Trump humpers, despite the overt raacism of the GOP, they shunt it aside, ignore it, because there is something that trumps (no pun) race, and that is male dominance. The cry is Male power, not black power.
As regards inclusion. The racist doesn't like being told he or she is racist, the bigot doesn't like being told that he or she is a bigot.
They make pretense that they are not, that is how they survive.
Bill Maher had a TV show Politically Incorrect, very popular because people, don't like having their speech and bigotry throttled. He is still at it, only now he can safely vent on the last remaining minority that has no constituency. the Trans and is enjoined by gays like Andrew Sullivan,who angrily defends his gains but would gladly squash transwomen, probably because much of homophobia is misogynistic in origin. and he is proud of being a gay man, not a wanna be woman. (Iran has formalized this opinion as it forces gay men, if caught, into sexual reassignment surgery, which is a step up from ISIS which throws them off
roofs.)
I well imagine that there is a lot of homosexual activity in Islamic countries, for the same reason as prison "marriages" Imagine a Saudi Porn magazine with men beating off to women in abaya's.
Bigotry and prejudice exists and you can't legislate it away, trying to just exacerbates the problem, and you can''t stifle speech either, you just piss off the people whose speech is stifled.
What you can do is disarm the speech, by making it everyday. In America cunt is a female specific slur, and feminists get outraged, in England men and women are called cunt,it is like calling someone an arse.
Queer was once an epithet hurled at gay men, lesbo or dyke hulred at lesbians.
The LGBT community has owned the word queer,and it is no longer a slur.and dykes proudly call themselves dykes (as opposed to lipstick lesbians). Dykes on Bikes, a feature of every gay pride parade.
Blacks use the word niggah addressing each other and even to whites, We are long past Jim Crow and how the word was used to keep blacks down. Blacks will use the term "my niggah" affectionately. if it were common parlance it would have no demeaning effect.
I see movies these days were women are called "dicks",don't be a dick", Maybe we should stop policing language. All it does is fan the flames and builds resentment.
Berkeley was the mother of the free speech movement, until Bill Maher started calling out Islam for what it is,misogynistic and homophobic,and making jokes about their women in bee keeper suits, then the hypocrisy showed up, and they cancelled Bills performance at Berkeley.
Free speech for me but not for thee.
Now on campus's Jew hatred is de jure and permissible, but "Islamophobia"never
There is no such ting as Islamophobia, just another case of social terrorism.
A phobia is an irrational fea. Disdain and dislike for Islam or any religion is not phobic. Especially the triumphalist, intolerant, misogynistic and homophobic religions.
Problem with Bernie is he is deep down a Marxist. I have antipathy towards Marx and Marxism, for one thing he is not a socialist, he was a proto libertarian,
but I have no truck with any ist or ism, be it secular or sectarian.
Ism's require unfettered devotion and loyalty, and are antithetical to critical thinking and individuality.
From what I have seen, in the eyes of a Marxist, a Marxist government can do no wrong, regardless of how antihuman they are, and in my opinion Putin the beneficiary of the residual Marxism of many on the left In the 1950s and 1960s the Brits called them Tankies (a wikipedia article on Tankie), we have a 2024 version of Tankie, in the form of Tulsi Gabbard, Jill Stein, et al.
While IMO, Trump voters are in fact, deplorable, white Christian nationalists racist, Not all are.
There is significant portion of the black and Hispanic population that are Trump humpers, despite the overt raacism of the GOP, they shunt it aside, ignore it, because there is something that trumps (no pun) race, and that is male dominance. The cry is Male power, not black power.
As regards inclusion. The racist doesn't like being told he or she is racist, the bigot doesn't like being told that he or she is a bigot.
They make pretense that they are not, that is how they survive.
Bill Maher had a TV show Politically Incorrect, very popular because people, don't like having their speech and bigotry throttled. He is still at it, only now he can safely vent on the last remaining minority that has no constituency. the Trans and is enjoined by gays like Andrew Sullivan,who angrily defends his gains but would gladly squash transwomen, probably because much of homophobia is misogynistic in origin. and he is proud of being a gay man, not a wanna be woman. (Iran has formalized this opinion as it forces gay men, if caught, into sexual reassignment surgery, which is a step up from ISIS which throws them off
roofs.)
I well imagine that there is a lot of homosexual activity in Islamic countries, for the same reason as prison "marriages" Imagine a Saudi Porn magazine with men beating off to women in abaya's.
Bigotry and prejudice exists and you can't legislate it away, trying to just exacerbates the problem, and you can''t stifle speech either, you just piss off the people whose speech is stifled.
What you can do is disarm the speech, by making it everyday. In America cunt is a female specific slur, and feminists get outraged, in England men and women are called cunt,it is like calling someone an arse.
Queer was once an epithet hurled at gay men, lesbo or dyke hulred at lesbians.
The LGBT community has owned the word queer,and it is no longer a slur.and dykes proudly call themselves dykes (as opposed to lipstick lesbians). Dykes on Bikes, a feature of every gay pride parade.
Blacks use the word niggah addressing each other and even to whites, We are long past Jim Crow and how the word was used to keep blacks down. Blacks will use the term "my niggah" affectionately. if it were common parlance it would have no demeaning effect.
I see movies these days were women are called "dicks",don't be a dick", Maybe we should stop policing language. All it does is fan the flames and builds resentment.
Berkeley was the mother of the free speech movement, until Bill Maher started calling out Islam for what it is,misogynistic and homophobic,and making jokes about their women in bee keeper suits, then the hypocrisy showed up, and they cancelled Bills performance at Berkeley.
Free speech for me but not for thee.
Now on campus's Jew hatred is de jure and permissible, but "Islamophobia"never
There is no such ting as Islamophobia, just another case of social terrorism.
A phobia is an irrational fea. Disdain and dislike for Islam or any religion is not phobic. Especially the triumphalist, intolerant, misogynistic and homophobic religions.