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Originally Posted by Johnny Rotten
I think putting liberalism in the same zip code as fascism is pretty inaccurate. To be honest, my opinion is much stronger than that, but in the interest of reasoned debate, I'll just say I disagree, and I'm not sure where the connections can be made.
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How so (your much stronger view that is)? You seem very reasonable and I'm not looking for a confrontation. We may have a simple misunderstanding of context. I believe my position lies closer to loquitur and Baraka_guru in posts 5 & 6 (except they possess eloquence).
I admit purposely bringing up the historical association of fascism to counter the supposition that fascism is relative to right-wing conservatism. I'm not saying my doing so was inaccurate, but it also illustrates how associating inflammatory language (correctly or not) incites such strong reactions... and that we should be careful about applying destructive labels with devisive intent.