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OK, so workers join a workers' party. Now that we've got that puzzling riddle settled, let's get back to "national."
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The Socialist German Workers Party (gosh, who joins a "Workers Party"?) said they're National just like the National Organization for Women does.
No, not "just like."
Here are the definitions of "national", per dictionary.com:
adjective
1. of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
2. owned, preserved, or maintained by the federal government: a national wildlife refuge.
3. peculiar or common to the whole people of a country: national customs.
4. devoted to one's own nation, its interests, etc.; patriotic: to stir up national pride.
5. nationalist.
6. concerning or encompassing an entire nation : a national radio network.
7. limited to one nation.
The National Organization for Women, National Rifle Association, National Grange, National Bank, National Right to Life, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and all other such entities are using definitions 1 and 6. The proto-Nazis were using definitions 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
OK, so workers join a workers' party. Now that we've got that puzzling riddle settled, let's get back to "national."
No, not "just like."
Here are the definitions of "national", per dictionary.com:
adjective
1. of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
2. owned, preserved, or maintained by the federal government: a national wildlife refuge.
3. peculiar or common to the whole people of a country: national customs.
4. devoted to one's own nation, its interests, etc.; patriotic: to stir up national pride.
5. nationalist.
6. concerning or encompassing an entire nation : a national radio network.
7. limited to one nation.
The National Organization for Women, National Rifle Association, National Grange, National Bank, National Right to Life, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and all other such entities are using definitions 1 and 6. The proto-Nazis were using definitions 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Why do you somehow think NOW, NRA, NORML, etc. are avoiding definitions defs. 3, 4, 5, 7? Why do you think a "Socialist GermanWorkers Party" would want to avoid those defs 1 and, particularly, 7?
Do you know of another Germany?
Oh what a tangled web Makhno75 weaves.... (Moreover "nationalist" and "dominionist" are progressive-coined words for just such an occasion.) While you're at it, tell us how BO is really, actually a rightie,...er, now.
If you're planning a function for a "Workers Party", Makhno75, what kind of guests are you expecting? Oh--and "Socialist." Printed on the invite.
Would you have shown up on the door stoop of a "Tee-Partei" event with a casserole? Be honest.
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