Connection with "The Gulag Archipeligo"

[Jim Parker]

I ran across this today while reading:

"Ideology - that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination."

The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Then I considered the thuggery of ANTIFAS

Made me say, "Hmmmmmm...."

iakov the fool

 

[JohnDB]

There aren't many people who considers themselves to be a "bad guy". At least I haven't run into any of them.
Most everyone licenses their poor behavior with some kind of reason.

Even Hitler used the ravings of Luther after he had gone crazy and based it upon Luther's earlier work to claim the ravings were "inspired by God".
And began the systematic extermination of the Jews.

In Europe around the 16th century every nation was trying to outdo one another in being tougher on sin...(that was the justification) and as a result we had religious persecution.

False accusations and thuggery evaporate when you are "doing God's will" in your mind...the truth isn't relevant. You believe that you hold God's special annointing and can do no wrong. And where a student of the Old Testament scriptures should know better...not many do better.

Antifas is doing the same thing people throughout history have done...using someone else's sin to excuse their own.

 

[Razeontherock]

I have certainly encountered those who considered themselves a bad guy, and it's the best reason for our second amendment. (I should add I've never even fired a weapon, let alone been armed)

I don't think members of Antifa consider themselves to be bad, which I find perplexing. They don't oppose others on the basis of "sin," or even on the individual in question, but on their own opinion of who they are. Usually that's misplaced and they don't get to fight who they would really like to oppose.

John's comment points out to me that this sounds very similar to the Inquisition, which I hadn't considered before.

 

[Jim Parker]

I don't think members of Antifa consider themselves to be bad, which I find perplexing. They don't oppose others on the basis of "sin," or even on the individual in question, but on their own opinion of who they are. Usually that's misplaced and they don't get to fight who they would really like to oppose.

That is similar to the point that Solzhenitsyn made.
They are happy to use violence against people who do not embrace their socialist/communist ideology. The communist ideology provides them with the belief that justifies violence and even murder of those who oppose them or even those who do not join them.

John's comment points out to me that this sounds very similar to the Inquisition, which I hadn't considered before.

The inquisition was a picnic compared to the actions of Lenin, Stalin's and most other Soviet leaders.
The Communists in Russia and then the USSR enslaved tens of millions of people who had committed no crime. Between 1918 and 1960, tens of millions of people were executed, starved and worked to death in the more than 250 slave labor camps of the USSR.
By comparison, During the 350 years of the Spanish Inquisition, between 3,000-5,000 people were sentenced to death (about 1 per month).
https://strangenotions.com/spanish-inquisition/

Antifas is dominated by the same mindset as were the Soviet authorities who murdered some 60 to 80 million of their citizens without trials. A simple accusation was sufficient to be sentenced to execution or 10 to 25 years in a slave labor camp.

That is why an "Ethics Professor" in Berkeley, California could put on an Antifas disguise and beat seven people with a bicycle lock for the "crime" of holding an opposing view and feel that he was doing a good work of liberating the oppressed people.
https://conservativefiringline.com/...ges-from-assaulting-trump-supporters-dropped/

This kind of behavior on the part of Antifas is exactly what coincided with the rise of communism under Lenin around 1917 and with the rise of Hitler in the 1930. Both examples of mob thuggery were carried out by people devoted to the ideology of Communism (world socialism) and Nazism (notional socialism). Antifas' thuggery is another iteration of the same precursor to revolution. Their goal is the destruction of capitalism and its replacement with communism.

Their dedication to the ideology justifies any action, including riot, mayhem, beatings and murder, as was demonstrated by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's history of communist Russia/USSR related in The Gulag Archipelago.

We should be very concerned.

iakov the fool

 

[Razeontherock]

Yes, those black mask wearing crowds should be made to take off their burka, lol

There is a reason I avoid their gatherings (although I do have my 'jawbone of an ass' ready to go)

The University of Wisconsin system made a few adjustments to their rules, thinking they would handle it. They have no clue what they're up against

How is Eric Clanton doing now? Haven't heard anything about him for a while

 

[Edward]

The enemy is not the enemy in his own eyes.. remember this and it may offer you an opportunity to make him your friend...if not you can kill him without hate and quickly.
Robert Heinlein

 

[Barbarian]

I don't think members of Antifa consider themselves to be bad, which I find perplexing. They don't oppose others on the basis of "sin," or even on the individual in question, but on their own opinion of who they are. Usually that's misplaced and they don't get to fight who they would really like to oppose.

Antifa seems to have concluded that the liberal ideal of "respect everyone's right to express themselves" is wrong. They have simply adopted the tactics of the extreme right, while professing to abhor them.