Real anti-fascists

[gordonzola]

As some idiot incoherently tries to sell a book arguing that liberals=progressives=communists=fascists and only right-wingers are really for freedom, let us take a moment to remember a real American anti-fascist. Let's also remember that the people who went to fight fascism in Spain, when many right-wingers and industrialists were cozying up to it, were hounded by the US government, labeled "pre-mature anti-fascists", and blacklisted or jailed.

Is there anyone more deserving of a (theoretical of course) punch in the face right now than Jonah Goldberg?

Feel free to make your nominations below.

Comments

I got plenty of fist

[flipzagging.livejournal.com]

Jonah Goldberg is very deserving, but I had the exact same thought about another guest on the Daily Show this week, Allen Raymond. This guy is peddling a book about how he helped suppress the Democratic vote in the 2002 NH election. Clearly unrepentant. He has a nice, bony and prominent nose....

Re: I got plenty of fist

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

definitely deserving!

Re: I got plenty of fist

[flipzagging.livejournal.com]

BTW, maybe you noticed already, but almost every guest this week was a right-winger -- and pretty extreme ones too.

It may be because the guests have to cross a picket line.

Re: I got plenty of fist

[kest]

wow, I totally interpreted Allen Raymond differently. The only thing I know about him is the Daily Show interview. I saw him as having gone to jail and done his time so he doesn't exactly feel *guilty*, but clearly recognizing in hindsight that what he did was wrong and writing a book so people know that this kind of thing is really out there.

Re: I got plenty of fist

[flipzagging.livejournal.com]

It is good that people will now get to know more of what goes on, but that doesn't mean his motives are pure.

To me the book and the interview seemed to be an attempt to deflect blame upwards, take revenge on the GOP officials who disowned him, make a little money, and possibly establish himself as a talking head on election tactics.

I don't have objective knowledge about whether he has repented or not, but come on. There is no chance that, going into this, he thought he was doing something good for the country. Check out this story. He's tried to suggest that he was pressured into doing it. Right. His firm was raking in millions and two other firms had turned away this job for ethical concerns. So he got $15,000 for the phone-jamming work, and, by the way, his profit on that was $13,100. Now that's he's out of jail, he's actually complaining that he can't get work in political consulting any more. Three months in prison isn't going to change a guy like that.