[MD] epistemological first musings and poetry's recognition

[Arlo Bensinger]

[DMB]
DMB is a left-winger who like other left-wingers (most political 
scientists are left-wingers) want you to ignore the fact that 
Hitler's party was the National Socialist German Worker's Party.

[Arlo]
"Nazism is often considered by scholars to be a form of fascism. 
While it incorporated elements from both left and right-wing 
politics, the Nazis formed most of their alliances on the right. The 
Nazis were one of several historical groups that used the term 
National Socialism to describe themselves, and in the 1920s they 
became the largest such group. The Nazi Party presented its program 
in the 25 point National Socialist Program in 1920. Among the key 
elements of Nazism were anti-parliamentarism, Pan-Germanism, racism, 
collectivism, eugenics, antisemitism, anti-communism, totalitarianism 
and opposition to economic liberalism and political liberalism." (Wikipedia)

[Platt]
For a different and deeper view of what Nazism was about, refer to 
the book "Liberal Fascism" by Jonah Goldberg.

[Arlo]
Different? Definitely. Deeper? Hardly. This is one of those 
aggonizingly sophormoric books whose only aim is to lump every 
possible position OTHER than "conservativism" into one generic "enemy 
label". This has been the language goal of the right-wing Orwellians 
for the past few years, an attempt to normalize right-wing extremism 
and portray as "radical" any and all opposition to conservative 
dogma. One one hand you have the Glorious, Freedom-Lovin' 
Conservatives, on the other the malicious horders of 
socialist-fascist-commie academic anti-liberty criminals. Worse, it 
seeks to obscure right-wing commonalities with fascist ideology by 
presenting fascism as a wholly "leftist" ideology.

"Fascism comprises a radical and authoritarian nationalist political 
ideology and a corporatist economic ideology. Fascists advocate the 
creation of a single-party state. Fascists believe that nations 
and/or races are in perpetual conflict whereby only the strong can 
survive by being healthy, vital, and by asserting themselves in 
combat against the weak. Fascist governments forbid and suppress 
criticism and opposition to the government and the fascist movement. 
Fascism opposes class conflict, blames capitalist liberal democracies 
for its creation and communists for exploiting the concept." (Wikipedia)

[Platt]
Aslo DMB again omits a key point in the MOQ, in fact, probably the 
most important point of all, namely that today's dominant 
intellectual pattern based on a subject/object metaphysics has a 
defect in it, namely, it has "no provision for morals."

[Arlo]
Yes, capitalism is today's dominant intellectual pattern, and it most 
certainly is based on a defective S/O metaphysics.

[Platt]
DMB can continue down that immoral reactionary road of SOM if he 
wants, but I prefer the freedom road of Dynamic Quality.

[Arlo]
Is that why you support gay marriage?