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Richard Careaga's avatar

Roberts conveniently passes over in silence the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests whose crimes the dioceses enabled by passing on the pedophiles to new green pastures. He is also oblivious to the teleological end of a movement built upon the notion that enemies are everywhere.

My father was an example. He first became a Republican in teen rebellion to my grandfather's support of FDR. From the post-war Red Scare (the domestic one, distinct from the geopolitical situation) he kept chasing the most extreme positions. He joined the John Birch Society, which claimed that Eisenhower was a conscious agent of the Communist enemy. It didn't take long before he quit in disgust because the Birchers were soft on Communism. As the Commies faded from the headlines he discovered The Jews moving the levers of all power from their citadel at the Trilateral Commission, which ironically was reviled by both Noam Chomsky and Barry Goldwater.

Enemies are crack. There are never enough. Once the external candidates have been added to the registry, only the schismatics on your side are close to hand to be targeted. The serpent swallows its tail. Unfortunately, there's no iron law on how long it takes.

Roberts also seems unaware that the old standby tropes of anti-semitism, globalist, internationalist and the neglected cosmopolitan are no longer the dog whistles they were once. The out-and-out in-the-open-in-your-face tradition forms eliminate the need. It's as if the N-word regained wide currency.

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Stefan Schlüter's avatar

Right after it was published I read Robert's foreword/executive summary and the chapter on the DOS. It sent shivers down my spine. A blueprint for an autocratic ( I still have a certain hesitance to use the f-word, though it becomes more appropriate by the day) take-over. In combination with a reinstituted Schedule F it will send the country down a road with no return.

The scariest thing: They feel so emboldened, secure and self-righteous that they don't feel the necessity to hide their plans. Do they bank on the support or the ignorance of the electorate? Let's hope for the latter. All the more important to spread the word and educate the public.

To all readers: please forward Thomas' piece.

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