George Carlin - Political Correctness is fascism pretending to be Manners................

[Theowl32]

Nothing else really needs to be said.

Enjoy.

 

[SuperDemocrat]

I've noticed there is a ton of shit we can't say anymore and it is almost by design. This implies that there is a designer somewhere.

 

[Arianrhod]

I've noticed there is a ton of shit we can't say anymore and it is almost by design. This implies that there is a designer somewhere.

It's Carlin. He's fucking with you from beyond the grave.

 

[there4eyeM]

Fascism is the wrong word. The idea is of coercion. Fascism uses that, but is not defined by it.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Fascism is the wrong word. The idea is of coercion. Fascism uses that, but is not defined by it.

But the combination of coercion of language and thought, corporate cronyism, hyper-environmentalism, authoritarianism, militarism, and rigged democracy most certainly do define fascism.

 

[Mac1958]

Carlin was a classic, sincere, honest liberal. He saw what was happening, and he didn't like it.

 

[there4eyeM]

"...Fascism [is] the complete opposite of…Marxian Socialism, the materialist conception of history of human civilization can be explained simply through the conflict of interests among the various social groups and by the change and development in the means and instruments of production.... Fascism, now and always, believes in holiness and in heroism; that is to say, in actions influenced by no economic motive, direct or indirect. And if the economic conception of history be denied, according to which theory men are no more than puppets, carried to and fro by the waves of chance, while the real directing forces are quite out of their control, it follows that the existence of an unchangeable and unchanging class-war is also denied - the natural progeny of the economic conception of history. And above all Fascism denies that class-war can be the preponderant force in the transformation of society...."
Benito Mussolini (inventor of the term 'fascist)

 

[JimBowie1958]

"...Fascism [is] the complete opposite of…Marxian Socialism, the materialist conception of history of human civilization can be explained simply through the conflict of interests among the various social groups and by the change and development in the means and instruments of production.... Fascism, now and always, believes in holiness and in heroism; that is to say, in actions influenced by no economic motive, direct or indirect. And if the economic conception of history be denied, according to which theory men are no more than puppets, carried to and fro by the waves of chance, while the real directing forces are quite out of their control, it follows that the existence of an unchangeable and unchanging class-war is also denied - the natural progeny of the economic conception of history. And above all Fascism denies that class-war can be the preponderant force in the transformation of society...."
Benito Mussolini (inventor of the term 'fascist)

Lol, Mussolini's political broiler plate no more defines fascism than W Bushes speeches justifying the invasion of Iraq define American Republicanism.

Look at what the bastards DO, not what they SAY is an old rule for studying history that really needs a comeback.

 

[there4eyeM]

Yeah, old Benito was a laugh a minute.

 

[there4eyeM]

Any word can be used by anyone in any way. That it may thus lose its meaning is the risk.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Any word can be used by anyone in any way. That it may thus lose its meaning is the risk.

And any word can be redefined by the establishment to make certain ways of thinking awkward for the masses.

 

[Fueri]

OMG, I need my safe space now! That man just spoke the truth and his voice caused my eardrums to vibrate, which is a clear case of inner ear assault.

 

[Moonglow]

I've noticed there is a ton of shit we can't say anymore and it is almost by design. This implies that there is a designer somewhere.

Nobody is stopping me from saying what I want in public...or private, just here at USMB..

 

[JimBowie1958]

Nobody is stopping me from saying what I want in public...or private, just here at USMB..

Dude, all that proves is that the PC Establishment ALREADY has you trained well enough that you dont need a leash any more.

 

[Moonglow]

Nobody is stopping me from saying what I want in public...or private, just here at USMB..

Dude, all that proves is that the PC Establishment ALREADY has you trained well enough that you dont need a leash any more.

Every time society tries to tell me I can't do something, I do it anyway to exercise my freedom to rebel..

 

[Rustic]

"...Fascism [is] the complete opposite of…Marxian Socialism, the materialist conception of history of human civilization can be explained simply through the conflict of interests among the various social groups and by the change and development in the means and instruments of production.... Fascism, now and always, believes in holiness and in heroism; that is to say, in actions influenced by no economic motive, direct or indirect. And if the economic conception of history be denied, according to which theory men are no more than puppets, carried to and fro by the waves of chance, while the real directing forces are quite out of their control, it follows that the existence of an unchangeable and unchanging class-war is also denied - the natural progeny of the economic conception of history. And above all Fascism denies that class-war can be the preponderant force in the transformation of society...."
Benito Mussolini (inventor of the term 'fascist)

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Carlin is a comedian, wrong, and dead, as is this moronic thread premise and the equally moronic notion of "political correctness."

 

[mudwhistle]

Fascism is the wrong word. The idea is of coercion. Fascism uses that, but is not defined by it.

Fascism is when the government uses threats and coercion to force unpopular policies down the throats of the population. Obamacare is a prime example. Immigration is another. Same-sex marriage......same thing. Bathrooms....another. Global Warming .....another.

 

[Mac1958]

Carlin is a comedian, wrong, and dead, as is this moronic thread premise and the equally moronic notion of "political correctness."

Thank you!!

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[there4eyeM]

As Mussolini invented the term, changing the definition to fit one's agenda is somewhat facile.
Of course, as stated, one may use any word in any way one wishes; they are all the creation of man, just as are 'rights', 'liberty', 'democracy', 'God', 'good', 'bad'. If we wish to have rational and meaningful conversation, however, definitions need to be commonly understood, not twisted to fit.