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2005-07-19 Terror Networks & Islam

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Posted by Fred 2005-07-19 00:19|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bravo! Well Said!!!

and does this describe our own democratic party...or what???

A critical arrogance or the view that the masses, by their nature, are gullible, irrational and receptive to extremist ideas. According to this perspective, the masses are unable to act reasonably and objectively as they are motivated by myth and imagination. They are accustomed to depravity and exploitation. As such, it is for the intellectual class, as the sole guardian of reason and logic, to create the social and economic conditions that will assist the masses. 2. - A nihilist tendency or the loss of hope regarding attempts at social reform and the tacit acceptance of repression, exploitation, and despotism in Western societies.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-19 05:34|| 2005-07-19 05:34|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd just like to say that this is what our founding fathers outright rejected and what made our country the best in recorded history.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-19 05:36|| 2005-07-19 05:36|| Front Page Top

#3 This analysis, which contradicts the usual socialist groupthink, still uses the verbose structure and dangling clause style of socialist writings.

As in the following,

A critical arrogance or the view that the masses, by their nature, are gullible, irrational and receptive to extremist ideas. According to this perspective, the masses are unable to act reasonably and objectively as they are motivated by myth and imagination. They are accustomed to depravity and exploitation. As such, it is for the intellectual class, as the sole guardian of reason and logic, to create the social and economic conditions that will assist the masses.I guess you can take socialism out of the rhetorical style but you can't take the rhetorical style out of the former socialist.

Posted by mhw 2005-07-19 08:09|| 2005-07-19 08:09|| Front Page Top

#4 A critical arrogance or the view that the masses, by their nature, are gullible, irrational and receptive to extremist ideas. According to this perspective, the masses are unable to act reasonably and objectively as they are motivated by myth and imagination. They are accustomed to depravity and exploitation. As such, it is for the intellectual class, as the sole guardian of reason and logic, to create the social and economic conditions that will assist the masses.

Holy Shit! They have plagiarized the Democrat's mantra! They have stolen the modern socialist dogma! They have...... what have they done?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-19 09:39|| 2005-07-19 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Applause! This should go up on billboard across the world. A far more eloquent denunciation of intellectual elitism than I could ever achieve.

Posted by phil_b 2005-07-19 19:46|| 2005-07-19 19:46|| Front Page Top

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