"Mussolini was not all bad."
To jimmymccready: You got that part right from a flaming Democrat’s perspective:
. . . if liberals were honest they would cite Benito Mussolini instead of Hitler. Il Duce is the father of fascism not Hitler. Liberals give Mussolini a pass because they get more mileage out of Hitler than he ever got out of the Afrika Korps.
Today’s Democrats label everyone a fascist who attacks any part of their political agenda. Oppose socialized medicine and you a fascist. Secure our borders and you are fascist. Abolish any welfare state program and you are a fascist. Speak out against infanticide and you are a fascist. Withdraw from the United Nations and you are a fascist. Demand Voter ID laws and you are a fascist. The list is endless.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...n-Plays-The-Hitler-Card&p=2804362#post2804362
A detailed look at Mussolini and Democrats is more informative:
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), not Hitler, was the Father of Fascism. He was a journalist before he was a dictator. Mussolini’s profession before becoming a dictator does not say anything important when applied to the totalitarian element in American television journalism, but it certainly offers some interesting food for speculation about the use of propaganda apparatus —— just as Il Duce used it in his time. Nobody knows how to use the tools of propaganda better than a journalist. There may not be a budding Mussolini among the lot of them, but who can say they are not collectively looking for a leader to guide us all to Shangri-la? Clinton and Obama fell short, but there is no reason for television to call off the search.
This is the only thing that turns Democrats against Mussolini:
When Benito Mussolini addressed the Socialists in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, June 21, 1921 in his first speech as a member of parliament he said the following:
“We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford; the working people are hopelessly bound to their native shores.”
. . . Mussolini’s criticism of internationalism made his argument meaningless when the United Nations began destroying national boundaries. Democrat fascists long-ago realized that mass migrations serve Communism’s cause much better than was fully understood in 1921 —— The League of Nations.
I will close with a bit more about Mussolini that might interest those who do not know he worked for MI5 during WWI:
I doubt if Mussolini did it for the money alone. He was too politically astute to hop in bed with the British without getting more than he was giving. It can be argued that he went on to become Italy’s dictator thanks to the help he got from the British. By the time WWII got going I will bet that British spy masters were doing a lot of soul-searching. MI5's manipulating Mussolini in 1917 obviously backfired.
How many spies in history ever did as well as Il Duce after hanging up their decoder rings? You might say that Mussolini mastered the art of using the people who were using him. That is the eternal dream of spies and informers.
There are all kinds of institutional spies as opposed to peeping Toms who spy on strangers and neighbors for their own gratification. Some spy on the people for their government; they usually work for the secret police or some such institution. Others act for foreign governments against their native country; they are traitors first and spies second. Some spies spy on foreign governments for their native land; they are the good guys.
Mussolini should be a lesson to all Americans. He was more than a politician who came to power in his own country. Being a secret agent for a foreign power added a fascinating dimension to his character; nevertheless, he was still a spy, and a traitor, at the time he was working for the British. It is safe to say that the Italian government would have executed him had they known what he was up to.
Those in high places in our government who work for the United Nations/International Community (UNIC) engage in Mussolini’s brand of treason without running the risk of being executed. Ask them what they are doing and they will tell you they are doing what is best for the country. None will admit that their abuse of power on behalf of foreign governments is treason.
NOTE: In the eyes of the Democrat Party their love of journalism absolves all of Mussolini’s sins:
Finally, Mussolini was a journalist and newspaper publisher when he was committing treason for the British government. In addition to being above suspicion the owners of America’s major news outlets are wealthier, and far more influential, than Mussolini was before he became Il Duce.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...-He-Would-Be-A-Democrat&p=2940521#post2940521
