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To: Right Wing Professor
I am astonished that you seem to think that insulting me is going to get me to engage you in a civil discussion. It isn't.

That was why I explained the definition of fascism. I was not calling you a fascist to be insulting, but to demonstrate that your desire to have government control over private business was fascist. I am not calling you a Nazi or anything like that. Yes, the term 'fascist' has negative connotations and is the refuge of those without reason. However, that was not my intent. I was using the term in its dictionary definition to describe you desires in this one particular issue.

305 posted on 03/31/2004 10:15:37 AM PST by tnlibertarian ((puff) (puff) (cough) (puff))
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To: tnlibertarian
That was why I explained the definition of fascism. I was not calling you a fascist to be insulting, but to demonstrate that your desire to have government control over private business was fascist. I am not calling you a Nazi or anything like that. Yes, the term 'fascist' has negative connotations and is the refuge of those without reason. However, that was not my intent. I was using the term in its dictionary definition to describe you desires in this one particular issue.

Before I call you a liar (which would not, of course, be insulting), please refer me to a single published dictionary that defines 'fascist' as 'advocating government regulation of private business'.

Every governemnt in the world, bar none, regulates private business to some degree. Ergo, according to your mythical dictionary, every government in the world is fascist.

Which lets Mussolini and Hitler off the hook, doesn't it?

314 posted on 03/31/2004 11:33:09 AM PST by Right Wing Professor (Bush/Cheney in 2004. Because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate.)
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