@Red:
Oh, I’ll gladly answer. I’ve not misrepresented anything. Kurt’s posts are disturbing in that they employ political dog whistles and disinformation to promote the same sort of sentiment, and race/ethnicity/religion based view I’ve heard expressed by the the Klan. (And I heard it directly, because some of the imbeciles tried to recruit me when I moved South…they ain’t the sharpest pencils in the box.) Repeating the McCarthyite accusations is unacceptable and brings one’s judgement into question. When I see that sort of crap posted, I will respond.
In response to your claim that you haven’t misrepresented anything: yes you have. I have used the word “brutal” to describe Hitler, and have also stated that his brutality was less than Stalin’s. (Which it was, and which I have demonstrated.) Your “translation” of my position was that Hitler was “a misunderstood teddy bear.”
Another one of your “translations” of my positions was that “commies are everywhere.” I have written nothing which would even remotely justify you in coming up with that interpretation of my words. I have stated the goals and objectives the American communist movement has been attempting to achieve with the power it has, without commenting very much on the extent to which communists have been able to influence the U.S. or other Western nations. If you and I are to have a serious discussion, you must not put words in my mouth.
One way of becoming better-informed about the American communist movement is to read David Horowitz’s book Radical Son. Horowitz was a red diaper baby, and as a young man was an ardent member of the American communist movement. He later left the movement, displeased by its moral failure. He provides a perspective that someone from the outside looking in could not hope to equal.
As for your claim that I have used “political dog whistles and disinformation”–everything I have written is accurate to the best of my knowledge and understanding. If you feel I have committed errors, you are certainly welcome to demonstrate them. Thus far you have not done so. On the contrary: you have made a number of erroneous statements about varying subjects. It’s fine that you don’t know everything. Unfortunately, your ratio of confidence to actual knowledge seems very high, and that is not fine. You need to learn to listen more and speak less, and to research and dig before coming up with grand pronouncements about subjects you understand (or misunderstand) on a surface level only.
Finally, you have accused me of having a Ku Klux Klan-type view of race. My view of race is that the world is better off maintaining the existence of the different races, than it would be by mixing all races together into one globalized race. If this view reminds you of the Ku Klux Klan, so be it. I have not expressed hatred toward anyone, but I don’t expect that minor fact to cause you to hesitate even slightly before lumping me in with those who have.
