HOLD IT!!!!!
Fascism is not just a nasty word like “dweeb.” It has a definition, and when applied to an Italian, it's about as offensive as accusing a German of being a Nazi.
You're talking about the son of an Italian, Aldo Santorum, who left Italy as a child when Mussolini was gaining power, and then served in the United States Army, fighting fascism in World War II, and then using the GI Bill to become a career Veterans Administration psychologist.
Criticize Rick Santorum for his policies if you want. But do not attack him for being “fascistic.” Some comments cross the line and this is one of them.
I do not make comments like that about Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, or even Mitt Romney. I believe all are loyal Americans even though I seriously disagree with Paul and Romney. (Actually, I like a lot of things about Gingrich.) You have no business attacking Santorum’s commitment to American freedom, and that is what you are doing by calling him “fascistic.”
Excellent point. Well stated.
I don’t care what descent he is; he’s an American to me. I didn’t mean any racial/ethnic intentions by what I said. I called Santorum fascistic because he’s an invasive moralizing busybody who thinks he knows what’s good for me.
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” -C. S. Lewis
Thank-you for your timely post!