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14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism (http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm) blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #1
13 out of 14 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #4
It's already happening... haikugal Feb 2015 #10
How about the fundamentalist control of the Air Force Academy? Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #66
Only Idiots And Fools billhicks76 Feb 2015 #67
Those "free speech zones" were only a hint of what was to come. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #129
Hillary's Prayer and The Fellowship Octafish Feb 2015 #103
They are working on that last one, day and night. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #128
It is 14 out of 14, the first step is to define realized what religion is being intertwined happyslug Feb 2015 #160
Good job... you just described every year in our lifetimes... bobclark86 Feb 2015 #65
But to this degree and such highly sophisticated organization against democracy for ALL? lexington filly Feb 2015 #79
Might not have the tech, but "nihil novi sub sole." bobclark86 Feb 2015 #82
I'm in complete agreement. SamKnause Feb 2015 #2
At some point, the pendulum will begin to swing away from this practice toward equality for all. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #3
Me too, pretty much 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #6
I consider it the most sane of woowoo notion that at some point a critical mass of sanity triggers Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #13
That too. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #15
Mine has been a slow awakening. LOL! Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #25
i hope that eventually a switch will be thrown in the unconscious mind of everyone. TimeToEvolve Feb 2015 #60
To further the notion, we are living in Interesting Times because Hestia Feb 2015 #137
Ever read THE PIT & THE PENDULUM? Yes, the pendulum swings, for us. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #7
Yes and I have been in the blackness of eternal night, and I made it through. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #24
The phrase actually comes from Hermeticism - A swing to the right is a swing to the left Hestia Feb 2015 #138
Interesting, but the pendulum I referred to is meant to cut victims in half HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #162
Oh, yuck...;) Hestia Feb 2015 #166
Same thoughts here, Dont. Though I have read of many Jews in Germany who japple Feb 2015 #69
The Pendulum Only Moves in One Direction AndyTiedye Feb 2015 #97
I said that during the Reagan administration . . . . . . annabanana Feb 2015 #143
but when it swings back, it won't be pretty. Javaman Feb 2015 #149
The big picture ..... Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #5
Thank you. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #8
Well said and I completely agree... haikugal Feb 2015 #9
Nothing has been criminalized that has not gone through the legislature treestar Feb 2015 #11
Yes. On that we agree. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #16
Here's Naomi Wolf's prescient views from 2007: Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #12
I remember that - Naomi nails it. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #22
Yup! When I saw the beatdown of Occupy and the neo-military response to Furgoson OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2015 #14
Dissent = Terrorism 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #17
... OilemFirchen Feb 2015 #36
Well that's certainly cheery! WillowTree Feb 2015 #18
LOL 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #19
Thank YOU so much, for understanding my intent. WillowTree Feb 2015 #23
Brightened my day! We still got Obama, the White House, all the good States, and all the good ideas. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #30
A REAL Democrat tried to warn us in 1976. Octafish Feb 2015 #20
I remember the Church Committee's good work 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #27
Daniel Schorr was fired by CBS over the Richard Welch case too .. MinM Feb 2015 #73
Octafish, the second-to-last link navarth Feb 2015 #74
From DU2: The people who tried to overthrow FDR in 1933 had kids. Octafish Feb 2015 #77
great thread. thanks. navarth Feb 2015 #87
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #131
Kick and Rec for TRUTH. nt hifiguy Feb 2015 #21
oh pleeeez...you insult people being persecuted around the world by using this term for the USA. uhnope Feb 2015 #26
The USA is catching up at light-speed, to N. Korea and China. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #29
you're really in tinfoil hat department there uhnope Feb 2015 #31
Nice try 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #37
words have meaning. You undermine the fight for human rights when you uhnope Feb 2015 #41
I don't know about your "fight for human rights" 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #47
read post #46. Your view is one-sided and a bit silly. uhnope Feb 2015 #50
Please see post #53 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #57
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #132
You should zip it and think about it... StoneCarver Feb 2015 #102
When younger, I would NEVER have believed the USA could EVER sink to 46th in press freedom Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #54
+10000 And..The United States has the largest prison population in the world, woo me with science Feb 2015 #100
"Almost 12 million people cycle through local jails each year" damnedifIknow Feb 2015 #140
PLUS ONE, a whole bunch! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #133
an interesting we don't have it as bad approach... Kalidurga Feb 2015 #32
Did you participate in Occupy Wall Street or visit any of their sites? JDPriestly Feb 2015 #62
I agree with and know about everything in your excellent post uhnope Feb 2015 #70
I think we are on the edge but we can pull back from it. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #107
The Countries You Mentioned Have Lower Incarceration Rates Than the USA AndyTiedye Feb 2015 #98
"I mean some people who claim to be poor even have microwave ovens and TVs..." Fox News whereisjustice Feb 2015 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author whereisjustice Feb 2015 #113
Nice! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #134
From a while back, but interesting, nonetheless. CrispyQ Feb 2015 #28
Wow, yes. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #33
and can you tell us who in the USA has been arrested for "freethinking"? uhnope Feb 2015 #34
They love the Internet & are collecting data on all of us. CrispyQ Feb 2015 #39
I see. So the police will bust down the doors of the freethinkers when? uhnope Feb 2015 #42
That's silly 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #43
Sascha Cohen said it best at the end of "The Dictator": Initech Feb 2015 #35
K&R! TeamPooka Feb 2015 #38
We lost this game a long time ago. The two minute warning was when we let the Supreme Court world wide wally Feb 2015 #40
That ushered in the "watch what you say" era. JEB Feb 2015 #71
PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #135
I'm not sure there was a ever a golden age in America's past, cheapdate Feb 2015 #44
The Age of Privacy Cryptoad Feb 2015 #45
I think your first paragraph could use more detail because as I read about the last 40 years being Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #46
yes. The INCREASE in freedoms in the USA in last 40 years doesn't fit into the narrative uhnope Feb 2015 #52
Thanks for your thoughtful post 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #53
I see. So there's a plan by the "The Oligarchs" to fool us by giving us some freedom uhnope Feb 2015 #59
First the came for the poor, 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #63
Are you aware that you are quoting from the Holocaust and Nazi Germany? uhnope Feb 2015 #64
You misrepresent my point 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #76
Please don't put words in my mouth 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #156
You demean the years of struggle against your straight culture that produced the progress in Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #91
What is it about 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #94
I think the fact that you feel you can characterize me with impunity suggests a lack of equity in Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #141
You act like LGBT is the ONLY issue anyone should care about 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #150
This message was self-deleted by its author 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #95
What specifically leads you to believe that gay rights was a "carrot" developed by oligarchs? LanternWaste Feb 2015 #144
I'm not wedded to that point of view. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #155
I wish I could talk you down from it. zeemike Feb 2015 #48
and how does this supposed Police State USA compare to actual police states in... uhnope Feb 2015 #55
I refer you to post 53 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #58
The OP has already answered the question. zeemike Feb 2015 #101
Asking questions in lieu of presenting an actual counter argument seems to indicate rhett o rick Feb 2015 #145
police reform is of the utmost importance IMO but reform is stalled by yahoos yelling "police state" uhnope Feb 2015 #147
.. questionseverything Feb 2015 #153
Kevin Gosztola is a joke and any program on RT is compromised uhnope Feb 2015 #154
dif source same info questionseverything Feb 2015 #158
thanks! yes I heard about that a while ago, it's insane uhnope Feb 2015 #159
so the police power is centralized (dea=feds) questionseverything Feb 2015 #161
Non criminal citations become increasingly criminalized bluestateguy Feb 2015 #49
Thousands of Occupy beat up and arrested Ramses Feb 2015 #51
Huge, huge K&R. Of course you are correct, woo me with science Feb 2015 #56
And the legitimization of corporate theft from the people's coffers erronis Feb 2015 #61
OK, you may be conflating a number of issues, hyperbalizing things and calling up a mythical past. pinto Feb 2015 #68
I realize that can be accused of "conflating issues" 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #83
See your point. pinto Feb 2015 #85
Thanks for that. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #86
the only stickler in the argument is the guns grasswire Feb 2015 #72
Good point you make. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #78
a gun grab could follow a false flag attack grasswire Feb 2015 #81
The answer is two fold. "Can it be a true police state whil citizenry are armed?" rhett o rick Feb 2015 #146
They've criminalized normal childhood play. TransitJohn Feb 2015 #75
Yes, a police state is being constructed around us: woo me with science Feb 2015 #80
And thank YOU. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #92
You have outdone yourself, Woo Oilwellian Feb 2015 #120
Bravo! A brilliant post, on a supremely important thread! nt GliderGuider Feb 2015 #130
Outstanding post. CrispyQ Feb 2015 #139
Wait a minute obxhead Feb 2015 #84
I don't necessarily blame Obama 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #88
Of course we're living in a police state, and only fools and enabler deny it. Scuba Feb 2015 #89
Read the responses, your post is absolutely spot on but... guillaumeb Feb 2015 #90
Labor history is a really fascinating subject 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #99
Oh please, here in the U.S.A.... hunter Feb 2015 #93
Yes. And when we are NOT ineffectual (see OWS, Ferguson) 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #96
+1 whereisjustice Feb 2015 #117
people of color have been criminalzed? Huh? (nt) PosterChild Feb 2015 #104
Have you heard of "Driving while black"? 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #106
investigative journalists have beeen criminalized? PosterChild Feb 2015 #105
Just to name a few. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #108
Judith Miller.... PosterChild Feb 2015 #163
And it happened under BOTH parties. cui bono Feb 2015 #109
Sshh. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #110
And we're Ready for Hillary to save the rich... whereisjustice Feb 2015 #116
K&R demigoddess Feb 2015 #111
What bugs me the most daredtowork Feb 2015 #114
Excellent post, the rich are funding a police state to stifle dissent as they steal whereisjustice Feb 2015 #115
Thank you. 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #121
The fact this post stays up, and DU actually exists, speaks against the idea of a police state. Drunken Irishman Feb 2015 #118
Yes DU exists ... Until it doesn't 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #124
Yes. I think it invalidates your point. Drunken Irishman Feb 2015 #125
Armed officers appearing at people's residences over building code enforcement aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #119
It is exactly what you suspect. defacto7 Feb 2015 #122
Kick and R. BeanMusical Feb 2015 #123
This is why we need to fight back by.... blackbart99 Feb 2015 #126
K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #127
We have Madmiddle Feb 2015 #136
A slowly boiled frog doesn't get it until he's dead, at which point, he's oblivious. merrily Feb 2015 #142
I would only correct one thing... Javaman Feb 2015 #148
it was OK City that really opened my eyes. grasswire Feb 2015 #152
also criminalized are certain aspects of family law grasswire Feb 2015 #151
Thanks for adding that to the mix 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #157
kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #164
kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #165
K&R raouldukelives Feb 2015 #167
kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #168
You might want to re-think your "investigative journalists" with the benefit of hindsight Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #169
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