William Blum - an American Dissident - has passed. We are ALL the lesser - for the loss of his voice. William Blum - Presente' !

https://youtu.be/scga-8pD9hQ

William Henry Blum (/bl?m/; March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American author, journalist, historian, and an incredibly insightful critic of United States foreign policy. He lived in Washington, DC.

It was an absolute honor to have been able to meet the man - and hear him speak. Having the opportunity to interview him on the radio - was a highlight in my career in broadcasting.

Well put - and rightly so.

He was brilliant. His books are quite good, and he was always a good interview, on the radio.

Interesting that being cited once by Bin Laden - did more for his name and public perception of his work - than anything else. It also seems to be a common thread in the headline of his obituaries in MANY of the Corporatist news outlets - the ones that mentioned his death at all, that is...

"The truth will out" - either way... But it is sad when we must look back to the Freedom of Speech - an Ancient liberty... And hold it up like some great new achievement. It should go without saying... But in Trump's Amerikkka, nothing is truly a "given" anymore - as all of our liberties are under assault.

Fascist Propaganda... I do not think it means - what YOU think it means.

I'm telling you that "Timber 1973" disagrees with both reality and freedom of speech rights - and from what he and memo-cyst have shown here - indicate that is their political orientation.

If I meant to say "anyone who disagrees with me" - I would have put that on the meme. But, nice try, anyway.

"I'm telling you that "Timber 1973" disagrees with both reality and freedom of speech rights - and from what he and memo-cyst have shown here - indicate that is their political orientation." That still wouldn't mean he is part of the KKK, but it's also worth pointing out that Timber1972 thinks what he is saying is the truth, so he is thus showing a preference for truth over misinformation. "If I meant to say "anyone who disagrees with me" - I would have put that on the meme. But, nice try, anyway." But how would you have know that somebody in the comments would disagree with you?

His trolling was not mere disagreement, it was aggressive and intentionally offensive. And his now deleted co-hort (of whom he made no accusations of fascism) was advocating hanging those who disagree with them.

His preference for his own flawed understanding things - in the face of solid evidence to the contrary is a key fascist impulse.
Here is how the late Peter Drucker, who grew up within the philosophical conversation of the Völkish milieu of Austria and Germany and who later fled the Third Reich in 1934, described Fascism:

“Fascist totalitarianism has no positive theology, but confines itself to refuting, fighting and denying all traditional ideas and ideologies...Fascism not only refutes all old ideas but denies, for the first time in European history, the foundation on which all former political and social systems had been built...”

I could just have easily found an image a of a Nazi. Instead - I used an image in the meme templates library - called "the racism doesn't exist racist".

Is there some reason why you now seek to re-litigate on behalf of a guy (and his now deleted accomplice) whose ignorant exposition of their politics made that meme a fitting response?

He can't be both. Also are you aware of the fact that denial is not the same as being misinformed? "Is there some reason why you now seek to re-litigate on behalf of a guy (and his now deleted accomplice) whose ignorant exposition of their politics made that meme a fitting response?" Because it's stupid to compare people to KKK members if they aren't one.

I don't see why you can't be both a TROLL and a FASCIST. That is a clear-cut fallacy. And in my experience the two overlap fairly consistently, on the web.

And there's also a considerable cross-over between KKK and neo-Nazis, as well.

If you're misinformed BECAUSE of your willful denial... They seem closely related. I have no evodence to support the idea that Timber isn't KKK or a Nazi - and all his exposition speaks affrimatively, to the contrary. Is there some term that you prefer - for (willfully) ignorant, right-wing thugs?

And he was definitely showing signs of the "racism doesn't exist racist" - so aside for your evidenceless pronouncements to the contrary - I think it would be stupid NOT to identify the philosophy and millieu that he espouses - by their names.

He was calling myself and a recently deceased scholar - "fascist". And yet you say nothing to him about his idiotic comments... I suppose that must be because you support that. Perhaps the identification of this ideolofy with it's common proponents hits close to home for you as well?

And for the record - I disagree pretty strongly with William Blum on some points - but I don't think of him as being a fascist, merely for disagreeing with me.

Btw, if you ran out of space just reply to my comment above this one.

Firstly - this conversation is OFFTOPIC. It is as OFFTOPIC - and disrespectful to the memory of William Blum - whom this meme is a memorial for - as was Timber's bullshit and trolling. So please. No need to keep going here. It is a distraction from one who deserves our respect and attention - for one who does not.

Timber - like many of the Trumpen-fascists - doesn't have the self-awareness to understand or acknowledge the fascism that be represents. To him - that is as much "other" - as are undocumented workers, and Central American refugees and asylum seekers.

No... To him - "fascist" is a term that is (inaptly) applied to 'the left', "socialists", commies, antifa(scists) - anyone but folks who march in line with Trump. Of course - nothing could be further from the truth.

I've been researching and studying fascism for decades. I am aware of the differences between the various varieties - even NeoLiberal and NeoCon Corporate Socialists, like the Clintons and Bushies.

I inteviewed a Mr. Paxton - who wrote "The Anatomy of Fascism" live on-air, back under the Cheney/W. Regime. It was a fairly mediocre book, and he was a rather blind centrist - who couldn't see the numerous warning signs, evident, even then. But he did admit that we were getting close, here in the US... and said that it would take an economic collapse. Well, we had one, in 2008.

This author looked at things from a different perspective... But you'll need to translate.

http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=5989

If Timber is a Fascist he wouldn't use it as an insult. Also most Neo-Nazis have nothing in common with the Fascist Nazis of Europe except for their hatred of many ethnic groups, so your argument is built off a false idea.

*A Fascist

Being virulently anti-"leftist" is a ((((fascist trope)))). The template used is "the racism doesn't exist racist"... And since the murderous foreign policy written about by William Blum has the racist effect of killing mostly black and brown poor folks, around the world... It seems appropriate.

As for cognitive dissonance - it appears to be an integral part of the Reich-wing trolls' game-plan.

Like the Russians at Stalingrad... Attack, attack, attack.

That is some grade a Reich-whinger bullshit - right there. Your pal suggested that William Blum should have been executed - and his book burned... And yet you said nothing.

You project all kinds of nonsense onto me - and then declare your Bizzaro-World trollery triumphant... Smh.

It's been pointed out by others that that's what Timber does, project to the max, to the point of pretending to exorcise his fault in his own tendencies and yearnings.

He does it so much that he requires no mirrors for grooming purposes.

But now that you cornered him into his hypocrite's dunce corner, he'll just say that his cohort is no true conservative but a leftist, because true gun toting war hungry death penalty thirsty one dimensional regressive right wingers are all mellow and open minded and stuff.

No, that is the sum total of what YOU are saying.
That's all you ever do, you sad little one dimensional windup circus monkey.

Your assessment of yourself and your own comments - is as dishonest as the rest of the garbage you write.

And the fact that you don't acknowledge yoir tag-team trolling partner - or ACTUALLY CONDEMN HIS POSTS with a direct reply to them - says much more than your dishonest diatribes and mischaracterizations.

Clearly you're an idiot.

Hiya, Dimby wimp!

Where'd you go, back into your trailer/bunker, coward?