Rick, when you mentioned the other side calling Obama Hitler, what inspired that comment? Because in this comments thread, I had not seen anyone call Obama Hitler.

I would like to see this thread get back on the original topic, which was Anita Dunn referring to Mao as one of her favorite philosophers. I am mainly concerned about how far we as a society, particularly our media, have slipped into meaningless subject matter that we aren’t hearing more outrage about a mass murderer being praised for his philosophies. I am not even considering the possibility of someone in the Obama administration perpetrating violence on that level. I am more concerned with how apathetic we, particularly the media, are about studying the history and spreading knowledge about how this happened and how to prevent it.

I am also opposed to communism. Again, we can’t just be apathetic and assume that the US will never go too far in that direction, just because we didn’t start that way. The solution to that is also education (doing the difficult research and going beyond the clips) which the media is falling short in despite, or perhaps because of, having 24 hours to fill.

I found this quote from Wikipedia interesting: “Mao Zedong Thought asserts that class struggle continues even if the proletariat has already overthrown the bourgeoisie.”

Rick, when you mentioned the other side calling Obama Hitler, what inspired that comment? Because in this comments thread, I had not seen anyone call Obama Hitler.

I would like to see this thread get back on the original topic, which was Anita Dunn referring to Mao as one of her favorite philosophers. I am mainly concerned about how far we as a society, particularly our media, have slipped into meaningless subject matter that we aren’t hearing more outrage about a mass murderer being praised for his philosophies. I am not even considering the possibility of someone in the Obama administration perpetrating violence on that level. I am more concerned with how apathetic we, particularly the media, are about studying the history and spreading knowledge about how this happened and how to prevent it.

I am also opposed to communism. Again, we can’t just be apathetic and assume that the US will never go too far in that direction, just because we didn’t start that way. The solution to that is also education (doing the difficult research and going beyond the clips) which the media is falling short in despite, or perhaps because of, having 24 hours to fill.

I found this quote from Wikipedia interesting: “Mao Zedong Thought asserts that class struggle continues even if the proletariat has already overthrown the bourgeoisie.”

Rick, when you mentioned the other side calling Obama Hitler, what inspired that comment? Because in this comments thread, I had not seen anyone call Obama Hitler.

I would like to see this thread get back on the original topic, which was Anita Dunn referring to Mao as one of her favorite philosophers. I am mainly concerned about how far we as a society, particularly our media, have slipped into meaningless subject matter that we aren’t hearing more outrage about a mass murderer being praised for his philosophies. I am not even considering the possibility of someone in the Obama administration perpetrating violence on that level. I am more concerned with how apathetic we, particularly the media, are about studying the history and spreading knowledge about how this happened and how to prevent it.

I am also opposed to communism. Again, we can’t just be apathetic and assume that the US will never go too far in that direction, just because we didn’t start that way. The solution to that is also education (doing the difficult research and going beyond the clips) which the media is falling short in despite, or perhaps because of, having 24 hours to fill.

I found this quote from Wikipedia interesting: “Mao Zedong Thought asserts that class struggle continues even if the proletariat has already overthrown the bourgeoisie.”

You may not like the plan as it is currently being constructed, but I think you give yourself away by treating the notion so coldly. I would guess that you have a very good health insurance policy and sleep well at night knowing that you’ll be find. I also suspect you don’t much care about what happens to those who do not.

You should not mask your belief system as ‘conservatism’ as, by so doing, you do a great disservice to conservatives- many of whom are deeply caring people who have solutions to problems that come from a different place than those on the left. Your approach seems to come from a very different place that is neither conservative nor liberal- it is a place that great conservatives like Jack Kemp would vehemently reject.

The wikipedia article you linked to says “It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued, that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact.”

Mao killed many more than Hitler. I don’t care if he did it for right-wing extremism or left-wing extremism. I’m not saying this to stir up people for no reason. It is absolutely disgusting to me that this is being ignored, rationalized, or mocked. We HAVE forgotten – or never even knew, for people who like me were born after Mao’s death – what he did.

Your flippancy, as if murdered Chinese should not be honored as much as murdered Jews, is shameful.

If this had been a Hitler quote, ironic or not, it would be in the mainstream press non-stop. As it should be. But Mao killed way more people.