[optimistically_conservative]

Disagreeing with someone doesn't necessarily make either one of us evil. And many things besides evil are inherent and incapable of change.

I agree with that, but that misses the point of using epithets in politics. Republicans are not called facists by Democrats because Democrats understand the tenet of facism, but because it puts Republicans on the defensive, makes them inherently evil as facists, and therefore Democrats no longer need to engage in rational discussion and debate on issues like national security, etc. It works just as well in reverse.

My point in posting this was to offer that perhaps, "liberal anger" is fueled not by excessive partisanship by conservatives, but by the underlying tenant of anger, hatred and frustration toward anyone that resists the greater good of utopian socialism buttressed by extreme environmentalism. In other words, the modern "liberal theology" is more akin to fascism than the minimalist government liberal represented by our founding fathers.

[A_perfect_lady]

I read this with as close attention as I could, and I still don't understand exactly what the difference is between Progressive Socialism and Fascism. Both allow private property and both allow businesses to be owned privately, but both tax heavily to support social programs (from what I can understand) and both regulate business very closely. So what is the difference?