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Mayor Pete: Red Diaper Baby

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So mayor Pete is a Red Diaper baby! This explains a lot
So writes Charlie, a longtime reader of mine and of The American Spectator. Please note that Charlie didn't call Pete a red, but a red-diaper baby. There's a difference. And either way, it's a point that isn't irrelevant and should be dealt with and laid out carefully.

Charlie sent me that email back in October and urged me to write about the subject. Given Mayor Pete's surge in the polls, and given my repeated run-ins with the said 'red-diaper' background Charlie is referring to, I finally decided to put something together.

As for that red-diaper background, Charlie is referring to the work of Pete Buttigieg's father, Joseph Buttigieg, who was the world's foremost expert (certainly the English-speaking world) on the famous Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Joseph, who died in January 2019, was no less than the founder of the International Gramsci Society, a fact hardly a secret and acknowledged warmly on the website of the International Gramsci Society. It's so unmissable that the first thing that displays when you open the website is Joseph's photo with a memorial tribute. In fact, as someone who regularly checks that website, I can tell you that Joseph's photo has been the lead on the screen for a full year and counting. He was very important to them."
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Mayor Pete: Red Diaper Baby | The American Spectator

This is kind of a long piece but it's a fascinating read.

I know there are some things about Mayor Pete I certainly wasn't aware of and I don't think any media has explored.
Some examples:
Pete's father was a Marxist.
The parallel between Pete and Barack and their Marxist parents and other Marxist influences.
Pete immersed himself in Marxism starting at an early age - high school through college.
In high school Pete wrote a glowing essay on - wait for it - then Congressman & Socialist Bernie Sanders.

Nonetheless even with Pete's shallow media examination so far it's been obvious that calling Pete a moderate is preposterous.

The Red Diaper Baby piece concludes with ...
"No, this doesn't mean that Pete is a commie, a closet member of Communist Party USA, or that he, say, served as a presidential elector to the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party (as Bernie Sanders did). But it surely helps explain Pete's obvious cultural radicalism, which no doubt was something he would have first observed under the red-diaper roof of his father."


We've seen Mayor Pete in uniform, we've seen him on the campaign trail and in debates.
What's fascinating is contemplating when the media, or Mayor Pete's opponents, would want to get around to mentioning Pete's little known history themselves.
You'd think they would be aware of it by now.
There are examples of famous Communist/Marxist citizens of some note who have changed their thinking.
Pete should be given the opportunity to explain his changes, if he's made any.
 
Literally every Democrat that has run in the past 3 decades has been called a communist. It has nothing to do with reality and will be used no matter who the candidate is, so the word has lost all meaning. If you're going to make up these lies, maybe not try it on the most milk-toast conservative of the lot. It's transparent.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Literally every Democrat that has run in the past 3 decades has been called a communist. It has nothing to do with reality and will be used no matter who the candidate is, so the word has lost all meaning. If you're going to make up these lies, maybe not try it on the most milk-toast conservative of the lot. It's transparent.
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Well said. It is like the boy who called wolf repeatedly when no such animal was really there.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Literally every Democrat that has run in the past 3 decades has been called a communist. It has nothing to do with reality and will be used no matter who the candidate is, so the word has lost all meaning. If you're going to make up these lies, maybe not try it on the most milk-toast conservative of the lot. It's transparent.
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Well, what's the problem if he were a communist? Progressives are far left. A communist is just someone who is a bit farther left than a progressive.
 
aociswundumho said:
Well, what's the problem if he were a communist? Progressives are far left. A communist is just someone who is a bit farther left than a progressive.
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You may be a huge fan of communism, but a communist has never run in the Democratic party and won't for a very long time. Your issue is you think literally everyone left of Trump is a communist. Simple minds prefer simple concepts.
 
bubbabgone said:
Mayor Pete: Red Diaper Baby | The American Spectator

This is kind of a long piece but it's a fascinating read.

I know there are some things about Mayor Pete I certainly wasn't aware of and I don't think any media has explored.
Some examples:
Pete's father was a Marxist.
The parallel between Pete and Barack and their Marxist parents and other Marxist influences.
Pete immersed himself in Marxism starting at an early age - high school through college.
In high school Pete wrote a glowing essay on - wait for it - then Congressman & Socialist Bernie Sanders.

Nonetheless even with Pete's shallow media examination so far it's been obvious that calling Pete a moderate is preposterous.

The Red Diaper Baby piece concludes with ...
"No, this doesn't mean that Pete is a commie, a closet member of Communist Party USA, or that he, say, served as a presidential elector to the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party (as Bernie Sanders did). But it surely helps explain Pete's obvious cultural radicalism, which no doubt was something he would have first observed under the red-diaper roof of his father."


We've seen Mayor Pete in uniform, we've seen him on the campaign trail and in debates.
What's fascinating is contemplating when the media, or Mayor Pete's opponents, would want to get around to mentioning Pete's little known history themselves.
You'd think they would be aware of it by now.
There are examples of famous Communist/Marxist citizens of some note who have changed their thinking.
Pete should be given the opportunity to explain his changes, if he's made any.
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The 1950s called and wants its panic back.
 
aociswundumho said:
Well, what's the problem if he were a communist? Progressives are far left. A communist is just someone who is a bit farther left than a progressive.
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8 hour work days and child labor laws are now "far left."

The Gilded Age has called and wants its draconian laissez-faire doctrine back.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
You may be a huge fan of communism, but a communist has never run in the Democratic party and won't for a very long time. Your issue is you think literally everyone left of Trump is a communist. Simple minds prefer simple concepts.
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You didn't answer the question. Progressivism and communism are both far left. Why is one wonderful and the other terrible?
 
aociswundumho said:
You didn't answer the question. Progressivism and communism are both far left. Why is one wonderful and the other terrible?
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Fascism and Trumpism are both far right, why is one wonderful and the other terrible?

j brown's body said:
8 hour work days and child labor laws are now "far left."

The Gilded Age has called and wants its draconian laissez-faire doctrine back.
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To dum-ho everyone left of Trump is a radical communist, not even worth bothering.
 
When a communist moves to America, they are embracing capitalism. They are some of the most fanatical capitalists around. You don't move to America to practice communism, you move to Cuba or Vietnam.
 
j brown's body said:
8 hour work days and child labor laws are now "far left."
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First of all, child labor laws often hurt children. In poor countries, kids have to work. If you prevent them from working legally they get pushed into prostitution or dealing drugs.

Leftist economist Paul Krugman:

NYT said:
"The direct result was that Bangladeshi textile factories stopped employing children. But did the children go back to school? Did they return to happy homes? Not according to Oxfam, which found that the displaced child workers ended up in even worse jobs, or on the streets—and that a significant number were forced into prostitution."

Opinion | Reckonings; Hearts And Heads - The New York Times
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But you're not interested in results, your concern is virtue signalling to other idiot progressives about what a caring person you are.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Fascism and Trumpism are both far right, why is one wonderful and the other terrible?
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I'm not answering your questions if you're not going to answer mine. But the fact that you won't answer the question speaks for itself. Kind of like the way Bernie refuses to answer questions about his support for the Cuban revolution.
 
aociswundumho said:
First of all, child labor laws often hurt children. In poor countries, kids have to work. If you prevent them from working legally they get pushed into prostitution or dealing drugs.

Leftist economist Paul Krugman:



But you're not interested in results, your concern is virtue signalling to other idiot progressives about what a caring person you are.
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So you support this progressive policy that allows government to interfere with the natural law of supply and demand?
 
haymarket said:
Well said. It is like the boy who called wolf repeatedly when no such animal was really there.
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I think his campaign should make him more manly and do a Dukakis. (I'll let you Google that)
 
The OP presents an article written by a Right Winger, Paul Kengor, for a Right Wing Rag, American Spectator to warn us Pete wore Red Diapers as a baby and holds Radical views!

Mr. Kengor describes Pete's dad as a Radical Marxist and Communist. Kengor describes the English departments of major universities as the most radical of all university departments. Kengor describes Obama receiving an Honorary Doctorate from Notre Dame as a scandal.

Kengor warns us about the 'Cult of Critical Theory'. Kengor warns us that during high school, Pete wrote an essay complimentary of Bernie Sanders. Kengor warns us about Pete's heretical views on sexuality and abortion.

Does Pete scare you? He doesn't scare me.

Paul Kengor - Wikipedia
American Spectator - Media Bias/Fact Check
Antonio Gramsci - Wikipedia
Joseph Buttigieg - Wikipedia
Jennifer Anne Montgomery, Pete Buttigieg’s Mother: 5 Fast Facts | Heavy.com
 
Paradoxical said:
I think his campaign should make him more manly and do a Dukakis. (I'll let you Google that)
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You are referring to the helmet and army tank of course.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Literally every Democrat that has run in the past 3 decades has been called a communist. It has nothing to do with reality and will be used no matter who the candidate is, so the word has lost all meaning. If you're going to make up these lies, maybe not try it on the most milk-toast conservative of the lot. It's transparent.
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Why are so defensive and resistant to learning new information?
What lies?
You losing your mind?
 
bubbabgone said:
Why are so defensive and resistant to learning new information?
What lies?
You losing your mind?
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Learning what information? How is calling everyone left of Donald Trump a "communist" learning new information? When you use the term flippantly you lose credibility and people won't believe you even when you're telling the truth.
 
Trippy Trekker said:
The OP presents an article written by a Right Winger, Paul Kengor, for a Right Wing Rag, American Spectator to warn us Pete wore Red Diapers as a baby and holds Radical views!

Mr. Kengor describes Pete's dad as a Radical Marxist and Communist. Kengor describes the English departments of major universities as the most radical of all university departments. Kengor describes Obama receiving an Honorary Doctorate from Notre Dame as a scandal.

Kengor warns us about the 'Cult of Critical Theory'. Kengor warns us that during high school, Pete wrote an essay complimentary of Bernie Sanders. Kengor warns us about Pete's heretical views on sexuality and abortion.

Does Pete scare you? He doesn't scare me.

Paul Kengor - Wikipedia
American Spectator - Media Bias/Fact Check
Antonio Gramsci - Wikipedia
Joseph Buttigieg - Wikipedia
Jennifer Anne Montgomery, Pete Buttigieg’s Mother: 5 Fast Facts | Heavy.com
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My my, all that research. Pity you could have simply read the article.

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What is going on with you people?
 
bubbabgone said:
Why are so defensive and resistant to learning new information?
What lies?
You losing your mind?
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Its hard to take seriously the charge that a man who worked for McKinsey Associates and served in the military is a communist.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Learning what information? How is calling everyone left of Donald Trump a "communist" learning new information? When you use the term flippantly you lose credibility and people won't believe you even when you're telling the truth.
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Who called him a communist?
 
j brown's body said:
Its hard to take seriously the charge that a man who worked for McKinsey Associates and served in the military is a communist.
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You should take it up with whoever called Pete a Communist.
 
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