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	<title>Comments on: Ahmednejad Urges &#8220;Purge&#8221; of Liberal and Secular Intellectuals</title>
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		<title>By: beepbeepitsme</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/ahmednejad_urges_purge_of_liberal_and_secular_intellectuals/comment-page-1/#comment-97075</link>
		<dc:creator>beepbeepitsme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RE: secularism

Dominionism, The Other Autocratic Regime
http://beepbeepitsme.blogspot.com/2006/09/dominionism-other-autocratic-regime.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RE: secularism</p>
<p>Dominionism, The Other Autocratic Regime<br />
<a href="http://beepbeepitsme.blogspot.com/2006/09/dominionism-other-autocratic-regime.html" rel="nofollow">http://beepbeepitsme.blogspot.com/2006/09/dominionism-other-autocratic-regime.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
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		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hyposcrisy?
Based on your assumption that I am &#039;fronting for the President&#039; and your perspective on his speeches this week.

That&#039;s impressive.

Amazing that you can ignore any invitation to reflect on yourself, and continue to project your special kind of liberal nastiness onto others.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hyposcrisy?<br />
Based on your assumption that I am 'fronting for the President' and your perspective on his speeches this week.</p>
<p>That's impressive.</p>
<p>Amazing that you can ignore any invitation to reflect on yourself, and continue to project your special kind of liberal nastiness onto others.</p>
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		<title>By: legion</title>
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		<dc:creator>legion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, LJD. Your hypocrisy is astounding. This, from the guy fronting for the President, Vice-President, and Sec of State that within the past _week_ have accused everyone who disagrees with even one aspect of the GWOT (specifically, Iraq) of being a: 
-terrorist appeaser, 
-Nazi, 
-Fascist, 
-Stalinist, 
-and a wannabe slave-owner.

That&#039;s pretty impressive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, LJD. Your hypocrisy is astounding. This, from the guy fronting for the President, Vice-President, and Sec of State that within the past _week_ have accused everyone who disagrees with even one aspect of the GWOT (specifically, Iraq) of being a:<br />
-terrorist appeaser,<br />
-Nazi,<br />
-Fascist,<br />
-Stalinist,<br />
-and a wannabe slave-owner.</p>
<p>That's pretty impressive.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
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		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Again my point is proven.  Here we see the open-mindedness of the left, whereby if you disagree with any part of a statement or philosphy, then that entire text is bunk.  

This all or nothing approach discounts the potential truth in understanding that &#039;liberals are responsible for fostering a culture that angers and repulses not just Muslim countries but also traditional and religious societies around the world.&#039;  Note how Andersen transfers responsibility for &#039;fostering a culture&#039; to responsibility for 9-11.  Irresponsible. 

But no, don&#039;t think.  Don&#039;t discuss or self-reflect.  Make accusations and attempt to discredit others by stretching their words.  For free-thinkers and open-minded individuals, you liberals sure don&#039;t like to hear things you disagree with, and certainly not any reflections on yourselves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Again my point is proven.  Here we see the open-mindedness of the left, whereby if you disagree with any part of a statement or philosphy, then that entire text is bunk.  </p>
<p>This all or nothing approach discounts the potential truth in understanding that 'liberals are responsible for fostering a culture that angers and repulses not just Muslim countries but also traditional and religious societies around the world.'  Note how Andersen transfers responsibility for 'fostering a culture' to responsibility for 9-11.  Irresponsible. </p>
<p>But no, don't think.  Don't discuss or self-reflect.  Make accusations and attempt to discredit others by stretching their words.  For free-thinkers and open-minded individuals, you liberals sure don't like to hear things you disagree with, and certainly not any reflections on yourselves.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LJD, if you think that the &quot;cultural left,&quot; as opposed to al-Qaeda, were &quot;responsible&quot; for the murders on 9/11, then I have no response to you that can be posted on this blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LJD, if you think that the "cultural left," as opposed to al-Qaeda, were "responsible" for the murders on 9/11, then I have no response to you that can be posted on this blog.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
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		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me add, to juxtaposition in any way the amount of individual rights in Iran and that in the U.S. is truly laughable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me add, to juxtaposition in any way the amount of individual rights in Iran and that in the U.S. is truly laughable.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
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		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the book excerpt:

&lt;blockquote&gt;He argues that it is not our exercise of freedom that enrages our enemies, but our abuse of that freedom—from the sexual liberty of women to the support of gay marriage, birth control, and no-fault divorce, to the aggressive exportation of our vulgar, licentious popular culture.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Where is he wrong Andersen?  It seems to me a tad hypocritical to want to allow the most voiciferous advocates for issues like gay marriage, all the while chipping away at the religious institutions that founded this country.  Because you disgree is no reason to silence them.  

We have many examples here, from the likes of maddmatt and company, where free speech is abused.  There used to be a time when people could get their point across without being nasty or confrontational.  The left is typified by in-your-face, accept-me-or-else rhetoric.

It&#039;s not about silencing their viewpoint, just their lack or respect and tact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the book excerpt:</p>
<blockquote><p>He argues that it is not our exercise of freedom that enrages our enemies, but our abuse of that freedom—from the sexual liberty of women to the support of gay marriage, birth control, and no-fault divorce, to the aggressive exportation of our vulgar, licentious popular culture.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Where is he wrong Andersen?  It seems to me a tad hypocritical to want to allow the most voiciferous advocates for issues like gay marriage, all the while chipping away at the religious institutions that founded this country.  Because you disgree is no reason to silence them.  </p>
<p>We have many examples here, from the likes of maddmatt and company, where free speech is abused.  There used to be a time when people could get their point across without being nasty or confrontational.  The left is typified by in-your-face, accept-me-or-else rhetoric.</p>
<p>It's not about silencing their viewpoint, just their lack or respect and tact.</p>
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		<title>By: yetanotherjohn</title>
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		<dc:creator>yetanotherjohn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course Alex, there were several million dead that occurred between the &quot;purge&quot; and the downfall of the Nazis.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course Alex, there were several million dead that occurred between the "purge" and the downfall of the Nazis.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meanwhile, Dinesh D&#039;Souza has some purging in mind for &lt;i&gt;The Enemy at Home&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;blockquote&gt;It is only by &lt;em&gt;curtailing the left’s attacks on religion, family, and traditional values&lt;/em&gt; that we can persuade moderate Muslims and others around the world to cooperate with us and begin to shun the extremists in their own countries.&lt;/blockquote&gt;Because, as the subtitle of his book tells us, the &quot;cultural left&quot; was &lt;em&gt;responsible for 9/11&lt;/em&gt;.  We just haven&#039;t hewed closely enough to sharia law to keep our jets and skyscrapers, with accompanying civilians, from being annihilated.

No, really, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385510127&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;go read his publisher&#039;s description&lt;/a&gt;.  It sounds like the cultural left&#039;s parody of a D&#039;Souza book.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meanwhile, Dinesh D'Souza has some purging in mind for <i>The Enemy at Home</i>:<br />
<blockquote>It is only by <em>curtailing the left&rsquo;s attacks on religion, family, and traditional values</em> that we can persuade moderate Muslims and others around the world to cooperate with us and begin to shun the extremists in their own countries.</p></blockquote>
<p>Because, as the subtitle of his book tells us, the "cultural left" was <em>responsible for 9/11</em>.  We just haven't hewed closely enough to sharia law to keep our jets and skyscrapers, with accompanying civilians, from being annihilated.</p>
<p>No, really, <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385510127" rel="nofollow">go read his publisher's description</a>.  It sounds like the cultural left's parody of a D'Souza book.</p>
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		<title>By: madmatt</title>
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		<dc:creator>madmatt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yet nary a peep from any of your trolls when rightwing scum in the US makes similar suggestions!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yet nary a peep from any of your trolls when rightwing scum in the US makes similar suggestions!</p>
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		<title>By: JKB</title>
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		<dc:creator>JKB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps we ought to remind Iran that a multitude of Jewish scientist contributed to nuclear science and that by allowing the study of nuclear physics they are creating a pool of people who can&#039;t help but develop an appreciation for Jewish intellect.

They should go through their books and papers on nuclear science and expunge all reference to work contributed by Jewish scientists.  No effort should be spared to keep the Republic pure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps we ought to remind Iran that a multitude of Jewish scientist contributed to nuclear science and that by allowing the study of nuclear physics they are creating a pool of people who can't help but develop an appreciation for Jewish intellect.</p>
<p>They should go through their books and papers on nuclear science and expunge all reference to work contributed by Jewish scientists.  No effort should be spared to keep the Republic pure.</p>
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		<title>By: LaurenceB</title>
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		<dc:creator>LaurenceB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reference to this phenomenon, I think it was FDR who said &quot;Hitler shakes the tree, we gather the apples&quot; - or something to that effect, you get the gist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reference to this phenomenon, I think it was FDR who said "Hitler shakes the tree, we gather the apples" - or something to that effect, you get the gist.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex Knapp</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex Knapp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The USSR survived, but after the end of the Cold War, we learned that even the most optimistic scenarios of the CIA vastly overstated the threat that the Soviet Union actually posed to the United States.  And remember--the Soviets only got the bomb because they stole it from us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The USSR survived, but after the end of the Cold War, we learned that even the most optimistic scenarios of the CIA vastly overstated the threat that the Soviet Union actually posed to the United States.  And remember--the Soviets only got the bomb because they stole it from us.</p>
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		<title>By: Steven Poole</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steven Poole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s a nice point. Still, the USSR did manage to survive for many decades after it first started &quot;purging&quot; intellectuals, so Iran may be able to stick around for a while.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's a nice point. Still, the USSR did manage to survive for many decades after it first started "purging" intellectuals, so Iran may be able to stick around for a while.</p>
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