Comments on: Just what does this word Fascist mean, Henry? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:09:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mrdweeb http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1020448 mrdweeb Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:05:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1020448 Jonah Goldberg has an editorial in the NY Times today. Jonah Goldberg has an editorial in the NY Times today.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1017742 Stannous Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:44:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1017742 nlpnt- They call it 'Business as usual'. nlpnt-
They call it ‘Business as usual’.

]]> By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1017474 nlpnt Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:42:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1017474 Fascism is when the interests of corporations become the interest of the state. This is usually called "corporatism" by its' modern opponents, because "fascism" as a word is worn-out. I can't say what corporatism is called by its' proponents- they prefer not to call it an "ism" at all. Fascism is when the interests of corporations become the interest of the state.
This is usually called “corporatism” by its’ modern opponents, because “fascism” as a word is worn-out. I can’t say what corporatism is called by its’ proponents- they prefer not to call it an “ism” at all.

]]> By: Seth http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1017178 Seth Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:10:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1017178 I never heard Obama attempt to demonize the opposition through absolutely ludicrous arguments such as Goldberg's. I never heard Obama attempt to demonize the opposition through absolutely ludicrous arguments such as Goldberg’s.

]]> By: Benito Mussolini http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016607 Benito Mussolini Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:57:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016607 Sounds pretty much like Obama's "Yes we can!" speech. Sounds pretty much like Obama’s “Yes we can!” speech.

]]> By: jmyint http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016593 jmyint Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:50:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016593 Throughout my reading and research I have found that the extreme left and the extreme right often have many common goals and use similar tactics to achieve them. Both believe in the control of ideas through censorship, both use emotion and logical fallacy as the basis for their arguments, both seek to control through fear. Throughout my reading and research I have found that the extreme left and the extreme right often have many common goals and use similar tactics to achieve them.

Both believe in the control of ideas through censorship, both use emotion and logical fallacy as the basis for their arguments, both seek to control through fear.

]]> By: Gryffyn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016319 Gryffyn Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:19:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016319 "For the uninitiated, Liberal Fascism is a new book by National Review editor Jonah Goldberg that contends that Hitler and Mussolini were committed left-wingers, and that today's liberals are fascism's natural intellectual heirs. While this may sound like yet another Coulteresque quickie aimed at prying some money out of Dittohead Nation, Goldberg insists that it is actually a Very Serious Work that "isn't like any Ann Coulter book" because it presents an argument that "has never been made in such detail or with such care. Goldberg also goes to great lengths from the start of the book to say that he's not really saying liberals are fascists, but hey, here are 400 pages of similarities between liberals and fascists, and if you start associating the two of them by the end of the book, then that's not his fault." And the quote is from the jacket cover which may or may not have been written by him (although you'd think such a crazy statement wouldn't have just been plucked from thin air by a book publisher). He does apparently do 'comedy', so maybe in his serious stuff, he thinks things like that will come off funny to his audience. “For the uninitiated, Liberal Fascism is a new book by National Review editor Jonah Goldberg that contends that Hitler and Mussolini were committed left-wingers, and that today’s liberals are fascism’s natural intellectual heirs. While this may sound like yet another Coulteresque quickie aimed at prying some money out of Dittohead Nation, Goldberg insists that it is actually a Very Serious Work that “isn’t like any Ann Coulter book” because it presents an argument that “has never been made in such detail or with such care. Goldberg also goes to great lengths from the start of the book to say that he’s not really saying liberals are fascists, but hey, here are 400 pages of similarities between liberals and fascists, and if you start associating the two of them by the end of the book, then that’s not his fault.”

And the quote is from the jacket cover which may or may not have been written by him (although you’d think such a crazy statement wouldn’t have just been plucked from thin air by a book publisher).

He does apparently do ‘comedy’, so maybe in his serious stuff, he thinks things like that will come off funny to his audience.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016159 Blurgle Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:08:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1016159 Or a bitter misogynist who thinks he's a Nice Guy and believes life would be better if all those uppity wimmen would just get in the kitchen and stop having opinions that disagree with his superior intellect. If it's humour, it sure doesn't seem funny to me. ("Liberal fascist" is up there with "left-wing conservative" anyway.) Or a bitter misogynist who thinks he’s a Nice Guy and believes life would be better if all those uppity wimmen would just get in the kitchen and stop having opinions that disagree with his superior intellect.

If it’s humour, it sure doesn’t seem funny to me.

(”Liberal fascist” is up there with “left-wing conservative” anyway.)

]]> By: Max http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1015448 Max Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:18:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/12/just-what-does-this-word-fascist-mean-henry/#comment-1015448 The quintessential liberal fascist is a female grade-school teacher with an education degree from Brown or Swarthmore? He must be a writer for the Onion...right? The quintessential liberal fascist is a female grade-school teacher with an education degree from Brown or Swarthmore?

He must be a writer for the Onion…right?

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