Intellectual Terrorism....From an Article by Dr. Tomislav Sunic

"Although America prides itself on its First Amendment, free speech in higher education and the media is subject to didactic self censorship. Expression of politically incorrect opinions can ruin the careers of, or hurt the grades of those who are “naive” enough to trust their First Amendment rights. It is a growing practice among tenured professors in the USA to give passing grades to many of their minority students in order to avoid legal troubles with their peers at best, or to avoid losing a job at worst.

In a similar vein, according the the Fabius-Gayssot law, proposed by a French Communist deputy and adopted in 1990, a person uttering in public doubts about modern antifascist victimology risks serious fines or imprisonment. A number of writers and journalists from France and Germany committed suicide, lost their jobs, or asked for political asylum in Syria, Sweden or America.

Similar repressive measures have been recently enacted in multicultural Australia, Canada and Belgium. Many East European nationalist politicians, particularly from Croatia, wishing to visit their expatriate countrymen in Canada or Australia are denied visa by those countries on the grounds of their alleged extremist nationalistic views. For the time being Russia, and other post-communist countries, are not subject to the same repressive thought control as exists in the USA or the European Union. Yet, in view of the increasing pressure from Brussels and Washington, this may change.

Contrary to widespread beliefs, state terror, i.e. totalitarianism is not only a product of violent ideology espoused by a handful of thugs. Civic fear, feigned self-abnegation, and intellectual abdication create an ideal ground for the totalitarian temptation. Intellectual terrorism is fueled by a popular belief that somehow things will straighten out by themselves. Growing social apathy and rising academic self-censorship only boost the spirit of totalitarianism. Essentially, the spirit of totalitarianism is the absence of all spirit".
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Found this, of all places, in Pravda. Can you imagine, the former Soviet mouthpiece more honest than the American and European press? The worm has turned. Dr. Sunic realizes the road to totalitarianism is built with the bricks of political correctness, hate speech legislation, and intellectual dishonesty. Read the entire piece here. Its an article from 2002, in the archives, but non-the-less timely and on target.

The Canadian Inquisition--Free Speech On Trial

Here you see something you've never seen before, a Government official questioning a citizen who published Muslim cartoons in Canada "what his intent" was for doing so. This is an unusual look inside what the end of free speech looks like in Canada....Government officials questioning your thoughts....and if found guilty of hate speech....fined for doing so. You may have to turn up the volume to hear...but this is very chilling. This is whats coming to America, if we don't resist hate crime or speech legislation.

The Democrats- A not so new political strategy.

William Z. Foster. He was the national chairman of the American Communist Party from 1933 until 1957. He died in Moscow in 1961 and was buried with honors by the Soviet government.

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 326
“A Communist world will be a united organization world. The economic system will be one great organization.

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 326
“In such a society there will be no tariffs or the many other barriers erected by capitalism against a free world interchange of goods.” Here we have free trade, and not fair trade.

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 316
“Among the elementary measures the American Soviet government will adopt to further the cultural revolution are the following: the schools, colleges and universities will be coordinated and grouped under the National Department of Education and its state and local branches.” Again socialists have the majority of faculty within our institutions, colleges, university's, and public schools. See public school indoctrination comments found on this site. We of course now have a Federal Department of Education.

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 334
Quoting Stalin
“The principle of capitalist competition is defeat and death for some and victory for others. The principle of Socialist competition is, comradely assistance to those lagging behind the more advances, with the purpose to reach general advancement.” What more can I say about the take over of GM, Government Motors, the bailouts of banks, and the take over of the Healthcare industry, and the coming takeover of energy and manufacturing under Cap and Trade.

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 308
“The Russian woman is also free in her sex life. When married life becomes unwelcome for a couple they are not barbarously compelled to live together. Divorce is to be had for the asking by one or both parties.” Isn't this a reflection of our current post modern society today?

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 290
“Naturally the American Socialist industry will be operated upon the basis of a planned economy.” The Government, under aforementioned stimulus plans, now seek to control not only US manufacturing (production), but the means of production and who gets access to capital. Taxes will redistribute money from those who earn it to those who the Government prefers based on political favor and orientation.

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 321
“Capitalism blames crime upon the individual, instead of upon the bad social conditions with produced it.” This certainly reflects the lack of personal responsibility for ones own economic condition in our current post modern society. Work is no longer a requirement of economic reward in our evolving economy. A retail worker inside an air conditioned perfume counter will have the equivalent pay as a steel worker operating 500 feet off the ground, a road worker toiling in 100 degree heat, or oil rig workers facing dangerous working conditions. Equivalent pay for less strenuous and dangerous work will eventually insure no one will want to do it.


Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 317
“The whole basis and organization of capitalist science will be revolutionized. Science will become . . . truly scientific. God will be banished from the laboratories as will as from the schools.” Already done.

Toward Soviet America - 1932 William Z Foster, page 303
“Attempts to maintain the capitalist white chauvinism and ostracism of the Negroes will be punished as a serious crime.” Although this statement may be dated, its meaning is clear to me. Hate crime law will eventually chill, then outlaw speech under the guise of hate. See my article on hate crime and its deleterious effect on free speech of all kinds. White guilt has driven this, see my article below, or here

Kagan..General Thoughts

Hate crimes legislation is the next step by Stalinist leftists (Progressives) to stifle free speech in America. Stalin used to throw opponents in mental institutions. In the US, we call it mandatory "sensitivity training". If you're spewing speech the left doesn’t like, you may be a prime candidate for required sensitivity training (or known as reeducation camps in Commie circles).

Unelected judges ruling as tyrants will lead to trouble. If activist judges rule by fiat, and do not stick to strict constructionist principles, we will loose our freedom one ruling at a time.

We've had this kind of thing in America before. The Lincoln administration at one time went so far as to bar the use of the postal system for newspapers that disagreed with his administration. This of course ruined the newspapers. The Lincoln administration went still further and threw newspapermen in jail without charges. As you can imagine, he received great press once this policy went into effect. Too bad they were not clever enough to claim they were only stopping the spread of hate speech, then Lincoln would have been proclaimed a God.

An American conservative commentator was recently threatened in Canada with criminal prosecution for speaking her mind. Progressives are nothing but Stalinist leftists in disguise. They purport freedom of speech, as long as its speech they agree with. The USA isn’t Canada yet, but with judges like Kagan, we are not far away. Religious leaders have much to fear from Progressives gaining further inroads into our government and judiciary.