Daily Archives: August 1, 2023

Decoding Liberal Fascism, Part Two (8-1-23)

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Latest indictment against Trump, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-602:00 Public confidence in our institutions is steadily dropping, https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/public-confidence-in-military-lowest-in-decades/03:00 Trump has a good chance to be the next president, https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/could-trump-really-be-president-again/15:00 Fascism: The Career of a Concept, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sshvHgcOnVg29:30 A painful episode of Cheers (S8E3) strikes … Continue reading →

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Holocaust and Genocide Denial: A Contextual Perspective

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2017 book: * While David Duke remains a committed Holocaust denier and anti-Semite,68 other prominent figures within white nationalism and ‘race realism’ either do not advocate denial or have openly queried its utility, despite … Continue reading →

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Taking Things On Faith

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Luke Ford

A secular Jewish friend emails me: I have known for several years that scholars believe the enslavement of Jews by the Egyptians, and the exodus and the wandering for forty years never happened. At that time I remember Prager among … Continue reading →

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The Buffered Identity

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Luke Ford

Philosopher Charles Taylor wrote in his 2007 book A Secular Age: A modern is feeling depressed, melancholy. He is told: it’s just your body chemistry, you’re hungry, or there is a hormone malfunctioning, or whatever. Straightaway, he feels relieved. He … Continue reading →

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People Often Base Their Lives On Nonsense

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Luke Ford

Virtual Pilgrim posts on YT: * What liberals and conservatives get wrong is that they don’t understand that the intention of the founding of the United States was to have a liberal democracy within the bounds of a white racial … Continue reading →

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