Oppression does not need to be inflicted directly by the government for a society to be totalitarian. On the contrary, in a truly totalitarian society, the oppression is so ubiquitous, the government hardly needs to get involved. An example would be the USA in 2015, where a television standard that has been part of our culture for decades is going down the memory hole because the flag on the roof of a car is now regarded as a thought crime. Good-bye Dukes of Hazzard; you were just a little too Southern to be permitted...Read it all here.
Blount is a true friend of the South. His readers and commenters are pretty great, too. Read Blount often at Moonbattery.com.
Is a "true friend of the South" someone who gives the KKK a pass?
ReplyDeleteStill waiting for your blog post on that, Stogie.
Donald, if you don't stop trying to connect the South (and me) with the Klan, I will ban your ass from commenting here. Are you so desperate to make points that have to resort to this kind of slander?
ReplyDeleteNot desperate, Stogie. Just interested in what you have to say about it. Is that unreasonable?
ReplyDeleteIn any case, I've got a new post up at my place: http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/leftist-stogie-at-saberpoint-joins.html