Why is the word socialist being tossed about so much suddenly?

Question

Have the right wingers not yet learned that american is on to their smearing tactics??

remember last election when the cry was "support the war and republicans or you are a traitor"?? did not work did it?

So now the choice is seemingly between conservatives and socialists. Well if we are going to play it that way, then lets call it a choice between socialism and fascism.

If right wingers can take what democrats want to the extreme, democrats should take republican posititions to the extreme too to smear them the same way.

So from now on people I want tons of commentar about stopping fascism in this country.....its TIME TO SMEAR BACK.

Answer 1

It's the latest buzz word with the hate-radio crowd, and the listeners can only parrot what their masters feed them.

Answer 2

Thank you for the post ! Ive thought of posting the same question.
Im not sure where all of this "socialism" garbage is coming from. Using the excuse that Hillary is running is spurrious at best. The Clinton platform is supported by big business as much as any GOP candidate's is if not more. Everyone posting on this board has grown up with social programs and most do not have any idea of what they speak.

I think its a typical social technique of painting everyone who doesnt agree with them in the same shade so as to obfuscate the wide diversity of opinion that actually exists amongst the Democratic candidates (or should I say "traitorous libbies" so that our friends on the right will know who Im talking about?) "Socialist" is said with as much derision as "communist" or "hippy" or "nazi" and its an easy (lazy) debating technique to "make a point" with your constituency without actually saying anything.

Bandying about the word "socialism" is just one sliver above some of the more hardcore name calling, but it makes the poster feel intellectually superior to the Ann Coulter types.

Answer 3

Karl Rove issued a directive a few months ago to call Democrats "socialists"

You're right about the use of the word fascism. There are many indicia of fascism in the Bush government.

The use of the words "fascist" and "fascism" in a question on this forum can get its posting delayed for so long that few people will see the question, and no one will answer it.

Answer 4

The logic of right wingers goes like this:
If B goes to A, then you'll get X.
Calling Hillary and most Dems socialist is just a scare tactic of the right. They think if the dems manage to implement some kind of national health care, then next comes Castro and Stalin. That's so ridiculous.
Just think of which other country we'd like the US to be more like if it were to change for the better. I think Dems would take us a step in the direction of Canada, which is a good step!!! (Have you been there?) republicans wold take us in the direction of IDK??? Maybe Saudi Arabia, but no they even have universal heath care. Maybe the R's would take us in the direction of a 3rd world country, because all the examples of democracies in the world (NL, Australia, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Costa Rica) have a smidgeon of social welfare, as we do. If we cut out all government programs, this country's poor population would spin out of control and we'd be like a South American dictatorship in a bad phase.

Answer 5

Socialism does not work economically, it is a fact... I am from France, I've had the experience to live under a socialist govt.

Private companies are over taxed, while govt workers get paid way too much for the little work they do.

Answer 6

Not sure what your point is, because you you are totally and completely wrong about BOTH sides. Hillary has been called a Socialist pretty much since Bill hit the White House, so it's not being tossed around 'suddenly'. And you're not going to 'start' calling us facists to get even. Or did I misread all of those 'Bush is Hitler' signs I've seen since he became President? Both sides dig at and insult each other, and only a partisan like yourself could possibly believe his own side isn't involved in the mud slinging.

Answer 7

I'm not really sure why people think Socialism is a dirty word.......just proves they are too ignorant to separate a simple economic theory from the failures of some political systems which paid lip service to the theory while in completely abandoning it in practice. What I'm trying to say is that there's nothing wrong with the theory of socialim that isn't equally wrong with the theory of free-market economics. Since we don't practice either in this country, what's the big deal?

Answer 8

It's not time to smear back. You said yourself that America is getting wise to that tactic. It's time to make sense.

Answer 9

because all freedoms have been secured in our country liberals no longer call for liberty but equality which is impossible, the political system that supports supreme equlity is socialism, HillaryCare sure isnt liberalism

Answer 10

Because Socialism is no longer serving Zionist/Jewish interest. So long as the Jews could dominate and guide the Socialist/Communist movement to advance the Israeli/Jewish agenda, the Jewish meida/Hollywood give good coverage to the Socialist movement.