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| Two Communists plot to destroy America and take over the world, one social program at a time. |
Cleon Skousen is obviously not Ezra Taft Benson, but the two have alot in common, not to mention they had a close relationship and were ideologically aligned. For one, they shared a belief in rampant (and with the fall of the USSR we now know they were non-existent) Communist conspiracies behind almost anything, and both of them supported the John Birch Society despite the fact that this far right organization was looked down upon by the First Presidency and Church leaders (of course, as described in previous posts, even Benson distanced himself from the organization eventually, once he become more moderate about his politics). One often finds Skousen books, quotes, speeches and talks being circulated in the same crowds that put an undue emphasis on Benson's political rhetoric.
The following are some of what Cleon Skousen believed were goals of worldwide Communist conspiracy as discussed in his book "The Naked Communist". To me they sound freakin nutso, and you can almost picture a dark room with a guy who looks like Jafar wearing a red star and laughing maniacally as he he plots these conspiracies. My Mission President was smart enough to tell us missionaries at the time that Skousen was a nutjob, but unfortunately there are many people within the Church that still give credence to Skousen and his views on numerous issues. In fact, you will even notice some similarities with his teachings and views and those propagated by Glenn Beck. Also note the racism implied in number 13 and 39, as well as the homophobia of 23:
- U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
- U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
- Develop the illusion that total disarmament by the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
- Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation
- Provide American aid to nations regardless of Communist domination.
- Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
- Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
- Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
- Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces.
- Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
- Do away with all loyalty oaths.
- Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
- Use decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
- Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
- Gain control of all student newspapers.
- Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
- Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
- Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
- Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. Eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.
- Control art critics and directors of art museums.
- Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
- Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
- Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
- Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
- Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
- Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
- Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
- Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
- Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture—education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
- Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
- Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
- Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
- Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
- Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders.
- Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
- Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity, masturbation and easy divorce.
- Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
- Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use "united force" to solve economic, political or social problems.
- Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
- Internationalize the Panama Canal.
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