(1) Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe(2) Robert F Kennedy Jr says CIA killed his father & JFK; + how he got involved in Vaccination(3) Polish-Soviet War 1920(4) Viking woman warrior is transgender?(5) Transgender movement is wrecking girls' bodies and destroying their mental health(6) Barr says Antifa is Communist(7) Barr: 'urban guerrilla warfare' driven by left's 'lust for power'(8) Barr blasts far left for making politics a 'secular religion,' calls Dems who excuse violence 'cowards'(1) Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in EuropeFrom: StormFlame <stormflame@protonmail.com>Subject: Re: UPDATED David W. Anthony on the origins of the Indo-European LanguagesDear Peter,Thanks for this very informative survey of David W. Anthony's book.Note that The Horse, the Wheel, and Language was written in 2007, and that our understanding of European prehistory has changed dramatically since then. Most significantly, the importance of migration in the spread of Indo-European languages has been firmly proven through a series of genetic studies.The following genetic studies are of interest:* Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe (2015): This study suggests that a mass migration from the steppe was the cause of the spread of Indo-European languages in Central Europe* The Beaker Phenomenon and the Genomic Transformation of Northwest Europe (2018): This study shows that peoples of the Bell Beaker culture replaced c. 90% of the gene pool of the British Isles in the late 3rd millennium BC, probably contributing to the spread of Indo-European languages there. Modern British peoples still derive most of their ancestry from Bell Beakers.* The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia (2019): This study shows that the Aryans of ancient India were descended from Central Asian migrants.Interestingly, the importance of migration in the spread of these Indo-European cultures was known in the early 20th century, being espoused by archaeologists such as V. Gordon Childe, but from the 1960s up until the mid 2010s, the role of migration was largely denied. This systematic denial is surely one the greatest scandals in the history of science.Along with Ind-Europeanization, another important event in European prehistory is the spread of agriculture. Fresh genetic studies have revolutionized our understanding of how this happened. For a survey of the spread of agriculture in Europe, i would highly recommend the The First Farmers of Europe by Peter Shennan (2018).Regards(2) Robert F Kennedy Jr says CIA killed his father & JFK; + how he got involved in Vaccination'Do Not Trust The Medical Or The National Security Establishment!'Ron Paul's Liberty ReportWith Guest Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.Aug 14, 2020Nephew of President John F. Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, and tireless crusader against the tyranny of the mainstream medical establishment, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joins today's Liberty Report to discuss his startling discoveries about who really killed his father and uncle ...and why.Plus, Mr. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer, has been among the most vocal and most successful opponents of the mainstream medical establishment, driven by big Pharma to inoculate and medicate everything that moves. He tells the Liberty Report how he very reluctantly decided to dedicate his career to fighting the mandatory vaccines that have resulted in so many documented injuries to the recipients.Mr. Kennedy's Children's Health Defense can be found at http://www.childrenshealthdefense.orgHe can also be found on Instagram: @robertfkennedyjrhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kJdOtnBUcw(3) Polish-Soviet War 1920Subject: The hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish-Soviet war of 1920From: polcontra@wp.pl <polcontra@wp.pl>Polish-Soviet War 1920  Triumph of Provocation, by Jozef Mackiewicz. 20101920 War - Reds, Not Poles, the Aggressors. <https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2020/04/04/german-nazism-and-soviet-communism-were-more-similar-than-different-halfin/> Soviet Communism Inspired Nazi Camps1920 BOLSHEVIK WAR: USSR, NOT POLAND, THE AGGRESSORPolonophobes and Communist apologists still try to blame the Poles for starting the <https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2019/11/04/zydokomuna-capitalists-no-contradiction-pitt-rivers/> 1920 Polish-Soviet War. Mackiewicz, a participant in this war, knows better. He notes the seamless flow of conflict going back to the battles of WWI: "It [the 1920 War] was caused in the first place by the Germans’ withdrawal from the intervening zone of occupation, the Ober-Ost, in February 1919, and continued without a break until 12 October 1920. The Soviet War grew out of the first unplanned skirmish, which occurred at Bereza Kartuska in Byelorussia on 14 February 1919." (p. 218).Pilsudski’s eventual strike into the Ukraine, far from being an act of unilateral aggression or an attempt to restore <https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2019/11/04/ethnographic-boundaries-poland-phony-indignation-kochanski/> Poland to her pre-Partition boundaries, was actually a bold pre-emptive move against an incipient Soviet offensive against Poland: "In 1920, the action expanded dramatically. Over a million [Soviet] men were deployed in a swiftly-moving front…From January onwards, the Red Army was constructing a huge strike force of 700,000 men on the Berezina…But Pilsudski nipped these preparations in the bud. A sharp attack on Mozyrz in March, the daring march on Kiev launched on 24 April, and the fiercely contested Battle of the Berezina in May all served to delay the Soviet advance." (p. 219).Finally, Poland really had no real choice in 1920. The Russian Reds wanted a "free" Poland, which really meant a Communist-ruled one. The Russian Whites professedly were willing to recognize a Polish state in her "ethnographic" boundaries (pp. 71-72), which meant hardly any Poland at all–only a tiny rump state along the lines of the <https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2019/11/04/targowica-the-facts-countess-potocka/> Duchy of Warsaw.THE KRESY: SELDOM-APPRECIATED FACTSIn fact, Poland’s critics have always portrayed the <https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2019/11/04/kresy-rightfully-polish-grabski/> Kresy as "not rightfully Polish" on "ethnographic" grounds. The author, on the other hand, realizes that modern ethno-nationalist divisions are a relatively recent development. He writes: "In the 1860’s, `Lithuanian’ was more a territorial designation than an ethnic one. A Pole from Vilna (Wilno, Vilnius) would call himself a Lithuanian in order to distinguish himself from the Poles of the KORONA, i. e., of the Polish Kingdom…" (p. 220). Mackiewicz continues: "Western observers in 1921 and 1922 noted the absence of any particular national consciousness on the part of the rural population of the Vilna region…Given the mixture of languages in the region, the population could just as easily become ardent Belorussians or Poles…[as Lithuanians]." (p. 221).<https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2020/02/21/double-genocide-valid-gulag-natural-gas-chambers-exterminated-66-million-human-beings-solzhenitsyn/> DOUBLE GENOCIDE VALID. HOLOCAUST OBFUSCATION–NOT. DOUBLE STANDARD ON THE HOLOCAUST AND THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISMHolocaust-uniqueness proponents have tried to create an essential difference between the murderous racist policies of the Nazis and the murderous "classicist" policies of the Communists. Mackiewicz rejects this dichotomizing: "Why should the murder of people because they are Jews be worse than the murder of people only because they have achieved a certain social status or because they believe in other ideals?" (p. 21). Good question.COMMUNISM WAS ROTTEN FROM THE BEGINNING: IT SERVED AS AN EXAMPLE FOR NAZIS TO LATER IMITATECommunist apologists have tried to picture Soviet Communism as something benign until it "was made bad" under Stalin. Mackiewicz notes the irony of anti-Communists also being preoccupied with Stalinism, and then makes it clear that Communism was a murderous, totalitarian ideology from the beginning: "It was Lenin who was the first to introduce <https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2020/03/19/nazi-concentration-camps-nazi-death-camps-no-valid-dichotomy-definitive-work-holocaust-survivor-testimony-unreliable-treblinka-looting-clarified-colls/> concentration camps, of which the most notorious was situated on the Solovki Islands. It was Lenin who ordered tsarist officers to be drowned in leaking boats in the White Sea. It was he who ordered the murder of the Tsar’s entire family, including the children and faithful servants…It was the time of the greatest religious persecutions: thousands of adherents of the Orthodox, Catholic, and other denominations, priests and pastors, bishops and archbishops were murdered; churches were turned into warehouses of even into stables." (pp. 203-204).What of the <https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2019/11/04/nazi-concentration-camps-low-survivorship-lukas/> concentration camps? The organizational structure of Soviet camps, codified in 1919, was later copied by Hitler. (p. 17).https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2019/11/04/stalin-like-hitler-mackiewicz/SOVIET CONCENTRATION CAMPS (GULAGS) WERE ADMINISTERED BY JEWShttps://gazetawarszawska.com/index.php/auctores/3628-jan-peczkis-soviet-concentration-camps-gulags-were-administered-by-jewsA Jewish Communist Author Explodes the Exculpatory Myth That Jewish Communists Were "Not Really Jews". HOLODOMOR: Jewish Complicityhttps://gazetawarszawska.com/index.php/auctores/3627-jan-peczkis-a-jewish-communist  RELATED<https://www.jewsandpolesdatabase.org/2020/08/01/jews-and-poles-equal-victims-poles-feared-german-death-as-much-as-jews-katyn-details-zawodny/> Jews and Poles Equal Victims: Poles Feared German Death as Much as Jews Did. Katyn Details. ZawodnyDeath in the Forest: The Story of the Katyn Forest Massacre, by J. K. Zawodny. 1962. University of Notre Dame Press, Indiana A Mini-Encyclopedia on Katyn. Also Considers the Nazi German Occupation Before discussing the main subject of this book, I consider some information, relevant to the Holocaust, that sheds light on Poles and Jews […](4) Viking woman warrior is transgender?From: Eric Walberg <walberg2002@yahoo.com>this is excellent. this trans cult is evil and feminists are fighting it.tomboys and sissier guys are part of our heritage.this attempt to erase the past is both mao and neoliberalism.https://www.rt.com/op-ed/498703-viking-warrior-woman-transgender-misogyny/Revisionist scholars risk reversing decades of women’s gains when they declare an unearthed Viking woman warrior is transgenderHelen Buyniski is an American journalist and political commentator at RT. Follow her on Twitter @velocirapture2321 Aug, 2020 20:47Revisionist scholars risk reversing decades of women’s gains when they declare an unearthed Viking woman warrior is transgenderThe discovery of a female body in a Swedish Viking warrior’s tomb was a gift to activist researchers, who pounced on a chance to woke-ify the iconic Norsemen. But recasting woman warriors as trans is misogynistic and dangerous.When DNA testing confirmed a tenth-century skeleton found buried with the trappings of a high-status Viking warrior had two X chromosomes, intersectional revisionists got to work injecting 21st century realities into the culture in which the warrior lived and died.The warrior woman discovered in Birka, whose tomb was first excavated in 1878, "may have been someone who, in our terms, was a trans man, someone living as a man," Swedish archaeology professor Neil Price wrote, in his much-hyped forthcoming book on Viking history. No mere strong-willed female shattering the social norms of the time to take up arms against her enemies, she instead "may have been transgender…or non-binary, or gender fluid."The media has fallen all over themselves to promote Price’s idea, with headlines like "Transgender Vikings may have played a key role in pillage life" and "Transgender Vikings ransacked Britain more than 1,000 years ago, historians claim." Never mind that Price himself qualified his shocking claim with an acknowledgement that "the most likely explanation is that this was a female warrior" – his conviction that "there are other ways of reading this" made news.The anonymous Swede is far from the only Viking to get a woke makeover. Researcher Amy Jefford Franks, who has a podcast called "Vikings are Gay!" and is writing a paper arguing the entombed warrior was a trans man, told the Times "there were transgender Vikings and there were queer Vikings," insisting that "while it was not widespread, it was on the fringes of acceptable culture." Nor does she limit her speculation to mere mortals, having penned a paper last year titled "Odinn as a queer deity mediating the warrior halls of Viking age Scandinavia."Reaching back through history to claim key figures as gay or trans has become practically an academic discipline in itself. Everyone from US president Abraham Lincoln to Roman emperor Julius Caesar has been claimed by LGBT historians, and textbooks "outing" historical figures who never identified as anything other than straight during their lifetime have been adopted in some US public schools.Viking society had fairly rigid gender roles, according to orthodox historians at least, meaning a woman who wasn’t interested in sitting at home raising children while her husband raped and pillaged on the high seas would have to get creative in order to escape the future society had set out for her. But history is replete with tales of women dressing up as men in order to seek adventure, fight battles, and otherwise escape the drab domestic destiny that awaited their sex. Indeed, just a few centuries after the anonymous woman warrior was buried in Sweden, a Danish princess named Alfhild is said to have fled her suitors, dressed as a man, and embarked upon a successful career as a pirate on the high seas. So it wasn’t exactly unheard-of.Some might ask what’s the harm in the LGBT community laying claim to history’s warrior women – surely they need role models too! But there’s nothing stopping them from venerating these figures as well, and assuming a high-ranking Viking fighter had to be transgender is frankly insulting to women. Historical figures forced to dress as men to escape oppressive gender norms are no more transgender than are little girls who’d rather play with trucks than dolls. Declaring them to be so without evidence is intellectually dishonest and opens the door to a wholesale cooption of female history. Already, LGBT historians have staked their claim to Christian crusader Joan of Arc, insisting she was transgender because she defiantly refused to don female garb - as if the clothes literally make the woman.Unfortunately, the erasure of the woman warrior archetype dovetails with a troubling social current of medicalizing non-mainstream femininity. Girls who in previous eras might have been called tomboys or come out as lesbians are being encouraged to embark on a lifetime of hormone therapy and surgeries – a bonanza for Big Pharma, but a psychological minefield for the girls, more and more of whom are braving social shame to warn others in their position that post-transition regret is real and devastating.Girls who see little of interest in ‘mainstream’ femininity often idolize historical women warriors who bucked the social norms of their day to seek their fortune. Claiming these women are actually trans-men erases an entire way of being female and closes the doors that feminism opened decades ago.(5) Transgender movement is wrecking girls' bodies and destroying their mental healthhttps://www.rt.com/op-ed/496511-radical-transgender-mental-health/A mutilation of young lives: How the radical transgender bandwagon is wrecking girls’ bodies and destroying their mental health29 Jul, 2020 11:35A mutilation of young lives: How the radical transgender bandwagon is wrecking girls’ bodies and destroying their mental healthAbigail Shrier "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters" / Blackstone Publishing, 2020Debbie Hayton is a teacher and a transgender campaigner, based in the UK. She tweets @DebbieHaytonA new book, Irreversible Damage, reveals how teenage girls are being duped into believing they want to be male, and are pushed into taking puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and undergoing double mastectomies.Whether it is a statement or a question, the title of this book conveys the necessary urgency of this desperately sad story. Amid the trans debate, seemingly a battle between grown adults, vulnerable children are prey to a malevolent ideology that survivors call a cult.In a superb piece of investigative journalism, Abigail Shrier focusses on teenage girls – most with no history of gender dysphoria – who become captivated by the belief that they are transgender. Behind the glittery exterior portrayed in the media, she encounters damaged children – many alienated from their families – in poor mental health and facing the prospect of infertility and medication for life.Shrier, a writer with the Wall Street Journal, pulls no punches when describing phalloplasty, the construction of an artificial penis. The complications can be horrific. She reports the experience of one nineteen-year-old, "whose phalloplasty resulted in gangrene and loss of the appendage." On the cusp of adulthood, that young person has been left without normal genitalia, for either sex, and tethered to a catheter.I am a transgender person, but I transitioned as an adult when I could understand the implications on my body and my relationship with society. Besides, by then I’d had my own children. Yet children too young to even give consent for a tattoo are being corralled into making truly life-changing decisions.Whether you agree or disagree with her, this is a book that needs to be read. Shrier’s informed analysis flows from dozens of interviews, including medical experts and parents. From Dr Kenneth Zucker, who oversaw the writing of the medical definition of "gender dysphoria," to ordinary families whose children seem to them to have been swept along by this cult, Shrier talks directly to those with first-hand experience.The facts are clear: there is a contagion spreading among teenage girls who suddenly believe themselves to be boys. While there is documented history of young feminine boys expressing a desire to be girls, never before have girls dominated the work of paediatric gender clinics. The statistics are staggering. In the UK, for example, referrals of teenage girls rose by 4400% in the last decade.Shrier interviewed Lisa Littman, an American doctor who conducted an observational study and found that nearly 70 percent of the teenagers belonged to a peer group in which at least one friend had also come out as transgender. In some groups, most of the friends had done so. Transgender identification was encouraged and intensified by friends and social media and, astonishingly, appeared to precede the experience of gender dysphoria itself.Shrier explores possible reasons why these daughters, often from liberal progressive households, want to be sons. First, social media where children are influenced by strangers while their parents are kept in the dark. Second, the educational system where adults who ought to know better have been enthralled, or threatened, by transgender activists. Ignoring both science and basic safeguarding, they have bought into the notion that we all have an immutable gender identity which may or may not match our sex.With overwhelming folly, children are being transitioned in their schools with new names and pronouns. If their parents might be unsupportive, then they are not told, in case their children might feel "unsafe." But this is something all parents need to know: this phenomenon is catching, and to be forewarned is to be forearmed.But nothing could have happened without the cooperation of policy makers, and not only within the education system. Therapists – the very people who should be helping children to challenge their thinking – have been blindly affirming whatever their young patients have picked up from the internet.Anyone who has stood against this has faced censure and condemnation. But as Jungian analyst Lisa Marchiano explained, "This idea that a kid’s going to come in and tell us that they’re trans and that within a session or two or three or four, that we’re going to say, ‘Yep, you’re trans. Let me write you the letter.’ That’s not therapy."Even the medical profession itself has been found wanting. Eminent sexologist Dr Ray Blanchard told Shrier that "I can’t think of any branch of medicine outside of cosmetic surgery where the patient makes the diagnosis and prescribes the treatment." While the zealots who actually believe that children can change their sex are perhaps in a minority, those professionals who remain silent in education, therapy and medicine are complicit in this unfolding scandal.Shrier credits the sterling work of parental groups such as 4thWaveNow and Transgender Trend who have stood firm against the ideology. They have been condemned as bigots and transphobes for protecting children from themselves, the first duty of parents since the dawn of time.The book is well-referenced and easy to read, making it suitable for a wide readership. The most obvious audience are parents concerned for the wellbeing of their daughters. But teachers, therapists and doctors, some of whom remain silent out of ignorance or fear, also need to hear these stories. Finally, the wider public would find Shrier’s analysis accessible, clear and educational. Those only vaguely aware of transgender ideology may be tempted to think that it cannot be true: young girls taking powerful cancer drugs to halt puberty, or induce an artificial menopause if started. But it is happening across the world, and Shrier catalogues it.The time has come for society to take responsibility. Much has happened covertly, and the startled onlooker may need time to catch up, but Shrier’s book fills in the background, identifies the problems, explains the impact, and proposes clear and workable ways forward. This is a must-read for those with children, anyone who works with children and everyone who cares about them.(6) Barr says Antifa is Communisthttps://neonnettle.com/news/12269-ag-barr-left-using-guerrilla-warfare-to-force-communism-on-americaAG Barr: Left Using 'Guerrilla Warfare' to Force Communism on America 'Revolutionary group that is interested in some form of socialism, communism'By: Jack Murphy  |@NeonNettle on 10th August 2020 @ 6.00pmAttorney General William Barr warned that the United States is in the grip of a new form of "urban guerrilla warfare" driven by the left's "lust for power."Discussing the ongoing Black Lives Matter riots during an interview on "Life, Liberty & Levin" on Sunday, Barr said the far-left groups comprised of "Bolsheviks" with a firm focus on "some form of socialism, communism.""They are a revolutionary group that is interested in some form of socialism, communism," Barr said."They're essentially Bolsheviks. Their tactics are fascistic," he added.Barr described the Antifa-led nationwide riots as "a new form of urban guerrilla warfare.""The way the guerrilla...hides out among the people as a fish in the ocean...what they do is they are essentially shielding themselves or shrouding themselves in First Amendment activity," he explained.Have your say - fl Hit the comments below fl barr said the democratic party s far left shift in recent years is reflected in the violent groups © press Barr said the Democratic party's far-left shift in recent years is reflected in the violent groups."They go into the demonstrations, which are exercising First Amendment activity, and they insinuate themselves in there to shield themselves," he added."That's where they swim. And what they do is they hijack these demonstrations, and they and they provoke violence."TRENDING: Vatican Drops Word God from COVID Documents to Reach Widest Possible Audience Barr said the Democratic party's far-left shift in recent years is reflected in the violent groups."The left has pulled away from the umbrella of classical liberal values that have undergirded," he said.The Democrats are out of seeking "complete political victory," he argued."It began the day Trump won in 2016, and from that point forward, there's been the resistance," Barr told Levin. barr also slammed the media for  projecting a narrative  and telling a lie  to the americans© pressBarr also slammed the media for 'projecting a narrative' and telling a 'lie' to the Americans"They were trying to impeach him from Day One. They have done everything they can..and I think it's because of the desire for power that the left wants."Barr said power had become a "secular religion of the left.""They want to run people's lives so they can design utopia for all of us...and it's the lust for power," he said."And they weren't expecting Trump's victory. And it outrages them.""They want to run people's lives so they can design utopia for all of us...it's the lust for power."Barr also slammed the media for "projecting a narrative" and telling a "lie" to the American people by watering down coverage of the civil unrest."You don't see it on the networks. You don't see it on the other cable stations," Barr stated."And yet you hear about these peaceful demonstrators. So it's you know, it's just it's a lie. The American people are being told a lie by the media," Barr added.Barr said the media has now become "extremely monolithic," concluding "it's wedded in many ways to the Democratic Party."Neon Nettle reported last month that George Soros' Open Society Foundations announced $220 million donations to Black Lives Matter justice organizations across the US.The most significant share of the investment is $150 million, which was via grants to black-led organizations focused on racial equality.(7) Barr: 'urban guerrilla warfare' driven by left's 'lust for power'https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-barr-urban-guerrilla-warfare-protests-black-lives-matter-democrats-powerAug 9, 2020AG Barr: US facing new form of 'urban guerrilla warfare' driven by left's 'lust for power'AG tells 'Life, Liberty & Levin' that the left views opposition as 'evil because we stand in the way of their progressive utopia'By Yael Halon | Fox NewsBill Barr: ANTIFA is 'new form of urban guerrilla warfare'U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr speaks to Fox News' Mark Levin about how dangerous policing is gtting amid the defund the police movement and talks about ANTIFA's dangerous actions.The United States is grappling with a new form of "urban guerrilla warfare" driven by the left's "lust for power," Attorney General William Barr told "Life, Liberty & Levin" on Sunday.Discussing the ongoing Black Lives Matter riots rippling through several U.S. cities, Barr told host Mark Levin that the organization --  which has been characterized by the media as a fed-up activist group --  is comprised of "Bolsheviks" with a focus on on "some form of socialism, communism.""They are a revolutionary group that is interested in some form of socialism, communism. They're essentially Bolsheviks. Their tactics are fascistic," he said.Barr compared the nationwide riots organized by Antifa to "a new form of urban guerrilla warfare.""The way the guerrilla...hides out among the people as a fish in the ocean...what they do is they are essentially shielding themselves or shrouding themselves in First Amendment activity," he explained. "They go into the demonstrations, which are exercising First Amendment activity, and they insinuate themselves in there to shield themselves. That's where they swim. And what they do is they hijack these demonstrations and they and they provoke violence."The group's radical leanings are reflective of the Democratic party's far-left shift in recent years, Barr said. "The left has "pulled away from the umbrella of classical liberal values that have undergirded" America and made a "secular religion" out of seeking "complete political victory," he argued.It began the day Trump won in 2016, "and from that point forward, there's been the resistance," Barr told Levin.  "They were trying to impeach him from Day One. They have done everything they can..and I think it's because of the desire for power that the left wants."Power has become a "secular religion of the left,"  Barr asserted. "They want to run people's lives so they can design utopia for all of us...and it's the lust for power. And they weren't expecting Trump's victory. And it outrages them.""They want to run people's lives so they can design utopia for all of us...it's the lust for power."— AG Bill Barr, 'Life, Liberty & Levin'Barr later condemned the media for "projecting a narrative" and selling a "lie" to the American people in their watered-down coverage of the civil unrest."You don't see it on the networks. You don't see it on the other cable stations. And yet you hear about these peaceful demonstrators. So it's you know, it's just it's a lie. The American people are being told a lie by the media," Barr said.The media has become "extremely monolithic," he concluded, "and it's wedded in many ways to the Democratic Party."Fox News' Charles Creitz contributed to this report.Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News.(8) Barr blasts far left for making politics a 'secular religion,' calls Dems who excuse violence 'cowards'https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barr-far-left-politics-religion-democrats-cowardsAiug 9, 2020Barr blasts far left for making politics a 'secular religion,' calls Dems who excuse violence 'cowards'AG tells 'Life, Liberty & Levin' left views opposition as 'evil because we stand in the way of their progressive utopia'By Charles Creitz | Fox NewsAG Barr: Democrats were 'afraid to let me speak', politics is their 'secular religion'The left has "pulled away from the umbrella of classical liberal values that have undergirded" America and made a "secular religion" out of seeking "complete political victory," Attorney General William Barr tells "Life, Liberty & Levin" this week."They're not interested in compromise," Barr told host Mark Levin. "They're not interested in [a] dialectic exchange of views. They're interested in total victory ... It's a substitute for religion."They view their political opponents as evil because we stand in the way of their progressive utopia that they're trying to reach, and that's what gives the intensity to the partisan feelings that people feel today, because for them, this pilgrimage we're all on is a political pilgrimage. Everything is reduced to politics for people who don't have that perspective."Barr also reflected on last month's contentious appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, which Levin said was characterized by "absolutely disrespectful" treatment of the attorney general."I think they were afraid to have me speak," Barr said of the spectacle. "And so they decided to burn up all the time and not give me any time to answer. So I quickly caught on to the tactic."Reflecting on how politics has changed since his first stint as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, Barr told Levin that back then, "you could have friends across the aisle. You know, politics was part of your life, but it wasn't all-consuming. It wasn't everything. You could, you know, have communications and so forth with others. But it's now become all-consuming for many people."Barr theorized that the left "really represents a Rousseauian Revolutionary Party that believes in tearing down the system, that what's wrong about America today all has to do with the institutions we have and we have to tear them down."The attorney general agreed with Levin's statement that such revolutionary ideology has "devoured the Democrat Party in the last couple of years" and influenced their conduct during the Judiciary Committee hearing."I said during my hearing: 'Can any of you just come out and say it's not OK to burn down federal courthouses?' I mean, they talk about the rule of law. They talk about the importance of the federal legal system to protection of civil rights. Well, the heart of that is our court system. And they're not willing, not one of them piped up to say, 'No, it's not OK to be burning down federal courts.'"A few Democratic lawmakers, Barr suggested, "are true believers" who are "essentially revolutionary in their outlook" and "believe in tearing down the system."But many of them are just cowards   and are afraid from, you know, about a challenge from the left. So for them, it's careerism."