Thanks, I need to read more about this guy. >From what I've read so far Maher is way off but that's expected of him. Strauss was more about the common man not being able to or caring to read between the lines. Not making up lies.
Now to claim the neo-cons made Kerry say something that offended the military is so far out there it gives me a chuckle. You guys just reach for anything you think the fools will buy. Wait, isn't that what you claim the neo-cons are doing? Kerry posted an article on his Web site claiming he was right either way. If he didn't believe that to be true he never would have posted that article, he would have stayed far away from it or even condemned it. It's really as simple as that. Maybe that's what Strauss meant about the masses not getting it. :) I especially like this bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss Strauss taught that liberalism in its modern form contained within it an intrinsic tendency towards relativism, which in turn led to two types of nihilism. The first was a "brutal" nihilism, expressed in Nazi and Marxist regimes. These ideologies, both descendants of Enlightenment thought, tried to destroy all traditions, history, ethics and moral standards and replace it by force with a supreme authority from which nature and mankind are subjugated and conquered. The second type- the 'gentle' nihilism expressed in Western liberal democracies- was a kind of value-free aimlessness and hedonism, which he saw permeating the fabric of contemporary American society. In the belief that 20th century relativism, scientism, historicism, and nihilism were all implicated in the deterioration of modern society and philosophy, Strauss sought to uncover the philosophical pathways that had led to this state. The resultant study lead him to revive classical political philosophy as a source by which political action could be judged. On 11/10/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Any means of keeping Democrats out of power] also ties into the > so-called father of neo-conservatism, the philosopher Leo Strauss, who > argued that the only way to stop liberalism from ruining society was > for the elites (a.k.a his neocon followers) to exploit myths > (religion) or create new myths (the Islamic Menace) that will unite > the hoi polloi in an orgy of nationalistic fervor. > > Sounds like fascism? Yup. But an interesting feature of Straussism is > that the elites don't care if the myths they are exploiting are > actually true; that's irrelevant as long as they're effective. Which > is why we get Karl Rove talking about the Christian "nut-jobs," and > the Kerry-hates-the-troops nonsense from last week. > > All those Republicans parroting the talking point re Kerry knew it was > bullshit but they didn't care because it was an effective myth. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220314 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
