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Interview with Naomi Wolf author of "Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries" given October 4, 2008 on Mind Over Matters, KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle.
Oct 5, 2008 5:24 PM
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
careful how often you say that, might as well paint a target on yourself
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
Already have one.
And, as she points out in this interview, staying quiet for fear of government reprisal is exactly what you should NOT be doing.
And, as she points out in this interview, staying quiet for fear of government reprisal is exactly what you should NOT be doing.
By: decavolt
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
Words are not the issue here, actions are.
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
That's just a little contradictory of your first comment "careful how often you say that, might as well paint a target on yourself"
Although I agree that taking action is more than just speaking out - although that's where it has to start.
Although I agree that taking action is more than just speaking out - although that's where it has to start.
By: decavolt
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
People like Naomi Wolf are why those of us in the rest of the world look(ed) up to America. Here's hoping that there are enough people like her left to do something.
By: Wolvan
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
I would take anything Naomi Wolf says with a grain of salt. I listened to a long interview with her on one of Seattle's other public radio stations the other day. She could barely contain her contempt for anyone who doubted her conclusions. She reminds me of my fellow college leftists in the mid-80s. If you don't agree with her right here, right now, you're a fool or a collaborator.
There is some really, really scary stuff happening. Wolf tries to tie it all together to show the repeat of an historical pattern that leads directly to fascism. She backs up her claims with a lot of historical material. It's hard to argue with her unless you're an historian, and can show that she is distorting or misinterpreting history. The only thing you can do is to look at all the crap that Bush/Cheney, etc have gotten away with, and ask yourself if it has really brought us to the brink of fascism. I don't see it.
There is some really, really scary stuff happening. Wolf tries to tie it all together to show the repeat of an historical pattern that leads directly to fascism. She backs up her claims with a lot of historical material. It's hard to argue with her unless you're an historian, and can show that she is distorting or misinterpreting history. The only thing you can do is to look at all the crap that Bush/Cheney, etc have gotten away with, and ask yourself if it has really brought us to the brink of fascism. I don't see it.
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
That's a very good question. Did all that "crap" Bush/Cheney got away with actually bring us close to the brink of fascism?
I mean, it's not like the US is rounding up undesirables and political dissidents and arresting them and forcing them into ghettos, right? Well...except for those mass arrests and free speech ghettos in Colorado, Minneapolis, NYC, etc for the conventions. But that's small potatoes, right?
And it's not like the State is directly tied to private corporations putting their needs above the will of our People. Ooh...except for that whole bailout thing. And the fact that our VP gave no-bid contracts and literally siphoned billions of our tax dollars to his company from whom he still receives a deferred income.
But we had to do it. Sure, spending 50% of our budget on the military industry has broken the US's financial back. But we had to do it to show the world we're a strong nation, tough on crime. Everybody knows that.
And at least we aren't arresting people without due process and torturing them, right? Right?!
'Cause that'd be almost as crazy as some nutty Philip K. Dick sci-fi philosophy that our nation should attack and occupy countries just because we *think* they "might" do us harm sometime in the future. Wait, what's the Bush Doctrine again? Ah, F*ck it. If Palin ain't got to know, I don't neither.
And nobody's spying on our citizens. Heck, if you have nothing to hide, why should you care anyway, ya terrorist-lovin' liberal? What's that? No, just because the State can spy on you, you have no right to know what the State is doing. Lighten up and go buy Phish reunion tickets, hippy.
Our government never fired attorneys just because they wouldn't take an oath to a political party. And we don't have a Vice President's Office that outed a CIA agent in a time of war. Karl Rove never said he'll "neutralize" Don Siegelman and put him in prison. None of it.
We're America. We don't do any of that. Period. And anyone who disagrees hates your Freedom.
Because Fascism is the linking of the corporate and nationalistic State interests to place them above the people. Us? Never.
That's just the kind of talk you'd expect to hear from them liberal secular humanist elites up in their ivory towers...
I mean, it's not like the US is rounding up undesirables and political dissidents and arresting them and forcing them into ghettos, right? Well...except for those mass arrests and free speech ghettos in Colorado, Minneapolis, NYC, etc for the conventions. But that's small potatoes, right?
And it's not like the State is directly tied to private corporations putting their needs above the will of our People. Ooh...except for that whole bailout thing. And the fact that our VP gave no-bid contracts and literally siphoned billions of our tax dollars to his company from whom he still receives a deferred income.
But we had to do it. Sure, spending 50% of our budget on the military industry has broken the US's financial back. But we had to do it to show the world we're a strong nation, tough on crime. Everybody knows that.
And at least we aren't arresting people without due process and torturing them, right? Right?!
'Cause that'd be almost as crazy as some nutty Philip K. Dick sci-fi philosophy that our nation should attack and occupy countries just because we *think* they "might" do us harm sometime in the future. Wait, what's the Bush Doctrine again? Ah, F*ck it. If Palin ain't got to know, I don't neither.
And nobody's spying on our citizens. Heck, if you have nothing to hide, why should you care anyway, ya terrorist-lovin' liberal? What's that? No, just because the State can spy on you, you have no right to know what the State is doing. Lighten up and go buy Phish reunion tickets, hippy.
Our government never fired attorneys just because they wouldn't take an oath to a political party. And we don't have a Vice President's Office that outed a CIA agent in a time of war. Karl Rove never said he'll "neutralize" Don Siegelman and put him in prison. None of it.
We're America. We don't do any of that. Period. And anyone who disagrees hates your Freedom.
Because Fascism is the linking of the corporate and nationalistic State interests to place them above the people. Us? Never.
That's just the kind of talk you'd expect to hear from them liberal secular humanist elites up in their ivory towers...
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
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For a brief moment, the sounds of a heavy aircraft landing nearby shake the huge hall on its foundations; but the legions of whirring cameras soon settle into everyone's consciousness again.
BHG raises his right hand, palm outward. The scanner hovers a moment in front of it, then bleeps ominously. BHG does his best to remain calm; his eyes are blank, his face lit by an artificial smile. Inwardly, he trembles, and his heart constricts until relaxed breathing becomes a matter of utmost concentration. The scanner bleeps again, this time almost cheerfully.
"Thank you. Move along now. Next!"
BHG walks down the aisle, and turns right at the first opportunity. When he rounds the corner, it is as though his eyes lit up for a moment; but the scanner is already busy with an elderly couple and does not notice.
For a brief moment, the sounds of a heavy aircraft landing nearby shake the huge hall on its foundations; but the legions of whirring cameras soon settle into everyone's consciousness again.
Re: Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me Liberty
That was awesome! Nice writing!
