It [fascist] seems to have become another word like 'cult' that has lost its particular meaning in over use.
Misuse of the word? This morning at the TM group meditation room for meditators that is downtown in Fairfield there was graffiti written on a printed notice about obtaining the new Meditator Badges pinned on the board there by the door. The printed notice read, “Meditator Badges.. The Invincible America Department (IAD) is issuing badges for TM Meditators. This means that Meditators can have a permanent badge to use to gain entry to badge-restricted events in the Dome or other campus venues, events such as Maharaja's visits or special celebration days, rather than seeking approval for each occasion. To obtain a Meditator badge you may contact..” Someone with an ink pen had circled the word, 'badge-restricted' and drawing a line over to the side wrote, “Facsism”. Without an explanation it is hard to know what was meant by the term, as these excerpts below note about using the word, Fascist. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <emptyb...@yahoo.com> wrote : So the Pope doesn't live up to your fascist standards? Said like a true Marxist …which just proves my point. Following the defeat of the Axis Powers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_Powers in World War II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II, the term fascist has been used as a pejorative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative word, often referring to widely varying movements across the political spectrum. George Orwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell wrote in 1944 that "the word 'Fascism' is almost entirely meaningless ... almost any English person would accept 'bully' as a synonym for 'Fascist'". Richard Griffiths said in 2005 that "fascism" is the "most misused, and over-used word, of our times". "Fascist" is sometimes applied to post-war organizations and ways of thinking that academics more commonly term "neo-fascist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-fascism";. Contrary to the popular use of the term, Communist states have sometimes been referred to as "fascist", typically as an insult. Marxist interpretations of the term have, for example, been applied in relation to Cuba under Fidel Castro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro and Vietnam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh. Herbert Matthews, of the New York Times asked "Should we now place Stalinist Russia in the same category as Hitlerite Germany? Should we say that she is Fascist?" J. Edgar Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover wrote extensively of "Red Fascism". Chinese Marxists used the term to denounce the Soviet Union during the Sino-Soviet Split, and likewise, the Soviets used the term to identify Chinese Marxists and social democracy (coining a new term of "social fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_fascism";). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : So the Pope doesn't live up to your fascist standards? I just got bored with the distraction as there was much more going on in the world last week. On 09/26/2015 11:54 AM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Seven Ways Pope Francis Slapped Conservatives in the United States By Ben Shapiro, 25 Sep 2015 Many conservatives viewed the prospect of the Pope’s visit to the United States with a mixture of hope and trepidation: hope, because the Pope’s visit would force heavy media coverage of religious issues; trepidation, because of Pope Francis’ mixed record on issues ranging from climate change to illegal immigration.
