What's In A Name?
It has got to be the favorite word of the Left bandied around, but most likely very few know exactly what it means. Fascism is a word I've commented on before as being bandied about too "liberally", no pun intended, by the Left just about anytime a conservative policy is discussed or anything regarding our current president, hardly a hard-line conservative himself, is mentioned.
I saw this latest quote, though, and figured it worth at least a small mention on my humble forum. The comment is courtesy of Maya Jones, one of the myriad "volunteers" of the anti-war group "Not in Our Name".
"We're here today because abortion is a right, not a choice. As we come up against this Christian fascism that is condoned by our government, it is more important than ever for people to come into the streets and take a stand."
First, I'll step in it regarding this little social quagmire. Roe v. Wade was exceptionally bad case law, if not some of the worst, right there along with Plessy v. Ferguson. Rights are not established by the Court. They are either natural, agreed upon by society, and enshrined in our various federal and state constitutions as inalienable or they are civil and statutorily mandated by a legislative body. The Supreme Court, nowhere, even in their favorite case Marbury vs. Madison, is endowed with the power to create law or to interpret an emanation of a penumbra. We've discussed this before, though and may again. Do I know the answer to the question of abortion? I don't even begin to presume to think I do. Morally, I certainly know how I feel about it, but I can't say with any certainty how I would legally feel on it. I do think it's the right of the States, who have such power under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, to decide the legality of such a question, though. Why do I think that versus the Supreme Court deciding? Let's briefly explore that.
Which, even among Leftists, would they rather decide this issue? Someone they had democratically elected or someone appointed and unaccountable to the electorate? My money's always on the legislative, or what do we have them for? If after Alito, say, two of the liberal Justices retire or pass and they are replaced with conservative justices who overturn Roe, then would the Left rather the legislatures handle it? Democratically elected legislators will always win in my eyes over a detached geriatric oligarchy, especially in such a sensitive issue. What Roe did was take the legislative power out of our hands and put it into those nine few pairs of hands. Was that just?
Ok, so I took a bit of a long stroll off the path. Let's backtrack over the lady's comment again...
"We're here today because abortion is a right, not a choice. As we come up against this Christian fascism that is condoned by our government, it is more important than ever for people to come into the streets and take a stand."
Well, we've pretty well shot the whole "abortion is a right" thing in the foot since the Supreme Court doesn't make rights or even find them hiding under rocks, not legitimately anyway. Christian Fascism, though, is an interesting compilation of words. Let's look at some basic definitions. First, the adjective Christian had two definitions I thought were rather appropriate.
1. Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus's teachings.
2. Manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike.
And now a general definition of fascism.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
Well, your typical anarcho-atheist who never kissed a girl and lives in a basement might view those as an accurately matched adjective and noun. I can certainly see where people like Ms. Jones might even believe that our current administration fits at least the fascism portion of the label. However, perhaps she should more carefully view the roots of the word from the Italian and German National Socialist movements. Neither of them was very Christian, Christlike, nor manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus. To attach the Christian label shows a certain ignorance or willful ignoring of history, a definite trademark of the Left.
And what, please, are people coming into the streets going to do? Petition their legislatures? Isn’t that a bit ironic? I would argue that authority is hardly centralized under a single dictator. Authority is certainly centralized under our monolithic federal government, so perhaps that qualifies. Its power has been used to force the Roe decision among a myriad of other liberal "innovations" on the rest of the nation in a, dare I say, fascist manner. Ms. Jones now weeps that the weapon the Left has so long wielded might be turned against them. Suffer the little liberals…
Stringent socioeconomic control and centralization of authority are all the rage among the Left, as long as that authority is wielded “In Their Name”. Racism in the form of Affirmative Action and Margaret Sanger's history with Planned Parenthood as well as suppression of anyone with an opposing viewpoint through public ridicule and even violent threats could also convincingly be demonstrated as the purview of the Left these days.
One more definition is of note, conservatism.
A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order.
Isn’t that interesting? Could we entertain the amusing notion that, by this definition, Ms. Jones is advocating a perverse form of Leftist “conservatism”? The irony of that practically drips from my keyboard. Perhaps she and her ilk should revisit their current stand on the divisive issue of abortion, on several such issues, and examine which side of this argument, which side of fascism, they, themselves are on.
It has got to be the favorite word of the Left bandied around, but most likely very few know exactly what it means. Fascism is a word I've commented on before as being bandied about too "liberally", no pun intended, by the Left just about anytime a conservative policy is discussed or anything regarding our current president, hardly a hard-line conservative himself, is mentioned.
I saw this latest quote, though, and figured it worth at least a small mention on my humble forum. The comment is courtesy of Maya Jones, one of the myriad "volunteers" of the anti-war group "Not in Our Name".
"We're here today because abortion is a right, not a choice. As we come up against this Christian fascism that is condoned by our government, it is more important than ever for people to come into the streets and take a stand."
First, I'll step in it regarding this little social quagmire. Roe v. Wade was exceptionally bad case law, if not some of the worst, right there along with Plessy v. Ferguson. Rights are not established by the Court. They are either natural, agreed upon by society, and enshrined in our various federal and state constitutions as inalienable or they are civil and statutorily mandated by a legislative body. The Supreme Court, nowhere, even in their favorite case Marbury vs. Madison, is endowed with the power to create law or to interpret an emanation of a penumbra. We've discussed this before, though and may again. Do I know the answer to the question of abortion? I don't even begin to presume to think I do. Morally, I certainly know how I feel about it, but I can't say with any certainty how I would legally feel on it. I do think it's the right of the States, who have such power under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, to decide the legality of such a question, though. Why do I think that versus the Supreme Court deciding? Let's briefly explore that.
Which, even among Leftists, would they rather decide this issue? Someone they had democratically elected or someone appointed and unaccountable to the electorate? My money's always on the legislative, or what do we have them for? If after Alito, say, two of the liberal Justices retire or pass and they are replaced with conservative justices who overturn Roe, then would the Left rather the legislatures handle it? Democratically elected legislators will always win in my eyes over a detached geriatric oligarchy, especially in such a sensitive issue. What Roe did was take the legislative power out of our hands and put it into those nine few pairs of hands. Was that just?
Ok, so I took a bit of a long stroll off the path. Let's backtrack over the lady's comment again...
"We're here today because abortion is a right, not a choice. As we come up against this Christian fascism that is condoned by our government, it is more important than ever for people to come into the streets and take a stand."
Well, we've pretty well shot the whole "abortion is a right" thing in the foot since the Supreme Court doesn't make rights or even find them hiding under rocks, not legitimately anyway. Christian Fascism, though, is an interesting compilation of words. Let's look at some basic definitions. First, the adjective Christian had two definitions I thought were rather appropriate.
1. Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus's teachings.
2. Manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike.
And now a general definition of fascism.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
Well, your typical anarcho-atheist who never kissed a girl and lives in a basement might view those as an accurately matched adjective and noun. I can certainly see where people like Ms. Jones might even believe that our current administration fits at least the fascism portion of the label. However, perhaps she should more carefully view the roots of the word from the Italian and German National Socialist movements. Neither of them was very Christian, Christlike, nor manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus. To attach the Christian label shows a certain ignorance or willful ignoring of history, a definite trademark of the Left.
And what, please, are people coming into the streets going to do? Petition their legislatures? Isn’t that a bit ironic? I would argue that authority is hardly centralized under a single dictator. Authority is certainly centralized under our monolithic federal government, so perhaps that qualifies. Its power has been used to force the Roe decision among a myriad of other liberal "innovations" on the rest of the nation in a, dare I say, fascist manner. Ms. Jones now weeps that the weapon the Left has so long wielded might be turned against them. Suffer the little liberals…
Stringent socioeconomic control and centralization of authority are all the rage among the Left, as long as that authority is wielded “In Their Name”. Racism in the form of Affirmative Action and Margaret Sanger's history with Planned Parenthood as well as suppression of anyone with an opposing viewpoint through public ridicule and even violent threats could also convincingly be demonstrated as the purview of the Left these days.
One more definition is of note, conservatism.
A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order.
Isn’t that interesting? Could we entertain the amusing notion that, by this definition, Ms. Jones is advocating a perverse form of Leftist “conservatism”? The irony of that practically drips from my keyboard. Perhaps she and her ilk should revisit their current stand on the divisive issue of abortion, on several such issues, and examine which side of this argument, which side of fascism, they, themselves are on.
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