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Small town Republican thoughts on refuting the alt-right. In The Republican Journal:
I want to make one thing very clear: The Waldo County Republican Committee absolutely, unequivocally condemns Nazi and KKK ideologies and actions, as well as any other kind of bigotry, and we encourage all of our voters and the community at large to do the same.
For fellow Republicans out there, worry not, we don't like Antifa's ideology and actions either, but we need to clean our own house; we need to worry about our own responsibilities.
Such honesty, and clarity of thought!
The most dangerous part of politics today is identity politics, trolling, pathos and a severe lack of critical thinking. You cannot defeat the insidious hatred of bigoted politics with more hate. By doing so, you morph the conversation away from policy and ideology to silly label syntax, eventually devolving completely into back and forth verbal gymnastics. Make no mistake, these trolls are ready for you as you stoop to their level, and they beat you up with mountains of experience.
So what do we do? Very simple. Stay neighborly by controlling your reaction. Seek out those with whom you disagree, try to understand them first, and politely offer your counter argument.
And it looks like the Republicans in Maine, if not in Illinois, are rejecting the alt-right.
The way to defeat Mr. Kawczynski is not by attacking him, but by attacking his ideas. Here are some flaws in his thinking: His immigration ideas are antithetical to the Maine Republican party platform, a section of which states, "We support the assimilation of legal immigrants into Maine society."
Kawczynski's ideas stand in contrast to Maine history and culture; in fact, it is white folks with racist ideologies who pose the greatest threat to Maine's foundation, not other races of people.
Another brilliant tidbit:
Ultimately, all you have to do is walk outside with your eyes open in this state to see that Kawczynski's fearmongering about "white genocide" is completely laughable.
Entire guest column is well worth a read.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Friday February 09 2018, @09:13PM (2 children)
For at least a millenia, non-muslims were accepted as part of muslim societies and those (as we might call them today) expats, were welcome in muslim countries and were not harassed or prevented from practicing their own religion as long as they paid the Jizya.
Gee, how nice! We'll conquer your lands and then force you to pay an extra tax!
Would you be OK with having to pay an extra tax for not being a Christian (or not being the right kind) wherever you live? You don't consider that oppressive?
Perhaps because, after the Ottoman Empire collapsed after World War I, the west has meddled in their affars
But somehow it was OK for the Muslims to invade the Iberian peninsula and rule that for centuries? Sorry, I don't see how one group of imperialists are any worse than another group of imperialists.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday February 09 2018, @10:51PM (1 child)
Whoosh! way to miss the point, friend.
But whataboutism is so satisfying, isn't it?
With it you can justify just about anything, can't you?
Well, enjoy being part of the problem.
Despite the fact that we live in the most peaceful and prosperous time in the history of humanity, you and those like you have to have boogeymen and enemies to demonize, so you can assert "dominance" over them. Which is what that's really all about -- your own insecurity.
I pity you.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday February 10 2018, @08:26PM
Interesting how you can't actually counter any point I made, so I guess you don't have any valid argument left. I pity you.