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The Loud Silence of the Fascist Enablers

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Athos5/08/2009 10:18:23 am PDT

re: #82 Lincolntf

If I ever see a Nazi at a Tea Party, I’ll be the first to report it.

What about their enabler’s - like the Paulians?

The reason this effort got the traction and had the impact that it did is because Charles, and a number of us at LGF who supported him, took on the issue to shine the light on the enablers who provided these odious groups what they wanted the most - a glimmer of respectability and a pass for their reprehensible positions because of the ‘enemy of my enemy’ fallacy.

The GOP and conservatives have the same challenge and need to do the same thing by exposing the enablers. Charles, and many of us here, have taken this one on as well. We are consistent in our approach that the fringe has to remain the fringe and has to remain discredited for their odious positions and beliefs. That means that they need to be exposed for what they are and any enabler also has to be exposed and educated about who they are going to bat for. Then they have to make a moral and ethical decision and live with the consequences of that decision.