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Meryl takes on the "brownshirts"!

posted 7 years ago by Bilwick1
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"Brownshirts"? Weren't they fascists? And aren't fascists people who believe the State--while nominally leaving the means of production in private hands--should ultimately run the economy? I don't think "brownshirt" means what Ms. Streep thinks it means.

Here's something to enlighten her:

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2017/02/hate-machine-how-liberals-became-very.html

Of course, if she really wants to broaden her mind, she should try this:

https://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Fascism-American-Mussolini-Politics/dp/0767917189

[–] Karl Aksel 7 years ago

Oh god, a Heinlein-quoter. And a quote seemingly picked at random, as if it had any relevance as a reply to what I said. The same thing with that illustration, which ironically suggests you belong in Heinlein's group of "surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism". However, as I have not even hinted at my views on taxes, big government, gun regulation etc. etc., that was a shot in the dark from you. A shot which ended up in your own foot. What's more, that particular Heinlein quote kind of torpedoes your own OP out of the water, if you wish to stand by it.