Scott Adams Thread (Garfield Cartoonist)

[freebeard]

No, I'm not. If people want to vote for the guy that tried to steal the last presidential election, then they must be okay with him trying to steal the last election. Many of them must believe that they're entitled to rule.

If the 2020 election were to have been stolen, your argument would be inverted.

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People who want to vote again for the one that stole the last election must believe that they're entitled to rule. I never understood why or how Nixon and Obama were re-elected.

Nazis weren't left-wing.

It's right in their name. Authoritarian Left.
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It was the right that was against the Vietnam war, as evidenced by Republican senator Mark Hatfield's opposition, and it was Democratic president LBJ that massively escalated involvement. The left was the party concerned with law and order, as evidenced by Democrat McTough O'crimey, and the right was soft on crime as evidenced by Republican Givem Anotherchance (I got no Google results on that search).

Good comeback. It even has word play.

I'm all nostalgic about Mark Hatfield, Wayne Morse (the tiger of the Senate, at the time) and governor Tom McCall. Those were the days.

[sgtlethargic]

Originally Posted by freebeard

It's right in their name. Authoritarian Left.

Chuckle.

"The majority of scholars identify Nazism in both theory and practice as a form of far-right politics. Far-right themes in Nazism include the argument that superior people have a right to dominate other people and purge society of supposed inferior elements."

[sgtlethargic]

Originally Posted by freebeard

If the 2020 election were to have been stolen, your argument would be inverted.

If you made pretzels, that'd be logical.

[sgtlethargic]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

It was the right that was against the Vietnam war, as evidenced by Republican senator Mark Hatfield's opposition, and it was Democratic president LBJ that massively escalated involvement. The left was the party concerned with law and order, as evidenced by Democrat McTough O'crimey, and the right was soft on crime as evidenced by Republican Givem Anotherchance (I got no Google results on that search).

Both dominant political parties have been pro-war for a long time.

[freebeard]

You might call it a Uniparty.

Wayne Morse
American politician (1900-1974)
Wayne Lyman Morse was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing the Democratic Party's leadership and for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds. Wikipedia

Wayne Morse (D) voted against war in Vietnam. There have always been individuals against war.

https://www.senate.gov › about › powers-procedures › declarations-of-war.htm
About Declarations of War by Congress - U.S. Senate
Congress has declared war on 11 occasions, including its first declaration of war with Great Britain in 1812. Congress approved its last formal declaration of war during World War II. Since that time it has agreed to resolutions authorizing the use of military force and continues to shape U.S. military policy

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"The majority of scholars identify Nazism in both theory and practice as a form of far-right politics. Far-right themes in Nazism include the argument that superior people have a right to dominate other people and purge society of supposed inferior elements."

[citation needed]

'superior people' sounds anti-individualist to me. You do understand Marxism, right? Society is divided by class or race or whatever works to further the aims of the Party. Socialism? Pol Pot? Ring any bells?

What does Scott Adams say? Scholars will say whatever you pay them to, just like scientists and docotors.

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." ― George Carlin

Stephen Hawking — 'The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.'

[redpoint5]

I'll refer back to the results of my political compass test. How people feel about my comments is usually reflective of their relative distance from the center. My apparent fault is having a slight libertarian bias over authoritarianism.

[freebeard]

That's where I imagine myself to be, maybe with a dash of military tribunals, like Nuremberg.

sgtlethargic -- I'll take the test if you post your result. www.politicalcompass.org › test

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by sgtlethargic

Nazis weren't left-wing.

I could be persuaded. Since my last posting I watched this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kT1aootPiWM

Turns out Hitler was MGGA --Make Germany Great Again.

[sgtlethargic]

Originally Posted by freebeard

What does Scott Adams say? Scholars will say whatever you pay them to, just like scientists and docotors.

Chuckle.

[sgtlethargic]

I don't put much weight into this.