2016 Postmortem

forjusticethunders

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40. History doesn't repeat itself...but it rhymes.

Fri Jan 13, 2017, 05:54 PM

Jan 2017

With their purposeful enablement of right-wing populist extremism over center-left incrementalism, America’s latter-day revolutionaries are behaving like Weimar-era German communists, who, on Joseph Stalin’s orders, attacked Social Democrats as “social fascists” rather than battle Nazi brown-shirts. Clearing the way for an actual fascist to take power would “heighten the contradictions of capitalism,” a dialectical Leninist concept holding that conditions must deteriorate drastically in order to wake the proletariat from its slumber.

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HA Goodman is not a progressive or member of the left. Never has been. [View all] NCTraveler Jan 2017 OP

HA Goodman is a joke Gothmog Jan 2017 #1

I assume you are referring to H A Goodman, who is indeed an ass The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #2

Olbermann isn't the one claiming we are using Red Scare tactics. The author of that piece is. kcr Jan 2017 #3

I thought it was pretty clear I was talking about the author of the piece. nt. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #4

Actually, that wasn't clear at all. You might want to edit your headline n/t kcr Jan 2017 #6

I truly don't see how. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #7

Not everyone is a fan of Olbermann. Sorry for the misunderstanding. kcr Jan 2017 #8

Understood. I actually referenced multiple items in the Goodman article. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #10

Not, it's not ... not even close n/t SFnomad Jan 2017 #9

"He also claims we are using Red Scare tactics." NCTraveler Jan 2017 #11

No, it didn't "clear it up" SFnomad Jan 2017 #16

Didn't think I needed his name with the clear references. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #17

I was writing my reply before you put his name in the title SFnomad Jan 2017 #18

I don't know what ppl are going on about. You'd have to have serious reading comprehension problems dionysus Jan 2017 #34

Correct, HA Goodman is an right wing hack posing as a leftier than thou. Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2017 #5

We're seeing the reverse of the Trots into neocons in 2017. forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #12

Yup. nt Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2017 #14

Correct. boston bean Jan 2017 #33

"red scare tactics" .... JHan Jan 2017 #13

Exactly. Ace Rothstein Jan 2017 #27

He Owes An Apology To HRC Me. Jan 2017 #15

Neither is... otohara Jan 2017 #19

Thank you for this addition. nt. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #20

Fascism is as fascism does. BainsBane Jan 2017 #22

K&R as well! BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #24

this "everybody critical of Hillary is in league with Russia" stuff is batshit insane. nt m-lekktor Jan 2017 #25

au contraire otohara Jan 2017 #28

And where did you read in the OP the statement saying charlyvi Jan 2017 #30

Anyone who did not vote for Hillary helped elect the Siberian candidate Demsrule86 Jan 2017 #37

One of the best things i've read in a long time: JHan Jan 2017 #26

History doesn't repeat itself...but it rhymes. forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #40

Russian propagandist BainsBane Jan 2017 #21

K&R! BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #23

Sad that so many on DU fell for HAHA Goodman's war against Hillary Clinton as he pretended to be BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #29

You'd have to be pretty stupid to think that a Rand Paul endorser pnwmom Jan 2017 #31

I'd noticed! And they did so with the anger and aggression you'd expect a Republican to defend BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #32

Bernie was the weaker candidate which is why they wanted him. Demsrule86 Jan 2017 #38

The best part of HaHa Goodman... Adrahil Jan 2017 #35

That guy is strictly anti-Hillary! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #36

Goodman has been batshit insane fow awhile.... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #39