[Caipirabob]

I never saw fascism as a construct of the right despite attempts by historians to foist it on us.

I so heartily agree with you. The case I make with leftist idiots is as follows: What did the Tea Party represent: Smaller, limited government. What does conservatism represent? Smaller, limited government. Now, what kind of government has the power to impose a specific philosophical ideology upon an entire populace with no resistance? NOT a smaller, limited government...

I lose most of them at "Tea".

[Sherman Logan]

The case I make with leftist idiots is as follows: What did the Tea Party represent: Smaller, limited government. What does conservatism represent? Smaller, limited government.

Accurate, generally, for American Right.

The traditional European Right has almost nothing in common with the American version. They are (or were) trying to conserve a pre-modern version of society based on King and Church.

There has just never been anything resembling that in American politics.

Fascism was created by pulling various elements of this European Right and combining it with elements from the European Left.