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To: Lando Lincoln
One of the things I believe we conservatives need to do, is bring to the public's attention what fascism actually *is*.

Leftists have defined fascism as what bad people believe, as Orwell noted they would, and they define bad people as those who disagree with them, and so fascism is defined as being far right.

This is a powerful tool to shape public opinion, as anyone who wants to sharply curtail the power of government can now be tarred with the fascist label, as nonsensical as such is for anyone who understands anything about fascism.

So leftists can be 'moderate', or so their pliant press calls them, when they only take control of the economy, as opposed to seizing more of it outright. That this *is* fascism, at least the economic aspect of it, needs to be shouted to the rooftops.

When one combines the current economic policies of the left with their fervent desire to punish thought crimes, weaken democratic institutions at the expense of unaccountable judges, and centralize power, a seriously disturbing pattern emerges.


4 posted on 08/27/2003 8:23:59 PM PDT by swilhelm73
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To: swilhelm73
One of the things I believe we conservatives need to do, is bring to the public's attention what fascism actually *is*.

One suggestion. Don't use the term Nazi when referring to Hitler and his gang. Use the full name National Socialist.

30 posted on 08/27/2003 9:54:51 PM PDT by nosofar
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