"I think the meaning would be quite clear." Nope. Not at all.
Fascism did not start in Germany. It originated in Italy. It was quite well received around the world I am much interested and deeply impressed by what he has accomplished and by his evidenced honest purpose of restoring Italy and seeking to prevent general European trouble. - FDR speaking on Mussolini Of course, Benito wasn't going around interning millions of Jews, Poles, Gypsies, and other minorities. The descriptions in the definition you presented can be attributed to many political ideals, not just fascism. Sounds a lot like the USSR under Stalin or China under Mao. Some of it even describes the United States under FDR (interning Japanese, creating the 2.5 million strong Civilian Conservation Corps - which wore military uniforms, met at military bases, worked under army sergeants, used military jargon, marched in formation, slept in army tents, and woke to reveille-, using the FBI, the American Legion, and Unions to spy on citizens and critics, and so on. Any governing system can use these tactics. Fascism has lost its original meaning and now basically means "a view I don't like". "Clearly the intention is not that things have gotten that far, but that interestingly the precursors for such a movement are being fermented, most visibly by the Republican party's promotion of enforcing extremist religious views through legislation. " I don't see it. Maybe some people in the Republican party leadership, but not the majority. Most of the people I associate with consider themselves Republicans and they are more "liberal" than the democrats I know. Basically, they want to be left alone and for everyone else to be left alone. Most of the Democrats I know are decent people though. They just think the government needs to be a little more involved in everyday life than the Republicans I know. "What we're seeing now from the GOP is not Conservatism as I understand it." Of course it's not. The GOP leadership sold out ages ago. That's why I try to differentiate between Republicans in DC and the citizen Republican. Same thing for the Democrat leadership. It sold out its constituents ages ago. That's why I think there will be riots in Charlotte this summer (see Chicago 1968). Another question: Do you see a fascist tinge to the green movement? J - We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. - Barack Obama When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend. - George Carlin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349577 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
