"The Brownshirting of America" Where did these Conservatives come from

[MSgt213]

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

James Bovard, the great libertarian champion of our freedom and civil liberties, recently shared with readers his mail from Bush supporters (Lewrockwell.com, October 12). For starters here are some of the salutations: "communist bastard," "asshole," "a piece of trash, scum of the earth." It goes downhill from there.

Bush's supporters demand lock-step consensus that Bush is right. They regard truthful reports that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction and was not involved in the September 11 attack on the US--truths now firmly established by the Bush administration's own reports--as treasonous America-bashing.

As well, Bovard is interpreted as throwing cold water on the feel-good, macho, Muslim butt-kicking that Bush's invasion of Iraq has come to symbolize for his supporters. "People like you and Michael Moore," one irate reader wrote, "is (sic) what brings down our country."

I have received similar responses from conservatives, as, no doubt, have a number of other writers who object to a domestic police state at war with the world.

In language reeking with hatred, Heritage Foundtion TownHall readers impolitely informed me that opposing the invasion of Iraq is identical to opposing America, that Bush is the greatest American leader in history and everyone who disagrees with him should be shot before they cause America to lose another war. TownHall's readers were sufficiently frightening to convince the Heritage Foundation to stop posting my columns.

Bush's conservative supporters want no debate. They want no facts, no analysis. They want to denounce and to demonize the enemies that the Hannitys, Limbaughs, and Savages of talk radio assure them are everywhere at work destroying their great and noble country.

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts10152004.html

[newscaster]

1. I believe they have always been here.

With the internet and its anonymity, they can become more visible without anyone knowing who they are.

[bluestateguy]

2. I didn't know he had been fired by Townhall.com

Then again, I have not seen his writings on townhall in quite awhile come to think of it.

Maybe if Kerry gets in there he can teach the Right a lesson or two and use the Patriot Act to declare townhall.com a terrorist website.

[depakid]

3. Reagan babies

Simple as that.

[Demeter]

4. I think the Problem Started with Andrew Jackson

and the rise of the envangelicals. I would hate to think that democracy as we know and love it is an 18th century artifact, doomed to be supplanted by the facisim of a theocracy, but I always believed I was born in the wrong century, anyway.

[bpilgrim]

5. ah, a conservative i could live with ;->

the good'ole days, gone but not forgotton.

i hope there are enough of them out there to avert this looming disaster.

good read, thanks for sharing :toast:

peace