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Home Front: Politix
Sebastian Gorka: Democratic Socialism Is Just A PC Term For Communism (VIDEO)
2019-03-07
[American Lookout] Dr. Sebastian Gorka spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week and warned that the far left in America wants to go much further than they are even saying.

Gorka’s family escaped Communism, and he drew on that history in his speech. It was pretty powerful.

Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Trump, warned conservatives Thursday they are on the "frontlines of war" to counter communism’s rise in the United States ‐ pointing to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal resolution.

"It’s a watermelon: green on the outside, deep deep red communist on the inside," Gorka said of the Green New Deal at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

The resolution, introduced this month by Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., calls for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, along with guarantees for jobs, higher education, and high-quality healthcare, among other things, to all....

"They want to take your pickup truck, they want to rebuild your home, they want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about, but never achieved," Gorka said. "You are on the frontlines of the war against communism coming back to America under the guise of Democratic socialism ‐ which is just the PC term for communism."
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  ...oh, he was.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-03-07 20:38  

#7  Taking a step back in time.

I think Tailgunner Joe McCarthy was on to something. And he paid for it in spades with his opponents using the same tactics being used today.

What about his excesses? How do we know for certain when you look at who reported it and how it was reported in a manner much like CNN these days.

Remember, Saul Bellow and a couple of others were ostracized for testifying against people in Hollywood who were rabid communists. And those outed were hailed by the media as martyrs.

I still want to know where the Weathermen and the SDS got their money to travel the country to attempt to foment a revolution during the 60's.

We haven't been paying attention.

Andrei Sakharov warned us to be vigilant about the media, education and entertainment. He said the communists would infiltrate those first.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2019-03-07 13:13  

#6  Actually the PR aware communists rather laughably call themselves "anarchists"...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-03-07 11:56  

#5  Beau, pay more attention to the Chinese Social Credit concept and where that leads.

They, big brother, communist party, et al, monitor your every word and deed and give you a credit score. Fall too low and it's off to the camps with you.

Nirvana to the SJW, progressive Democrats here. Anyone to the right of San Fran Nan has already been graded 0 or lower.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-03-07 11:02  

#4  First they came for the anti-government religious groups but I didn't give a $hit so went back to sleep. Communism is communism is socialism but it is NOT freedom. And if we didn't have the likes of Hewlett-Packard, Google, Microsoft and Apple propping up the Chicoms they might smell more like Venezuelans.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-03-07 10:23  

#3  Suggestion for new word, #1:

Bernified: consumed by wishful thinking that others will take care of you.
Posted by: Beau   2019-03-07 09:37  

#2  I am going to get skull hammered for this question, I know. But are communists and socialists abroad as far left as the politicians in the USA?

I am not too familiar with things in Russia, but things seem pretty progressive in China. The government basically leaves you alone if you leave them alone, and you 'go forth and prosper'. Venezuela is a whole different, stinky can of fish.

Yeah, they don't like Muslims too much in China. They don't like anti-government religious groups.
They have a low tolerance for people whose livelihood is focused on causing trouble (community organizers). Somehow, I can sleep at night as I don't give a sh*t about them, either.
The first amendment in the US has morphed into a joke that just allows people to be endless trouble makers: fake news.

Maybe we should call AOC, et. al., something new? Community dis-organizers? Omabanists? China is doing okay, so don't toss them in the same economic bucket as Venezuela: socialist, or you are throwing out the baby with your bathwater.

We need new words for the American Left.
Posted by: Beau   2019-03-07 08:59  

#1  Keep tell'm. Don't stop. Don't apologize. Alinsky'm.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-03-07 07:07  

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