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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:27 AM Original message |
John Dean op/ed: TRIUMPH OF THE AUTHORITARIANS - fascist psychology |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's great to finally see someone in the politcal arena stand up... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's the Patriarchal Hierarchy, Stupid |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. I put this book on hold at the libe after watching Dean on Olbermann |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Yes, I've got it on hold in my local library system too. n/t |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Lucky you guys - my library refused to buy it and said I would have |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. how awful for your LIBRARY, of all places, to be like this |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
62. First try a letter to the editor, perhaps |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I have wondered about this |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. It seems to be a human failing: Adolf Hitler's voter support was about |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. You're right - We must find a way to reach these people |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I hope you will post your own review here when you've finished reading it |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Well, I will certainly let you know what I think about it one way or the |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Sorry for the unclear language, I didn't intend for you to post it HERE |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Sorry, that was dumb of me to interpret it like that |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. No, no apologies, please. After I posted that message I realized |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. This should be required reading for anyone wishing to dump the clowns... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. today's so-called 'conservatives' are: |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. I imagine this psychology worked well for our hunter-gatherer ancestors |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Compassion |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. An authoritarian.. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Right and I wouldn't expect it to reach those "in the thrall" of bullies |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Exactly. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Compassion is strength, not "niceynicey" and only "works" if you do |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. You mention Niemoller's poem - it's been rewritten by US Authoritarians |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Do you have a non-bastardized version of Niemoller's poem? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. The first version in my post is the accurate one. Sorry my post |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. A true Christian |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. The authoritarians would never list women as being a persecuted |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Bastard version posted here today! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Just what I was thinking. At some point blindly following a leader was an |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. No your hunter gatherer ancestors were more equal and free. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. GREAT OP Thanks for all the info/links. Well done. K&R |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. We must keep repeating: the Bush Administration is NOT CONSERVATIVE |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. This might help |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. If we cannot find a way to heal them |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Well put UGP and about that "charisma" thing............... |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. A mask of Sanity |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Everybody knows |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. They love it when we treat them with compassion |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. I read the article last night. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. And what do you do when thugs threaten your life |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I personally have been more vocal about getting rid of them |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Just like why a battered woman won't |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. At the very least, expose them |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Eric Hoffer's The True Believer |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Thanks for the tip |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. You're Welcome. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. So Hoffer's "true believers" are the sheep depended on by Dean's |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. All I can say is I hope so........ |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. from the planet psychopath... |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Laughter...they hate being laughed at...it's like sunlight to Dracula... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. Here's a related article on authoritarian, Christocentric mindset |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. What a great video!! |
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Pierre Trudeau (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. the article's credibility is undermined by this... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Ronald "You've seen one redwood tree you've seen 'em all" Reagan |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Or the Reagan who picked Secretary of the Interior James Watt, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. or the Reagan whose Big Lies and 1984 techniques lead right to Bushco |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yes, first the elder now the junior. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. ..and we knew if the mass didn't awaken from the delusion, we would end up |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. I don't think that undermines the credibility of the social research |
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Pierre Trudeau (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. sure, the thesis is valid, but the examples are poor |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-15-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. I just picked up his book this week at Costco. It is fascinating |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
56. John Dean was also interviewed about his new book by Jon Stewart. LINK: |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
58. Dean writes: "I hope that social scientists will begin to write about this |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
61. "PSEUDO-conservatives", please. Don't let them choose the language. |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. I now call my mother a "23 percenter" to her face every chance I |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
66. kicking |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. An authoritarian is a totalitarian that hasn't been tested yet. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
68. Great book by the way, |
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