Reply #6: I'm Having A Flashback.... [View All]

[theshadow]

I was a youngster during Vietnam but can remember the violent protests here in the US and the ease with which the college students were calling America fascist. Today, the equivalent is "racist"... an easy one to throw out when the speaker wants a quick and dirty put-down. In reality, it's no different than when a right-winger yells "Communist".

We are not a perfect country and contrary to the Conservative's line, it is very patriotic to talk about this imperfections, including the ones you listed. There are a lot of definitions of facsism, and there could be a hundred messages on here each with its own. It's getting fashionable to dilute and remodel it to fit the argument that "it's here". Your concerns are well founded, just look at that ghoul Ashcroft, but I don't think we're close to crossing that line.