Stabbed in the Back; The Reactionary Rights Perpetual Bogeyman

Lots of blogs have linked to this article so, I figured this blog would too.

The article is an incisive rumination on the nature of reactionary movements and their cultivation of the notion that any setback is the result of treasonous actions by liberals. The most prominent examples it cites are the genesis of the phrase in Germany where the reactionaries adopted this idea as an explanation of Germany's loss in WWI and the American post-WWII right wing as their explanation for 'losing' central Europe.

Take some time and read it.