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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    LOL. I'm an uncle, not a communist. I'm still sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic. Not a threat, just fact.

    Claiming Hitler was right about Marxism proves my point and making your own look silly:

    Learn to read, Uncle Mao.

    You have no evidence that Hitler was to the right of anything other than Marxism.
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    Learn to read, Uncle Mao.

    You have no evidence that Hitler was to the right of anything other than Marxism.
    LOL. Thanks for running with those goalposts. More of a waddle, not a run, but still fun to watch you.

    As all the sane and intelligent people already know:
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nazi-Party
    ...The party’s socialist orientation was basically a demagogic gambit designed to attract support from the working class. By 1921 Hitler had ousted the party’s other leaders and taken over...

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Nazism
    Nazism, also spelled Naziism, in full National Socialism, German Nationalsozialismus, totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany. In its intense nationalism, mass appeal, and dictatorial rule, Nazism shared many elements with Italian fascism. However, Nazism was far more extreme both in its ideas and in its practice. In almost every respect it was an anti-intellectual and atheoretical movement, emphasizing the will of the charismatic dictator as the sole source of inspiration of a people and a nation, as well as a vision of annihilation of all enemies of the Aryan Volk as the one and only goal of Nazi policy.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism...tical_spectrum
    The majority of scholars identify Nazism in both theory and practice as a form of far-right politics.[24] Far-right themes in Nazism include the argument that superior people have a right to dominate other people and purge society of supposed inferior elements.[25] Adolf Hitler and other proponents denied that Nazism was either left-wing or right-wing: instead, they officially portrayed Nazism as a syncretic movement.[26][27] In Mein Kampf, Hitler directly attacked both left-wing and right-wing politics in Germany, saying:

    Today our left-wing politicians in particular are constantly insisting that their craven-hearted and obsequious foreign policy necessarily results from the disarmament of Germany, whereas the truth is that this is the policy of traitors ... But the politicians of the Right deserve exactly the same reproach. It was through their miserable cowardice that those ruffians of Jews who came into power in 1918 were able to rob the nation of its arms.[28]


    In a speech given in Munich on 12 April 1922, Hitler stated:

    There are only two possibilities in Germany; do not imagine that the people will forever go with the middle party, the party of compromises; one day it will turn to those who have most consistently foretold the coming ruin and have sought to dissociate themselves from it. And that party is either the Left: and then God help us! for it will lead us to complete destruction – to Bolshevism, or else it is a party of the Right which at the last, when the people is in utter despair, when it has lost all its spirit and has no longer any faith in anything, is determined for its part ruthlessly to seize the reins of power – that is the beginning of resistance of which I spoke a few minutes ago.[29]



    https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    LOL.The majority of scholars identify Nazism in both theory and practice as a form of far-right politics.[24] Far-right themes in Nazism include the argument that superior people have a right to dominate other people and purge society of supposed inferior elements.
    Socialist eugenics is leftwing. Socialism is based on a small group of "experts", ... aristocrats, the superior people, dictating to the peasantry.

    You have no evidence that Hitler was to the right of anything other than Marxism. Opinon is not evidence.
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suds Slinger View Post
    It didn't take THAT long, but the term has been hijacked by the usual reactionaries and status quoers who would prefer that America somehow find its way back to the 1950's and not have to come to terms with centuries of inequality and injustice.
    Come to terms? We had a civil war in which hundreds of thousands of Americans died. And in case you forgot, we elected a black president.

    It's a mock now - a slur. "Hey, ya little wokies, nyah, nyah, nyah."

    Like children.

    Are there some who overused the term, or made it a "better than thou" boast? Of course. But all it means is being aware. Acknowledging the issues that are right in front of our face.

    It's something we all should aspire toward. When people mock the term, all I really hear is that they'd prefer to remain in the dark.
    Wrapping themselves in the mantle of wokeness is just another way for liberals to virtue signal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigdog View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    LOL. Thanks for running with those goalposts. More of a waddle, not a run, but still fun to watch you.

    As all the sane and intelligent people already know:
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nazi-Party
    ...The party’s socialist orientation was basically a demagogic gambit designed to attract support from the working class. By 1921 Hitler had ousted the party’s other leaders and taken over...

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Nazism
    Nazism, also spelled Naziism, in full National Socialism, German Nationalsozialismus, totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of the Nazi Party in Germany. In its intense nationalism, mass appeal, and dictatorial rule, Nazism shared many elements with Italian fascism. However, Nazism was far more extreme both in its ideas and in its practice. In almost every respect it was an anti-intellectual and atheoretical movement, emphasizing the will of the charismatic dictator as the sole source of inspiration of a people and a nation, as well as a vision of annihilation of all enemies of the Aryan Volk as the one and only goal of Nazi policy.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism...tical_spectrum
    The majority of scholars identify Nazism in both theory and practice as a form of far-right politics.[24] Far-right themes in Nazism include the argument that superior people have a right to dominate other people and purge society of supposed inferior elements.[25] Adolf Hitler and other proponents denied that Nazism was either left-wing or right-wing: instead, they officially portrayed Nazism as a syncretic movement.[26][27] In Mein Kampf, Hitler directly attacked both left-wing and right-wing politics in Germany, saying:

    Today our left-wing politicians in particular are constantly insisting that their craven-hearted and obsequious foreign policy necessarily results from the disarmament of Germany, whereas the truth is that this is the policy of traitors ... But the politicians of the Right deserve exactly the same reproach. It was through their miserable cowardice that those ruffians of Jews who came into power in 1918 were able to rob the nation of its arms.[28]


    In a speech given in Munich on 12 April 1922, Hitler stated:

    There are only two possibilities in Germany; do not imagine that the people will forever go with the middle party, the party of compromises; one day it will turn to those who have most consistently foretold the coming ruin and have sought to dissociate themselves from it. And that party is either the Left: and then God help us! for it will lead us to complete destruction – to Bolshevism, or else it is a party of the Right which at the last, when the people is in utter despair, when it has lost all its spirit and has no longer any faith in anything, is determined for its part ruthlessly to seize the reins of power – that is the beginning of resistance of which I spoke a few minutes ago.[29]



    https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2
    Socialist eugenics is leftwing. Socialism is based on a small group of "experts", ... aristocrats, the superior people, dictating to the peasantry.

    You have no evidence that Hitler was to the right of anything other than Marxism. Opinon is not evidence.
    ROFLMAO Correct, your opinions are not evidence. Deny all you like but you can't make others stop from reading the links or figuring it out for themselves. The US is a free nation and not authoritarian assholes, Left or Right, should stop it from being one.

    People can also figure out that these assholes aren't Democrats, Socialists or Leftists.


    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    ROFLMAO Correct, your opinions are not evidence. Deny all you like but you can't make others stop from reading the links or figuring it out for themselves. The US is a free nation and not authoritarian assholes, Left or Right, should stop it from being one.
    You'd think it would be sooooo easy for you to come up with actual evidence, but you can't.
    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    ROFLMAO Correct, ]
    When Hitler referred to the right, it was to the socialist German monarchy that he fought for in WWI.

    You have no evidence. You just believed the lie all of your life ... because the experts told you so.

    You should really learn to look at facts and analyze them yourself, so you can do more than parrot others opinions.
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    "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
    — Joe Biden on Obama.

    Socialism is just the modern word for monarchy.

    D.C. has become a Guild System with an hierarchy and line of accession much like the Royal Court or priestly classes.

    Private citizens are perfectly able of doing a better job without "apprenticing".

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    Quote Originally Posted by dukkha View Post
    WTF are you talking about "frantic google search?"
    it's common parlance -not for old farts like us, but if DARLA was still here she'd be "woke" shaming me..lol

    I'm not giggling either -
    It's serious stuff when the language is hijacked and distorted so that "woke" is used in place of mesmerized
    adherence to a sick perspective that everyone had to adhere to, or be called out (or worse)
    ~~

    One time I called Susan Rice/Hillary Clinton and Susan Power the "harpies of death"
    for their combined role in the regime change/assassination of Qaddafi.

    DARLA wasn't upset that i called them (in effect) angels of death -she got triggered at using the word "harpy"
    IOW that word triggered her -not my description of their blood thirst
    You are doing your angry Buddhist act again.

    Let's be honest. Honesty has to be one of the noble eightfold path, no?

    The only people on this board using the Woke lexicon are rightwingers. And they are doing it with the mistaken perception it is a clever way to troll liberals.

    Same goes for social justice warriors, or whatever it is. For the longest time, I could not even figure out what the SJW acronym even meant when deplorables used it.

    No established lefty on this board uses that lexicon - and more importantly, they could not care less about it.

    And that is what makes these attempts at rightwing trolling particularly mediocre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    You are doing your angry Buddhist act again.

    Let's be honest. Honesty has to be one of the noble eightfold path, no?

    The only people on this board using the Woke lexicon are rightwingers. And they are doing it with the mistaken perception it is a clever way to troll liberals.

    Same goes for social justice warriors, or whatever it is. For the longest time, I could not even figure out what the SJW acronym even meant when deplorables used it.

    No established lefty on this board uses that lexicon - and more importantly, they could not care less about it.

    And that is what makes these attempts at rightwing trolling particularly mediocre.
    Like Trump only plays President on tv, Dukka only plays a Buddhist on the Internet.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    You are doing your angry Buddhist act again.

    Let's be honest. Honesty has to be one of the noble eightfold path, no?

    The only people on this board using the Woke lexicon are rightwingers. And they are doing it with the mistaken perception it is a clever way to troll liberals.

    Same goes for social justice warriors, or whatever it is. For the longest time, I could not even figure out what the SJW acronym even meant when deplorables used it.

    No established lefty on this board uses that lexicon - and more importantly, they could not care less about it.

    And that is what makes these attempts at rightwing trolling particularly mediocre.
    It makes them seem like pathetic losers in a club or cult.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Like Trump only plays President on tv, Dukka only plays a Buddhist on the Internet.
    I give him the benefit of the doubt that his interest in Buddhism is genuine. But his fealty to his Orange God seems to be more consistent than his practice of the noble eightfold path

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    Quote Originally Posted by bhaktajan View Post
    LOL. Like when Bill Clinton said it depends on what the definition of 'is' is.
    Pretty much yes!
    Keep changing the names. It doesn't change the meaning.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I give him the benefit of the doubt that his interest in Buddhism is genuine. But his fealty to his Orange God seems to be more consistent than his practice of the noble eightfold path
    Giving people the benefit of the doubt is a good thing....until they give you a reason to doubt them.


    Like a Christian, there's Buddhists in name only and then there are those walking the walk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Like Trump only plays President on tv, Dukka only plays a Buddhist on the Internet.
    HA HA.
    Like a dullard as yourself would have any clues about practicing Buddhism.
    You are the most uninformed poster I have ever seen -incapable of more then blandishments and 1/2 baked thought

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I give him the benefit of the doubt that his interest in Buddhism is genuine. But his fealty to his Orange God seems to be more consistent than his practice of the noble eightfold path
    You have no idea WTF you are yammering about.
    The most important aspect of Buddhism is the luminous mind. One is incapable of the Path without it

    Brahmanimantaṇika-sutta
    So too, bhikkhus, there are these five corruptions of the mind (cittassa), corrupted by which the mind is neither malleable nor wieldy nor radiant (pabhassaraṃ) but brittle and not rightly concentrated for the destruction of the taints.
    What five? Sensual desire ... ill will ... sloth and torpor ... restlessness and remorse ... doubt is a corruption of the mind, corrupted by which the mind is neither malleable nor wieldy nor radiant but brittle and not rightly concentrated for the destruction of the taints
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