Nazis and the left wing

William L. Shirer in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich claimed that Hitler did not take the label "socialist" too seriously. All that aside:

Tom Trinko  "The normal political spectrum used by liberals and the MSM runs from Nazis on the right to communists on the left.

"That is, it runs from a Jewish-hating totalitarian socialist philosophy on the right to a Jewish-hating totalitarian socialist philosophy on the left.

"Clearly, that's insane, since the extremes are identical.  But it serves the purposes of liberals because it disguises the fascist nature of liberal positions.  It also allows liberals to hang the shame of Nazism over conservatives, who all oppose the big-government philosophy of Nazism as well as Nazis' hatred of Jews.

"A more rational way to describe governmental concepts would be a spectrum that runs from no government to total government or from complete freedom to complete servitude.

"Interestingly, both of those metrics produce the same extremes.

"Anarchy would be the far right providing complete freedom: you can kill and rape to your heart's content, with a complete lack of government.  It is anarchy, after all.

"Libertarianism would be the moderate right, since libertarians have some government and do oppose murder and rape.

"In the center would be representative republics, as described in the U.S. Constitution, where people's rights don't come from the government but where the government has authority over areas of common interest such as trade, human rights, and foreign policy.

"To the left would be liberals' view for America, where the government is still elected, but real power resides in judges and the unelected bureaucrats, and rights come from the ruling class and can be changed depending on what they think.

"White nationalists would be on the moderate left, since they want a powerful central government to punish all non-whites.  Their government would also be left-wing because it would have the power to prevent non-racists from freely associating with the people the white nationalists hate.

"Communism and Nazism would be at the far left, providing no freedom.  You do what the party says or else, and the government controls every aspect of life.

"In this more rational political spectrum, it's clear that liberals are the ones who need to apologize for white nationalists and Nazis, not conservatives."

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Gettysburg Park Officials: Confederate Monuments Here To Stay

Weasel Zippers

"Thankfully, at least Gettysburg and the National Park Service has sense and understands the importance of history.

HANOVER, Pa. — Despite national discourse on the appropriateness of Confederate monuments, the ones in Gettysburg are not going anywhere, according to park officials.

The movement to take down monuments honoring figures from the Confederacy came to a boil on Saturday when three people died in Charlottesville, Va., during a white supremacist rally to protest plans to remove a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

A man plowed into a crowd of counter-protesters with his car, killing a woman and injuring 19 other people. Two state troopers died when their helicopter crashed as they were monitoring events.

Debates like the one in Charlottesville are not expected to come to the Gettysburg battlefield.

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About deleting history

If we remove hateful symbols, we become historical revisionists like Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, China during its Cultural Revolution, and the Islamic State.  We become destined to repeat the sins of the past, because we deprived ourselves of the ability to remember them.  Steve Postal*

A Story About Deleting History  "My guess is that most of the people bringing down monuments are caught up in a rage and have not thought through just exactly what they are doing.   

"After all, why would anyone bring down a statue that honors the Confederate soldier as just happened in Durham, North Carolina?   

"We can disagree about the war, but can't we honor the men who were drafted or volunteered to fight?  Isn't that what The Vietnam Memorial is about?     

"Speaking of deleting history, Cubans have a lot of experience on the topic. The entire story of Castro's Cuba has been one chapter after another about the elimination of names, photos, or even monuments.     

"Let me tell you the story of Carlos Franqui, who passed away in 2010:

. . . 

"Franqui could not take it anymore. He eventually parted ways when Fidel Castro was forced to support the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia to maintain his annual subsidy. So Franqui managed to get out and spent the rest of his life as an enemy of the regime.

"And then Franqui was deleted from Cuban history and photos. His image was erased in various photos with Castro, as we can see in this example. First, there is Franqui in the back and then there is no Franqui in the photo.

"His role in the "revolution" was deleted and there was no more Carlos Franqui as far as the regime was concerned.  

"And that's what happens when you delete history. You deny future generations the whole story."Silvio Canto, Jr.

*Those who try to erase history  . . . "In August 2015, ISIS destroyed the Temple of Baalshamin (Ba’al, for short) in Palmyra, Syria.  From ISIS’ perspective, the Temple was a pagan symbol of hate and an affront to Islam.  The Temple dates back over 2,000 years, dedicated to the Canaanite god Ba’al.

"If anything, it would have been more fitting if the Jews, not ISIS, decided the Temple of Ba’al’s fate.  Well before the advent of Islam, Canaanites were archenemies of the Hebrews.  But if the Temple of Ba’al still stood today, the Jews would likely have favored its preservation, much like they painstakingly excavate Canaanite artifacts and structures across Israel (see here here here andhere for some examples).  The Temple of Ba’al was a priceless and unique window into the past, a glimpse into the early influences on Western civilization.  Now the world can’t see it.  ISIS took that possibility away from us." . . .

Something rotten in Charlottesville

Cartoons from The Daily Gouge:

Democrats renew calls for Trump impeachment after his Charlottesville response   "Clueless dems should look up how impeachment works."; Lucianne.

Something stinks about Charlottesville   "Evidence is turning up from, of all places, the Southern Poverty Law Center, as well as Breitbart and others, that this character, Jason Kessler, who organized the suspicious and supposed Alt-Right demonstration in Charlottesville, Va. that blew up in everyone's face, is a cunning lefty holdover from the Occupy Wall Street movement and a former Barack Obama supporter.  I smell Soros money, sabotage, and Democrat dirty tricks here." . . . Russ Vaughn