Please, if you have not heard Robertson's words yet please visit the link below and take a listen to the Democracy Now broadcast. Afterwards, I want to ask is whether Pat Robertson, a Christian fundamentalist, publicly calling for the death of a leader from another country, is exactly the same as an Islamist fundamentalist making an extremist threat concerning the US? Where is the difference?:
The Cannon of Christianity: Pat Robertson Calls for the Assassination of
Hugo Chavez
Democracy Now
Christian televangelist Pat Robertson set off an international firestorm this week when he called for the assassination of Venezuela's democratically-elected president Hugo Chavez. We speak with journalist and author Chris Hedges and attorney Michal Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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Harry of Scratchings, via Oil Wars and Wealth Bondage, provides a link that demonstrates that Robertson is parroting ideas that are more carefully phrased by powerful American think tanks that seek the eradication of left-leaning governments (lets read between the lines):
Center calls for regime change in Venezuela
As a socialist I wonder what my neo-conservative rulers have planned for me once they finalize their revolution--will they line us up against the wall?
Also:
Chris Hedges' Losing Moses on the Freeway
Center for Constitutional Rights
4 comments:
the difference is who is being targeted - white christians or everyone else. the same rules do not apply in their minds, because they see no similarities. i'd be willing to bet money this kind of talk was discussed/joked about on the ranch - i do not believe robertson is the only one that thinks this way.
i found it interesting how many times he mentioned oil too. it still amazes me when i hear people say oil plays no part in this country's elites' decisions.
Susanne and Harry,
My current nightime reading is Walter Laquer's Fascism: Past, Present, Future and it is disturbing me greatly--especially in the similarities I notice between the Weimar/Clinton periods as failed liberal moments that led to much more conservative/reactionary movements.
I shall add that book to my reading list - thanx for the tip.
I am SO befuddled at how this country shows so many of the signs of a fascist state, but everyone is too busy in their big ass SUVs to notice.
Susanne,
Be warned it is fairly dry reading unless you are really interested in an anlysis of the cause/effects... now a far more interesting take on the rise of NAZI style fascism and its currents in contemporary society is Richard Rubenstein's Cunning of History
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