Ultra-Conservative

[Mad Lews]

So I watched this video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGHQ_EvMLEc

And I thought to myself, do ultra-conservative political regimes all have the potential to create fascist types of environments?

The tali-ban of Afghanistan, the communists of the USSR the communists of China, the Sunni Muslim of Iraq. as well as the Positive Christianity of the Nazi era. Each are a ultra-conservative regime, and all have created a very bad living environment for the people under it's rule.

Thoughts on the clip, or my question?

Dear IDCrewDawg

With proper and due respect I must protest.

While the Taliban, were conservatives, the Sunni Muslims are not, they are fanatical which is not the same thing. Nazi's and Communists both of Chinese and Russian persuasion were revolutionaries with a progressive so******t (strangely the posting is not allowed to transcribe s o c i a l i s t, it comes out so******t try posting the word yourself ) agendas. They could only be called conservative after they had established their self propagating dictatorships and stifled all dissent to protect those dictatorships.

I suspect it is self righteous fanaticisms that breeds dictators. Self righteousness and fanatic belief in the cause are proudly displayed by activist from both the right and left with a near equal enthusiasm. If in doubt look no further than the nearest college campus a place where the term Politically correct came into being. The free exchange of ideas is regulated with speech codes but it's perfectly OK to shout down those you disagree with if they are say Clarence Thomas or Binyamin Netanyahu.

I suspect the willingness of fanatics from both sides to forgo the thoughtful exchange ideas for a set of involutely held beliefs is the real problem; labels like progressive and conservative are far less useful because at the extremes they have much more in common than that which separates them, they become simple reactionaries.

Yours Mad Lews

p.s. obligatory post script stating it is not my intention to enrage or defame persons named or unnamed. Nor do I mean to offend the Dexterous or Sinister. I am in fact left handed.

p.s.s. The clip was cute but sounded a bit like standard political propaganda, or maybe something made up for youtube