[CS-FSLUG] Re: Falangists

[Fred Miller]

On Monday November 8 2004 12:34 pm, Ed Hurst wrote:
> My initial survey indicates:
>
> According to one definition, the Christian Falangists of America grew
> out of the Kataeb of Lebanon <http://www.kataeb.com/>. They deny being
> fascist, as were the original Falangists in Spain. The American brand
> appears very Pro-Israel, and anti-Islam. Some White supremacist groups
> like their political stand, but not their anti-racist stance. They
> consider these Falangists traitors to racial fascist movement.

I would imagine. I'd been looking for that in this group, but haven't been 
able to find any indication of it.

> The groups arose in 1985 when some hard political conservatives felt
> Republicans and so forth had betrayed them. Plenty of them are from a
> Lebanese background (surprise!). At a guess, I'd say a suprising number
> of American Conservative Christians would like their political
> statements, and such are the target of the Falangist campaign. They
> dare to put in a platform what an awful lot of folks say and believe
> privately.

And some of us, not so privately. :)

Fred

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