"Enemy of the People"

[Gulo Blue]

Since Trump was calling the New York Times an "Enemy of the People", I googled the phrase and wikipedia gives a handful of historical examples. The other time they list it being popular in the US was in the 60's when it was used to describe the Black Panther Party and...Ann Arbor's very own Students for a Democratic Society.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_of_the_people

 

[tinselwolverine]

The entry claims that the first use of the term was by the Roman Senate in conjunction with its sentencing to death of Emperor Nero.

 

[TheVictors]

And Hitler ....and those Nazis he palled around with.


and Lenin, that Commie bastard!

 

[Michchamp]

In a Christian society, billionaires would be enemies of the people.

 

[Spartanmack]

In a Christian society, billionaires would be enemies of the people.

why is that?

 

[TheVictors]

As far as I am concerned, there is only one Enemy of the People!

 

[Michchamp]

why is that?

try reading the gospels, hypocrite

 

[Gulo Blue]

In a Christian society, billionaires would be enemies of the people.

They would generally be frowned upon, but there's a camel's chance of fitting through the eye of a needle that they might be all right.

 

[Gulo Blue]

 

[TheVictors]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/movies/generation-wealth-review-lauren-greenfield.html

Generation Wealth is a great look at the materialistic culture of the US and world today.

 

[Spartanmack]

try reading the gospels, hypocrite

I've read them, there's nothing about vilifying the rich, dumbass. You should try reading the 10 commandments, particularly #10, dumbass.

 

[Gulo Blue]

I've read them, there's nothing about vilifying the rich, dumbass. You should try reading the 10 commandments, particularly #10, dumbass.

Nobody was vilified just for being rich and Christ and his followers did have positive interactions with tax collectors and Joseph of Arimathea who donated the tomb. But, there's also only one case I remember of Christ getting so angry he started flipping tables.

 

[TheVictors]

Nobody was vilified just for being rich and Christ and his followers did have positive interactions with tax collectors and Joseph of Arimathea who donated the tomb. But, there's also only one case I remember of Christ getting so angry he started flipping tables.

You might be thinking about Roadhouse, starring the Swayze.

 

[Spartanmack]

Nobody was vilified just for being rich and Christ and his followers did have positive interactions with tax collectors and Joseph of Arimathea who donated the tomb. But, there's also only one case I remember of Christ getting so angry he started flipping tables.

Wasn't that because of WHERE they were collecting taxes and buying and selling goods - not because they were doing it?

 

[Michchamp]

I've read them, there's nothing about vilifying the rich, dumbass. You should try reading the 10 commandments, particularly #10, dumbass.

really? I had 12 years of Catholic school, and you're going to try to tell ME that?

 

[TheVictors]

really? I had 12 years of Catholic school, and you're going to try to tell ME that?

 

[Spartanmack]

really? I had 12 years of Catholic school, and you're going to try to tell ME that?

I'm not trying, I've told you. I went to Catholic school too, but that doesn't matter because I'm not dumb or weak enough to try to pull the argument from authority bull shit.

 

[tinselwolverine]

You might be thinking about Roadhouse, starring the Swayze.

As I recall, Dalton tended to stay pretty cool even while he was with whuppin? ass.

 

[Gulo Blue]

You might be thinking about Roadhouse, starring the Swayze.

That's what I'm thinking of. My bad.

 

[TheVictors]