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Originally Posted by FoolThemAll
dk, I think you have to explain what you mean by fascism, as you appear to be using it more broadly than the traditional definition would allow. Desal posted the definition, noting a partial similarity:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...6&postcount=70
This might just be a simple matter of a semantics argument, which is easily cleared up with a little effort. I'm guessing that some posters here would agree with certain elements of fascism while rejecting the other elements outright. That would take a lot of the sting out of the negative connotation of the word.
That said, the accusation that you don't know what you're talking about isn't exactly useful unless followed with an explanation - and roachboy's last few posts were lacking in that department. |
The problem with alot of people and definitions is that when they don't agree or like the sound of something, they require that issue or situation to meet ALL the requirements of that definition when it may only meet two or three of the criteria established by a dictionary. In regards to fascism, people think of the third reich or WW2 italy and how they were run by an iron fisted dictator. That need not be the case though, especially if a few of the other criteria are solidly in the playing field of the definition.
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