* From: michael perelman I don't know what we gain from calling the actions that Charles mentions fascistic. Go back a hundred years, before anyone ever heard of fascism, and you will see much the same behavior. Was the Spanish-American war fascistic? Were the Palmer raids fascistic?
Is every abuse of power fascistic? I'm not so much concerned whether Charles is correct or not, but rather how do we communicate to others or vision of the world. Does calling Bush a fascist help us communicate? ^^^^^ CB: Got to call it something. We end up calling it a "witchhunt". That's not a very accurate term. "Tyranny" goes back even further to ancient Greece. "Bonapartism" is older than "fascism". I'd say Jim Crow was fascist, yes. Yes, Palmer Raids were fascist.\ I'd say calling Bush's war a fascist war is very communicative and very important.
