Search
- Follow Flowers For Socrates on WordPress.com
Authors
Recent Comments
wordcloud9 on TCS: Connected By Love and A… deanramser on TCS: Connected By Love and A… deanramser on Two Views of the Celestial… deanramser on A Poem for Pluto Day wordcloud9 on If You’re Cynical About… wordcloud9 on If You’re Cynical About… Becky Ross Michael on If You’re Cynical About… wordcloud9 on TCS: Throw Your Dreams Into Sp… wordcloud9 on Umbrella Day rafflaw on TCS: Throw Your Dreams Into Sp… rafflaw on Umbrella Day wordcloud9 on TCS: Throw Your Dreams Into Sp… rafflaw on TCS: Throw Your Dreams Into Sp… deanramser on TCS: Throw Your Dreams Into Sp… Becky Ross Michael on A Poem for Homemade Soup … -
Recent Posts
- TCS: Connected By Love and A Leash
- Two Views of the Celestial Spheres
- A Poem for Pluto Day
- A Poem for National Almond Day
- TCS: In Their Own Words – Presidents Day 2021
- If You’re Cynical About Valentine’s Day – This is For You
- A Poem for the Lunar New Year
- Umbrella Day
- TCS: Throw Your Dreams Into Space – Kite Flying Day
- A Poem for Chopsticks Day
- A Poem for Homemade Soup Day
- The Day the Music Died
Archives
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- Follow Flowers For Socrates on WordPress.com
Category Archives: Fascism
Thoughts About the Attempted Insurrection in Washington DC
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.As nations become corrupt and vicious, theyhave more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin “In questions of power, then, let no more be saidof confidence in man, but bind him down frommischief by the … Continue reading
Trump’s total commitment to whole cloth
By ann summers Trump continues to claim that the media covered protests of his Pittsburgh visit as riots. Nobody covered the protests as riots. The reality is that Trump deliberately tried to incite violence in Pittsburgh on Tuesday by forcing … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Free Speech, History, Hypocrisy, Judaism, Media, Murder, News, Pennsylvania, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged antisemitism, Domestic Terrorists, Donald Trump, Journalism, Politics, Religion
1 Comment
fascist cosplay in NYC adds a RW mob attacking protesters
By ann summers The investigation of a street fight among RW supporters of Gavin McInnes and counter-demonstrators continues in NYC. Two separate events occurred after a GOP club speech using a plastic samurai sword to commemorate the assassination of a … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Celebrity, Fascism, History, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Political Science, Politics, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized
Tagged Fascists, gavin Mcinnes, GOP, Media, Neo-Nazis, New York City, proud boys
Comments Off on fascist cosplay in NYC adds a RW mob attacking protesters
the Viceroy of Wyoming, Erik Prince
By ann summers With encouragement from Bannon, Erik Prince, Blackwater’s founder, is considering a Senate challenge in Wyoming https://t.co/1Exm2oSwAQ — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 8, 2017 Because we need the leader of a mercenary army to run our energy states. After … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Afghanistan, American History, Conservatives, Fascism, Government, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized, US Military, War on "Terror", Wyoming
Tagged Erik Prince, Media, Politics, Senate, Steve Bannon, Wyoming
8 Comments
Insane Clown posse comitatus and #MOAR Trump gathering nothing
By ann summers This headline should read: “Americans who dress up as clowns outnumber clowns who dress up as Americans” https://t.co/OkS4nopaHM â Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) September 17, 2017 Martha Stewart is cute when she plays the ex-con gangsta meme, but … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Crime, Fascism, FBI, Free Speech, Government, History, Media, Music, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Music, Politics
2 Comments
An hour we can’t get back: Steve Bannon on 60 Minutes
By ann summers We will be at the mercy of Bannon’s whiteboard roadmap for a Trump who primarily watches TV Charlie Rose interviewed Steve Bannon for CBS 60 Minutes, which was broadcast on Sunday, with an extended version available online. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascism, Government, History, Industrial Revolution, Presidential Elections
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Politics, trump
9 Comments
What self-respecting Liberal talks about “zesty Internet memes”
By ann summers Coordination of a resistance must include being aware of how counter-resistance forces can manipulate and divide us, particularly in social media. America’s Number One Russophile, Lord Dampnut, has made us acutely aware of how clumsy such misdirection … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Big Brother, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Conspiracy, DHS, Fascism, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Police, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Progressives, Propaganda, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, War on "Terror"
Tagged Charlottesville, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, KKK, Maryland, Media, Politics, trump
Comments Off on What self-respecting Liberal talks about “zesty Internet memes”
Trump trapped by his own prevarications
By ann summers The protests against those protesting Confederate statuary removal are justified to eradicate the “… systematic propaganda campaign to advance the racial cause of the Confederacy”, despite Trump’s apparent and continued sympathy for it using false equivalence. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Civil Rights, Fascism, Government, History, Immigrants, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Racism, Society, United States
Comments Off on Trump trapped by his own prevarications
The ‘many sides’, of the RWNJs’ phantom enemies
By ann summers YouTube Video The only reason for an American to hold a Nazi flag is if it has been captured in battle. pic.twitter.com/g44h8PSZyd — Senor O (@TKOastIsBack) August 12, 2017 Like Joe McCarthy’s ‘reds under your bed’, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Anti-Semitism, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Civil War, Communism, Fascism, Free Speech, Government Propaganda, History, Holocaust, inequality, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, World War II
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Culture, KKK, Media, Politics, Racism, Racism in the United States, Racists
16 Comments
Today in Heightened Contradictions … McMaster bait
By ann summers The national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, has removed three NSC aides loyal to Trump aide Steve Bannon in the last three weeks. Bannon allies inside and outside the administration have fired back, starting rumors that McMaster is … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Countries, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Holocaust, Immigrants, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Russia, Society, Treason, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Media, Politics, stephen miller, trumprussia
4 Comments