Crazy News Article on Karl Marx

[Nikolay]

This news article is so bad it's funny.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/39223

[Tim Finnegan]

You know that an article is going to be bad when you're groaning before you finish the title... http://beaty625.com/smilies/cringe.gif

[o well this is ok I guess]

....Because without America there is no free world ._____________________________________.

[Chris]

"Socialism’s God—Karl Marx: Was He Stupid, Insane…or Possessed?"


I'd say he was possessed... he certainly possessed grounding in reality, which that article certainly seems to lack.

[Dzerzhinsky's Ghost]

This article is fucking ridiculous. It sounds like whomever wrote this probably got rejected by their high school newspaper (seriously). The part that I thought was really funny was the comments on his hygiene because obviously this is important and obviously, during Marx's time, the ruling class probably were not some equally filthy, cousin fucking inbreds were they? Of course not. I also don't get how they say he was a "devout Christian," when Marx was born a Jew. Bakunin was among Marx's closest associates? Really? This article is so absurd and juvenile it can't even be taken seriously. Apparently the author doesn't understand that poetry doesn't necessarily reflect the actual beliefs of it's author, dumbass.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

I couldn't finish reading it it was so stupid that it hurt my brain.

[Flying Trotsky]

This article really does set a new standard of willful ignorance...

[Kosakk]

That article is the worst piece of crap I've read in ages.
The worst part, some might believe him …

EDIT: just saw the comments … :blink:

[Susurrus]

I think they must have stolen this story from the Onion, or maybe Stephen Colbert...

[tom1992]

A devil worshipper? OMG

The worst thing is that the person who made the article is an "academic". LOL

[Kamos]

You guys know "Landover Baptist Church"? It's a forum dedicated to a fictional church, and it's actually a parody of Westboro Baptist Church and such rabid rightwing institutions. Well, when reading the article, my first thought was that this must be a joke, just like that site.

[o well this is ok I guess]

A devil worshipper? OMG

The worst thing is that the person who made the article is an "academic". LOL University classes are a great place to go if you want to rage hard.

[CommieTroll]

I can't say that I'm not surprised, and what do you expect? Its typical bourgeois media, they don't have a fucking clue what they are writing about and common sense and truth goes out the window. Now I'm pissed off at myself for being pissed off at the same crap and accusations that I hear daily about Marxism, I guess its just same shit different day

[communard71]

The thing that freaks me out is that this weirdo has a BA (assuming) from the University of Oregon, a JD and a Master’s in government and wrote articles in ancient law for some Florida law firm. If all that’s true then I’m worried. An academic who’s not even as circumspect as Willian freakin Buckley. I mean, I can picture this schmuck bent over some primary resources and literally flipping to the middle of some books and saying ah-ha!

[Lenina Rosenweg]

The editor of that "journal", Judi McLeod has a backgrond as a right wing Christian fundamentalist. She also seems to have a history of emotional instability.

Wikipedia
Conservative writer Kevin Michael Grace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Michael_Grace) has described McLeod's writing as that of an "emotionally incontinent ninth grader," [6] (http://web.archive.org/web/20080129165311/http://www.theambler.com/jul1-15_05.htm#marsden4) while Toronto Star (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Star) columnist Antonia Zerbisias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Zerbisias) describes her as "eccentric" and the Canada Free Press as a "whacko news site." [7] (http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/komedy_korner/index.html)
Toronto Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Life) magazine reported that McLeod was harassing city councillor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_City_Council) Betty Disero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Disero). McLeod had been driving past Disero's home, taking pictures. [8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judi_McLeod#cite_note-TLBD-7)
McLeod published the home address and photograph of Cathy Crowe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Crowe), co-founder of the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, in the CFP along with what Crowe's lawyer deemed defamatory statements. The lawyer alleged that McLeod was encouraging her readers to harass and even physically attack Crowe. [8] (http://web.archive.org/web/20030520035447/www.canadafreepress.com/archives/2001/7vol8.htm) The paper also published the home address of anti-poverty activist John Clarke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clarke_%28activist%29) along with a photograph of the house he was renting.





The article of course is hysterical poorly written tripe, good for a few laughs.


The "accusations" leveled against Marx aren't even worth responding to, but I will anyway.


As far as I know the Marx family always paid Helene Demuth and treated her well. The rumors about an affair and a son Karl had with her are dealt with o0n the "Marx myths" website. If Marx did have an "illegitimate" son, this certainly doesn't take anything away from his enormous contribution to humanity.Marx did have a conflicted relationship with his father. Again, so what? His father as I understand wasn't a "capitalist" but was a progressive minded liberal lawyer.Engels helped him out financially. How is this different from capitalist funded right wing think tanks paying scholars to churn out their nonsense?



As far as "demonic possession" goes, this is something which would only make sense from within the worldview of an extreme Christian fundamentalist. Its a very good way to avoid engaging in thought. "Get thee behind me, oh Satan".Marx did admire Prometheus and some of his early romantic poetry did have a "demonic" aspect. For me this would be a big plus.


Doing a bit of research on the Canada Free Press (all their articles that I've seen seem to be on the US, it seems to be indirectly connected to Mr. Murdoch's empire.

[The Douche]

Read marx.

Listen to slayer.

Hail satan.




About sums up my life.

[Leftie]

I also don't get how they say he was a "devout Christian," when Marx was born a Jew.

His dad converted to Christianity before he was born.

[RedStarOverChina]

Try not to draw attention to such idiocy...They crave the attention and you're basically feeding the troll.

[Tim Finnegan]

Somebody just pointed out to me that this is begging for a crossover with Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. :lol:

[CommieTroll]

Read marx.

Listen to slayer.

Hail satan.




About sums up my life.

You don't practice animal sacrifice? I guess I'm an orthodox satanist then:laugh:

[BIG BROTHER]

Wow this article is one of the most childish forms of propaganda that I have ever seen and I assume only emotionally disturbed religious fanatics would fall for this crap.

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

You don't practice animal sacrifice? I guess I'm an orthodox satanist then:laugh:

Who needs animals when you have Christian babies? We're insane, demon-possessed Marxists after all, we need to take this as far as we can to appease the blood-gods!

[The Douche]

Wow this article is one of the most childish forms of propaganda that I have ever seen and I assume only emotionally disturbed religious fanatics would fall for this crap.

I think you underestimate the average protestant conservative.

Anecdotally:

My mother worked at a church for quite a few years, I usually attended for christmas, easter, and mother's day, you know, time that you would usually spend with your mom/family.

So one mother's day I'm at church with her, and she had worked there for quite sometime, the people in the church knew me, knew me well. I would say their congregation had about 500 members, so not a big church, but not a small one.

The pastor is preaching about the importance of a mother's role in raising children and how vital their role is in bringing up good christians, and how their position is even more important in times like ours, where "godless marxist infidels" control our institutions of education.


The church's assistant pastor, who also happens to be my lawyer, once asked me, since I was an anarchist, if I could answer a question of his about Bakunin, he asked if Bakunin was a satanist, I laughed and told him that Bakunin was an atheist, so obviously he couldn't believe in satan, but was fond of using satan as an allegory for rebellion. He told me that whether Bakunin believed in satan or not, he was in fact a satanist. Oh well, at least he's a good lawyer, and gives me a fair price when I need him.

[RedStarOverChina]

I think you underestimate the average protestant conservative.

Anecdotally:

My mother worked at a church for quite a few years, I usually attended for christmas, easter, and mother's day, you know, time that you would usually spend with your mom/family.

So one mother's day I'm at church with her, and she had worked there for quite sometime, the people in the church knew me, knew me well. I would say their congregation had about 500 members, so not a big church, but not a small one.

The pastor is preaching about the importance of a mother's role in raising children and how vital their role is in bringing up good christians, and how their position is even more important in times like ours, where "godless marxist infidels" control our institutions of education.


The church's assistant pastor, who also happens to be my lawyer, once asked me, since I was an anarchist, if I could answer a question of his about Bakunin, he asked if Bakunin was a satanist, I laughed and told him that Bakunin was an atheist, so obviously he couldn't believe in satan, but was fond of using satan as an allegory for rebellion. He told me that whether Bakunin believed in satan or not, he was in fact a satanist. Oh well, at least he's a good lawyer, and gives me a fair price when I need him.
Ask him if you can be a Christian if you don't believe in God. Say stuff like, Whether or not Hitlet believed in Jesus Christ, he was in fact, a Christian.

Seriously though, I don't understand why you still attend church...Maybe its just because I came from a secular family with "loose morals", but I could never understand why many people go to church despite not being that religious.

[RedZezz]

Canada Free Press is much like World Net Daily or Glenn Beck. They are not even good right-wing news agencies, just childish rants. No point in even giving them the time of day.

[The Douche]

Ask him if you can be a Christian if you don't believe in God. Say stuff like, Whether or not Hitlet believed in Jesus Christ, he was in fact, a Christian.

Seriously though, I don't understand why you still attend church...Maybe its just because I came from a secular family with "loose morals", but I could never understand why many people go to church despite not being that religious.

I don't attend church. I do stuff with my family on days that are traditionally days you spend with family because I love them.

If its mother's day and my mom wants to go to church, I will oblige her out of love/respect.


He would say that no, one could not be a christian, he's implying that whether or not Bakunin believes in God/Satan, that he is doing satan's work, and since, according to his (the pastor's) world view, God does exist, bakunin is, in action a satanist, if not in belief.

[Impulse97]

This has by far, topped my list of "stupid crap I've read in the past 19 years".

Reading this made me feel like I had some sort of demented bipolar disorder, radical and rapid swings between laughter and rage. :laugh::cursing::laugh::cursing::laugh::cursing:

Gawd, that site and article was like if someone took my grandmothers essence and put it on the internet. She'd agree with every word and forward it to 500 people including me(she frequently does this, why I don't know since she knows I'm a Marxist. Perhaps, its some pathetic attempt to show me the errors of my ways. Got a video from her made by the oaks institute on how Obama was a Marxist, mild left of center liberals where Commies and how the UN wanted to take away our guns)

[tobbinator]

They used religion to prove he was bad *facepalm*, surely that's reason enough to diregard this article completely

[BIG BROTHER]

I think you underestimate the average protestant conservative.

I think you may have a point there.

[Salyut]

I assume only emotionally disturbed religious fanatics would fall for this crap.

Like the Canadian right?

*rimshot*

[Leftsolidarity]

I almost pissed myself laughing from that article

[Delenda Carthago]

Wow this article is one of the most childish forms of propaganda that I have ever seen and I assume only emotionally disturbed religious fanatics would fall for this crap.
Matter of fact, I would only hope an article like that would pop up in greek press right now...

[ModelHomeInvasion]

:laugh:

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[ВАЛТЕР]

:confused::blink: What in the hell did I just read? As for the comments...I don't know whether to laugh or to cry...:laugh::crying:

[Luc]

anyone else notice they spelt Mikhail "mikhal"?

No wonder they don't understand Mikhail's writings about Satan let alone think that Mikhail influenced Marx, they can't even spell his name right.:ohmy:

points for trying though

[Luc]

:laugh:

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Ah, I understand now; they are trolls