Comments on: Of Traitors and Fascists /2006/09/01/of-traitors-and-fascists/ Politics + Technology = Nonsense at the Speed of Light Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:05:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Tanstaafl /2006/09/01/of-traitors-and-fascists/#comment-246 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:07:00 +0000 /2006/09/01/of-traitors-and-fascists/#comment-246 Fascism used narrowly applies only to Mussolini’s particularly strand of totalitarianism. It was broadened through common use (not by me) to include the German and Japanese strands because their similarities outweigh their differences in many cases. How about Islamo-totalitarianism? Would that be acceptable?

If you want to call Bush a fascist then describe how he fits even the loose definition.

You fear how Bush has “undermined” the constitution? You think he has “limitless” power. I’m afraid I don’t agree. I see leftists as the ones undermining the constitution. They’re the ones who think unelected unknown judges-for-life should be the ones carving laws, inflicting their utopian ideology on the unwashed masses who can’t be allowed to make decisions for themselves.

At the ballot box they play dirty tricks, fighting ID and e-voting changes that make fraud less likely, because they love to stuff the ballot with the votes of the dead, the criminal, and alien. When they don’t win they reject the 200 year old system and throw recount and lawsuit tantrums, with sour grapes forever after. That’s how much they respect the constitution.

Bush I’m sure would like to hear his power is limitless. Far as I see he has to go begging to Congress and obey the Supreme Court just like every other president. The chicken littles crying “fascist!” and “police state!” aren’t being carted off to prison. They are in fact rewarded with fame and fortune. Some police state.

]]> By: flippityflopitty /2006/09/01/of-traitors-and-fascists/#comment-243 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:58:00 +0000 /2006/09/01/of-traitors-and-fascists/#comment-243 Fascism is being marginalized with all other terms. Some argue Japan was not a fascist state (Empire politically with a quasi-fascist nationalist following). Political correctness has a heavy hand in all of it – We used to be able to call Bush a Nazi but all the right wingers called foul.

On Fascism (with a grain of internet salt):

http://www.favreau.info/misc/14-points-fascism.php

On Bush-Fascism (truckload):

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm

Germany and Italy did not spring fascism overnite. It took decades to fulfill cresting in both countries from democratic elections.

My fear of American Fascism is not that Dubya will cancel the ’08 elections citing national security. It is the 8 years of undermining a constitution with 200 years of molding – in favor of a more powerful executive branch with limitless powers in times of war.

The balance of power in American govt has been significantly swayed to the executive branch. This can not be tolerated, regardless of the circumstances.

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