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Cool! Thanks.

Ha! I like how they call him a "Rechtpopulist" ... Right-Wing Populist.

Alex is about as far from "Right-Wing" as one can get, but to an audience accustomed to West German State-controlled media, I can see how a Left/Right National Socialism paradigm is the only frame of reference they could understand.
 
but to an audience accustomed to West German State-controlled media, I can see how a Left/Right National Socialism paradigm is the only frame of reference they could understand.

I think that was a pretty offensive, even racist thing you said there, pal. Might as well call 'em krauts while you're at it. I'll bet most Germans are more politically sophisticated than most Americans, on second thought, having lived and worked there for a short time I'm sure of it. German media is quite a bit more diverse than your simplified "West German State-controlled" version. They also don't really have much of a Libertarian following so I can see why they would label AJ as "right-wing"...he kinda is.
 
That's bizarre. I cannot even imagine what the heck you are talking about.

I think it was your simplistic characterization of the Germans as not being able to understand a broad political spectrum.

But that aside, I think the word does actually apply quite well to Alex Jones, expecially based on the Wikipedia description:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_populism

Right-wing populism is a political ideology that rejects existing political consensus and usually combines laissez-faire liberalism and anti-elitism. It is considered populism because of its appeal to the "common man" as opposed to the elites.[1]
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I think it was your simplistic characterization of the Germans as not being able to understand a broad political spectrum.

How does my simplistic characterization of Germans reflect the racial worldview or ideology that humans are divided into separate and exclusive biological entities called "races"? That is bizarre.
 
That's the first part of the the definition on Wikipedia, the rest of the story isn't as simplistic as you make it seem:

This ideology entails the belief that members of a race share a set of characteristic traits, abilities, or qualities, that traits of personality, intellect, morality, and other cultural behavioral characteristics are inherited, and that this inheritance means that races can be ranked as innately superior or inferior to others.
The exact definition of racism is controversial both because there is little scholarly agreement about the meaning of the concept "race", and because there is also little agreement about what does and doesn't constitute discrimination. Some definitions would have it that any assumption that a person's behavior would be influenced by their racial categorization is racist, regardless of whether the action is intentionally harmful or pejorative. Other definitions only include consciously malignant forms of discrimination. Among the questions about how to define racism are the question of whether to include forms of discrimination that are unintentional, such as making assumptions about preferences or abilities of others based on racial stereotypes, whether to include symbolic or institutionalized forms of discrimination such as the circulation of racial stereotypes through the media, and whether to include the socio-political dynamics of social stratification that sometimes have a racial component. Some definitions of racism also include discriminatory behaviors and beliefs based on cultural, national, ethnic, caste, or religious stereotypes.

Mick gets it. I was pointing out that just because one person from some other country labels somebody, quite accurately as Mick demonstrated I might add, if they label them with what you consider the wrong label, you're saying their entire country doesn't understand politics? And the way you referred to Germans, a state controlled media and national socialism it kind of sounds like you're callings them Nazis as well. Like they don't get it because Germans are just a bunch of Nazis anyway is sort of what you're saying. Funny thing is, right-wing populist is a pretty accurate description of Alex Jones.
 
That's the first part of the the definition on Wikipedia, the rest of the story isn't as simplistic as you make it seem:



Mick gets it. I was pointing out that just because one person from some other country labels somebody, quite accurately as Mick demonstrated I might add, if they label them with what you consider the wrong label, you're saying their entire country doesn't understand politics? And the way you referred to Germans, a state controlled media and national socialism it kind of sounds like you're callings them Nazis as well. Like they don't get it because Germans are just a bunch of Nazis anyway is sort of what you're saying. Funny thing is, right-wing populist is a pretty accurate description of Alex Jones.

What does this have to do with you calling me a racist?

The way you write is bizarre and difficult to follow.
 
"Racist" has multiple common usages, and I think the intent has been explained - you think Germans have a limited frame of reference for political concepts, but they don't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism#Ethnic_conflicts

Debates over the origins of racism often suffer from a lack of clarity over the term. Many use the term "racism" to refer to more general phenomena, such as xenophobia and ethnocentrism, although scholars attempt to clearly distinguish those phenomena from racism as an ideology or from scientific racism, which has little to do with ordinary xenophobia. Others conflate recent forms of racism with earlier forms of ethnic and national conflict.
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What does this have to do with you calling me a racist?

I did not call you a racist. I said your commentary about Germans was "a pretty offensive, even racist thing you said".

The way you write is bizarre and difficult to follow.

Perhaps you need to work on your reading comprehension skills. I remember not long ago I mentioned something about your talking points sounded like Alex Jones talking points and you even identify your location as the "Peoples Republic of Texas", a term AJ uses. Yet for some reason you thought I was saying you're an Alex Jones fan simply because you're from Texas. Talk about bizarre.
 
Charlie, you didn't just say that Germans might have a limited frame of reference for political concepts. You put it in terms of state controlled media and National Socialism. Are you aware that National Socialism is commonly associated with Nazis, especially within the context of Germany? I don't expect you to understand, being you're from Texas and all. ;)
 
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