tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post8317575243176292025..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: The Real Problem With ChristianityDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-66082395766460386762019-07-15T07:46:48.537-04:002019-07-15T07:46:48.537-04:00Nobody endorsed fascism under the misapprehension ...Nobody endorsed fascism under the misapprehension that they were fighting socialism, unless they were already so far on the left that adhering to fascism while fighting Communism or socialism or national socialism was just a differentiation between closely related Crayolas.<br /><br />Now, of course those are pretty nasty fights, but it takes a lot of self-delusion to see that it's not just Crayolas, or to think that you can keep your Crayola after the war while throwing out the rest of the box. (Although to be fair, the UK's political parties seem to have done this, as did a lot of Europe.<br /><br />Nationalism is a bit different. But in practice, an awful lot of Eastern European socialists, Communists, et al were whipping up nationalism when they thought it would help them get in power over the aristocrats or whatever, and going for peace party and internationalism when they thought it wouldn't. Not exactly a movement, so much as an excuse to be dropped or used.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-9096590733763647012019-06-25T01:46:34.071-04:002019-06-25T01:46:34.071-04:00“If only it were all so simple! If only there were...“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” <br />― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com