goy,
I will graciously offer my apology. Obviously I misread the tone of your post on no. 76. And by the way, my use of “your grandmother” was purely a rhetorical generic grandmother, and was not your grandmother.
I think that with your last comment post I finally see what you have been so distressed about. Ironically, in a different forum better suited to nuance of expression, I think you would realize that we actually agree on virtually everything.
In fact, your statement that “the midpoint – any point – between international socialism (communism) and national socialism (fascism/nazism) is … socialism. ” happens to be exactly what I have been trying to say. But is not that statement itself an expression of the limitations of a linear political model? You yourself are saying that conventional American political parties do not exist on a continuum between “left” and “right”. I wholly agree.
But in fact, “left” and “right” do in fact correlate to “Democrat” and “Republican” in common political discourse, and even many educated people assume that conventional American politics exist on a continuum between Socialism and Fascism. Therefore, extra effort must be expended in breaking the connection.
One must start somewhere, and forcing people to re-think what they think they know about the popular concept of the political spectrum is the best place. Because as you said, the rules were designed by the left, and sometimes you have to break them down before you can start.
I have no attachment to a circle, and in fact, I have already made note of your triagular model for future use.
I did not check back directly to your blog. I should have. I thought that you would email if you wanted to discuss it further.
Once again. My apologies. I’m on your side.
