Seems someone got the whole thing seriously wrong, but evidently there was a casting call for actors for a Cadillac commercial that was looking for "alt-right" or "neo-nazi" types.
Cadillac caused a stir this week when a casting service put out a request on behalf of the American luxury brand looking to fill the role of an "alt-right (neo-Nazi)" in a new commercial. Cadillac denied it had ever authorized the notice and condemned it, while the casting company took responsibility, saying that it had been issued by mistake. Regardless of who did what, the idea had to have been hatched somewhere and by someone, which reveals something far more troubling than a mere streak of poor taste and even poorer judgement in corporate America: the marketability and mainstreaming of an alt-right population, or those "identified variously with anti-globalist and anti-immigrant stances, cartoon frogs, white nationalists, pick-up artists, anti-Semites, and a rising tide of right-wing populism," as Tablet contributor Jacob Siegel wrote in a profile of Paul Gottfried, the alt-right's "godfather."
Hmm, maybe now that the "alt-right" has become just another marketing demographic, we do not have to worry about them taking over the country? I mean, who buys Cadillacs as a status symbol anymore? Not like they are your father's Oldsmobile. Except that, really, it was your father's Olds. So that brand no longer exists. Are we at the point where we can say, "Brietbart: it's not your grandpa's fascism!"? Except, really, maybe it is?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2016, @12:25PM
This is Americanism at its finest - grouping together under loosely defined definitions and then name-calling and bad-mouthing each other.
That sure doesn't stop you from badmouthing "liberals", though.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday December 30 2016, @12:56PM
So what shall I do? Create further groups inside liberals? Progressives may be? Communists? Marxists? Far-left? Radical left? Maoists?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 30 2016, @01:06PM
Using the word liberal to refer to a democrat is wrong to begin with. They aren't. Liberals value liberty, democrats most assuredly do not.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday December 30 2016, @01:35PM
I purposefully didn't call it democrat because that is a localized American thing while liberalism is a global political machinery. There is indeed a difference between political liberals and actual people who value liberty. I suppose the right word to use is "Left" (for whatever mileage it gives).
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 30 2016, @01:57PM
It's a highly inaccurate term currently though. There is nothing liberal about liberals. Progressives would be a better term. It just means they want change, without specifying what. The only true liberals in the U.S. lately are libertarians.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday December 30 2016, @04:01PM
I'm being redundant, but "liberal" has to do with generosity, not liberty ("a liberal portion"). The libertarians are indeed for liberty, but you can't say someone who doesn't want their taxes to be used for feeding the poor a "liberal". Not wanting to help the poor is past conservative and well into stingy.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday December 31 2016, @11:39AM
Lemme splain. No, is too much, lemme sum up.
Libertarians are opposed to theft. Charity is a fine thing but charity is voluntary. Robbing citizens at gunpoint and giving what they have earned to someone else is not charity; it is organized crime wherein the criminals are the ones receiving the money and their lower ranked thugs are the ones collecting it.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday December 31 2016, @06:17PM
That is one thing I disagree with the LP about. Nobody's going to volunteer to pay for roads, schools, enactment and enforcement of laws. You're not being robbed at gunpoint, you're paying the price of the civilization you enjoy living in.
It's not a robbery, it's a moral, ethical, and legal transaction. And you're probably not, but I'm a Christian, and Christ said "pay your taxes" (in a colorful way).
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday January 01 2017, @12:45AM
Believe it or not, it IS possible to fund a government without holding death or imprisonment over people's heads.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday January 01 2017, @03:23AM
Pay what you owe, it's that simple.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday January 01 2017, @11:17AM
I don't owe. Neither do you. That's the entire point. When someone comes up unasked and smears your windshield with grease and newsprint at a stoplight, you do not owe them for "cleaning" your windshield. Ditto the government's sad attempts at services.
The government is quite capable of funding itself without perpetrating extortion upon its citizens. That it chooses not to does not obligate those being stolen from to feel the need to assist in the theft.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday January 04 2017, @10:12PM
Yes, you do. You cast a vote for someone to represent you, and if you don't like their laws, you vote against them. This isn't North Korea; if it were, I'd agree with you.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday January 04 2017, @11:26PM
Your fellow citizens voting to steal what is yours at threat of death or imprisonment is no more legitimate than stealing it themselves; it's simply organized crime instead of disorganized. That you refuse to see this tells me you're one of the thieves.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday December 30 2016, @03:57PM
I used to think "liberal" meant "liberty" long ago, too, but I realized that the other side of the coin is "conservative". A liberal is someone who is generous, a conservative is someone who is stingy.
At least, that's what the dictionary says.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2016, @06:03PM
You're using the wrong dictionary.
Those are specific terms in the field of political science.
Liberal is opposed to authoritarian, not conservative. Conservative is opposed to radical.
Progressive, for what it's worth, is opposed to reactionary.
It's quite possible to be a conservative liberal.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2016, @07:06PM
Maybe call out the political figure heads using ideological agendas to push through their own crony policies. Is that too big of a task, or do you require further emotional satisfaction by attacking the bogeyman? Maybe realize they exist on both sides of the isle?
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday December 30 2016, @07:20PM
I am very sure they exist on both sides. But when both sides are not on my side, I would rather be with the one who is losing until my support becomes crucial.
This is exactly what Marx said. And not just the bogeyman Marx of ****** and republicans, but this is literally exactly what he wrote.
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Friday December 30 2016, @09:10PM
Have you heard of the "political compass" [politicalcompass.org]? It helps. Liberals can be economic left or economic right (most are economic right neo-liberalists).
Left and Right are about economic structure, from communism to socialism to capitalism/neoliberalism
Authoritarian and Liberal are about social structure, from authoritarian/conservative to libertarian/progressive.
on the left menu on the website under "region specific" you can find what the (anonymous?) authors of politicalcompass.org think about the USA 2016 candidates [politicalcompass.org].
Before you say "that compass is also bullshit": they know already, it's in the FAQ:
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday December 30 2016, @09:16PM
That's way too complicated for these auto-fellating morons. Hell, just the idea of there being a one-dimensional spectrum, rather than two points on either end, strains what passes for their brains.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2016, @10:22PM
So what shall I do? Create further groups inside liberals?
By all means! Knock yourself out! I prefer "doo-doo head". Works for kids! Or alternatively, you could just say, " I hate you Daddy, I hate you!!