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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:49 PM Original message |
I really think we should use the word "fascist" more |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. They like to use communist, I don't see a problem with it. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. exactly. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
90. Yep |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Been using it for a while |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. me too... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree, but I wonder if enough people know what it means. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I like to pull hitler quotes and bush quotes and ask people who they |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I think Mussolini summed it up |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. corporatism is a good description, but a little too nice. The word |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
91. People also know it a lil more |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. I do it all the time |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. awesome...I love the look on their faces when that word is used..they |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, for some reason it just doesn't work |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I understand, but fascism and it's 14 points are descriptive in their |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. But, damn, you're expecting people to THINK, |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I know it's silly, but eventually the country will wake up and realign... |
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Ouabache (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
88. you are assuming the pendulum is FREE to swing back |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. I agree that it is accurate. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. kick for your post...(nt) |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. here's the 14 points of fascism...find one that doesn't describe bush |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. And every single point has been hit at least 3 times in 5 years N/T |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I'd say each point is fulfilled on a daily basis with most of them (nt) |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. EVERY ONE OF THESE DESCRIBES THE BUSHIES!!! READ |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. fascism centered around a corporatist state model |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. you say that "labor doesn't have anywhere near the level of power |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. I don't accept the 14 points as an accurate description of fascism |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. I've got a book called "Dynamite" it's about the worker movement here |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. neo-fascists |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Neo-Fascists...I like that a lot. We can use the traditional definitions |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. The problem with fascism is that it has no philosophy |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Doesn't need a philosophy, just a definition. No one can deny |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Yep, I say go with anyway. n/t |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. so you'll call these fascists what they are? can the country count on you |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Oh yes, I use the term alright. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. of course you do. I wasn't questioning your understanding in any way, and |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. What about compound meter? |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. oooohhh.....look what the cat dragged in... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Well, I'm really a guitar player that has evolved into a percussionist |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. know the difference between a viola and a violin? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. ... "ta dum dum" |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I wrote an 11/16 measure once. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. wow...how the hell did you count it? did your tune have bar lines? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Literally, 'go figure' |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Fascism has a ginel philsoy. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. i.e. Power |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. But you can be powerful and even consolidate power and still not |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. True - to the extent that you are honest with yourself and others |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. which is how they manages to sell us their extraordinary fuckup in |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Right. They lied, |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. "This is a very evil thing, to rob others of their own moral authority." |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. ok I have to ask |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Hehe, sorry, I was trying to be tongue in cheek and type |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. I agree 100% Republicans use the word liberal. Lets use FACIST! |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. liberal isn't a bad word...but they've been able to make it one, fascist |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. I agree |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. here's how you make "conservative" a bad word: |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Thanks for that |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. plus, it is necessary when speaking to them to use smaller words. (nt) |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. How about Regressive if you feel Fascist isn't a good work. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. those words are much too big and far, far too Politically Correct... |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. just offering an alternative to Fascist for those who don't feel |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Oh Ok...I understand. You're right, in their world, |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Well, there is a reason Marx called it the Opium of the Masses |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Tool wrote a great song about it (coincidentally) called "Opiate" lyrics>> |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. I agree! |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. thanks for posting, WG...like the pic too. (nt) |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. I see no reason to call it anything other than what it is: fascism. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. another great word to use more often: Sociopaths. Thanks Tahiti! (nt) |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. I use "Brown Shirts" for wingnuts under 40. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. lol...that's great, DD! |
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chlamor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. Soft Consumer Friendly Fascism-Branded |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. "It's not fascism when we do it" -priceless (nt) |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
45. no, people tune it out |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I don't think it's overused at all...the "liberal/communist/socialist" |
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Itsthetruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Infantile Leftists Saying A Really Cool Word |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Find just one of these things that doesn't apply to the current admin, and |
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Itsthetruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 07:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
84. Your Point Is? |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. I've made my points, you haven't...I'm waiting. nt |
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Itsthetruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. My Point Is |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I appreciate what you're saying, and your point about |
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Itsthetruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Is Senator John Kerry A "Fascist Collaborator"? I Don't Think So |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. We didn't say they were all, |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. How do Republicans react? |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Let me address each one of your points: |
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imenja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. If it truly is effective, that's great |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Well, that's because you're much smarter and well read than the |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Concordo com você! |
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haggard (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-05 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
72. we arent facist lol |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:02 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. You are right, some "Americans" are Red Commie Busheviks! |
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neverenoughtinfoil (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
82. we are fucked |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 03:09 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. They don't get it |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
87. Yes, there's a good way to make us look balanced and intelligent |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. no, we should call the fascists what they are. and although bush and |
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apple_ridge (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
94. I've been commonly referring to rethugs as fascists for years now. |
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