I wasn't describing the totality of Fairfield. It does support all kinds of thinking and all kinds of wonderful craziness. But there is definitely a fascist vibe to the inner core of the org. We've got town Rus and Campus Rus. I sometimes refer to them as house niggers and field niggers. And there are plenty of ex Rus and seekers from other traditions as well. The raja costumes are part of the inner core. Y'all are prolly all used to the fascist vibe looking exclusively like Darth Veder, but Germans remember something more varied than that. There was a large "New Age" component to German fascism, which started out as stupidly insipid as those rajas are, and then got increasingly dark. There were dudes in ridiculous robes running around in Germany under Hitler. They didn't wear the same style of crowns but preferred wreaths made of oak leaves, sometimes gilded. a
curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for the fascist vibe of the TMO, I stand by it. It's unmistakable here in Fairfield, which is crawling with bliss Nazis. > You are on the ground in Fairfield, so you should know. But this is not what I have heard from friends who have visited recently. Although there is a group think consensus on some beliefs like "nature support", I heard that Fairfield supports free thinking. At least outside the inner core or as it is known, the Raja's realm. Aren't there many different styles of thinking within a basically spiritual framework there? Personally I might have trouble with a constant undercurrent of spirituality assumptions. I live among recent immigrants because I love the stimulation of few intellectually shared assumptions. So why put up with those Winters if the intellectual climate isn't working for you? > > > authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander > > <mailander111@> wrote: > > > > The audience reacted negatively because to them, the > > rhetoric of the TMO sounds just like Hitler style > > fascism. It's not just the word "invincibility." > > It's the whole vibe of the thing. a > > No, they were fine with Lynch, and he was using the > same rhetoric, just not that particular word. They > quieted right down when Lynch took over the podium > again; they were willing to hear what he had to say. > > They were reacting negatively to the *raja's* vibe; > who wouldn't? (Not because his vibe is "fascist," but > because he's a pompous ass.) But that reaction didn't > extend to Lynch even after the raja had blown it. > > I thought Lynch did a good job straightening out > the misunderstanding. At least the audience seems > to have realized the way they took it originally > wasn't the way it was meant. > > What puzzles me is, the TMO has been using the word > "invincibility" for many years. You'd think *somebody* > in the German TMO would have pointed out the problem > with the German term by now. It's like advocating > "states' rights" or "Jim Crow" to an audience of > African-Americans (only worse). Why didn't the raja > dude know that, if he's German himself? > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
