Extreme Rightist Violence Upsurge

[SlowwHand]

That's like saying The Greatest Pig Farmer.




I just wanted to say say something trollish. You know how it is.

[Ben Kenobi]

Just like the conservatives did, because when they chips are down conservatives back the fascists.

Why would I back Franco over the rightful King of Spain?

My choice of Franco over the Communists is neither.

Naziism and fascism aren't socialism or liberalism. They're right-wing ideologies badly wounded and dangerous.

How is Franco the same as a Carlist? The Carlists and Franco had very different goals from each other. The Carlists were horrified when Franco took all power to himself.

[Ben Kenobi]

Here's the great irony, Ben. Had "Spanish Ben" found a soldier from the Trotskyite POUM in his garden, helpless with a bad throat injury, I'm sure he'd have turned him in to the jackboots like a good little Carlist.

You've got me pegged all wrong I'm afraid. If I found a soldier in my garden, I'd probably invite him for tea, depending on my mood. Commie bastard or no commie bastard.

And that would have been the end of George Orwell, the greatest and most effective critic of totalitarianism. Bar a little quibbling over taxation policy, Ben, you've got an awful lot of fascist in you.

Considering my critiques of Canada as a totalitarian government, I hardly see how I could be considered a supporter of the Fascists.

Franco restoring the monarchy? Fine. I'm with Franco. Franco arrogating all power to himself, you'd better believe I'd let myself be shot before I turned anyone into Franco.

Now, reverse the situation, Franco Carlist support and a Commie government. Would you turn in the Carlist?

[fed1943]

I can tell fascism is a bad regime, not because I linked
to some google entry, but because I lived several
years under it.
Best regards,

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Why would I back Franco over the rightful King of Spain?

Why would you back the king over the rightful Prime Minister of Spain, Manuel Azaña?

[KrazyHorse]

Why do you expect Ben to actually have any knowledge of history? He claims to have studied general relativity as well, yet he doesn't even understand the coordinate singularity that occurs at the event horizon of a black hole.

[SlowwHand]

[KrazyHorse]

Insightful as always, slowwie

[SlowwHand]

You mean like taking a discussion of rightist violence and turning it into "the coordinate singularity that occurs at the event horizon of a black hole"? Certainly.

[KrazyHorse]

I shouldn't blame you for not being able to follow the transition; you couldn't even follow why Oerdin's quip about the free movement of people, capital and goods was relevant to a discussion about the immigration of Mexican aircraft mechanics.

[KrazyHorse]

SlowwHand: poly's own Special Olympian

[BeBMan]

Ben....doesn't really believe all the stuff he's babbling....or does he?

[Ben Kenobi]

Why would you back the king over the rightful Prime Minister of Spain, Manuel Azaña?

Rightful?

By what rights? Revolution? I would not have supported the proclamation of a Spanish Republic. I would have supported a continued monarchy.

[Ben Kenobi]

Why do you expect Ben to actually have any knowledge of history?

He claims to have studied general relativity as well, yet he doesn't even understand the coordinate singularity that occurs at the event horizon of a black hole.

You know damn well the question was something quite different. It was about the formation of a singularity.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ben....doesn't really believe all the stuff he's babbling....or does he?

I like the Queen. I've never been a republican.