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14 Warning Signs of Republican/Libertarian/Conservative Fascism
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Location: hotel in Las Vegas Gender:
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Oct 19, 2012 - 10:43am |
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Snow Job on Jobs by Paul Krugman The New York Times October 19, 2012
Mitt Romney talks a lot about jobs. But does he have a plan to create any?
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Atman
Location: Sandpoint, ID Gender:
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Sep 27, 2009 - 9:37pm |
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This is my favorite.
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kurtster
Location: where fear is not a virtue Gender:
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Sep 27, 2009 - 7:59pm |
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Atman wrote: Thus, the hall of mirrors of complaining.
W. A. R. we are right ... (I looked high and low for a picture from the TV show Dinosaurs where they all went to war in shirts with a target on their back with the initials W.A.R. on top of the target)
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Atman
Location: Sandpoint, ID Gender:
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Sep 27, 2009 - 7:36pm |
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romeotuma wrote:
So that means you are guilty of the sure sign, since you are complaining about it, uh, and I am guilty of complaining about you complaining about it— wait a minute...
Thus, the hall of mirrors of complaining.
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kurtster
Location: where fear is not a virtue Gender:
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Sep 27, 2009 - 3:55pm |
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Another sure sign is:
Those complaining are usually guilty of what they are complaining about.
Apply this logic as each case presents itself.
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fuh2
Location: Mexican beach paradise Gender:
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Sep 27, 2009 - 3:42pm |
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Zep wrote:Here's another sign of fascism:
And another
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bokey
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Sep 27, 2009 - 2:46pm |
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I always get fission, fusion and fascism all mixed up.
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Zep
Location: Funkytown
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Sep 27, 2009 - 2:21pm |
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Here's another sign of fascism:
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jadewahoo
Location: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Gender:
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Sep 27, 2009 - 2:12pm |
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This has been posted how many times before on RP? It didn't pass muster then, it certainly doesn't now. This guy was a Fascist: Hitler is responsible for the deaths of 6 million people. This guy is just an idiot: Rush is responsible for the death of six million brain cells. So, got it? Now lets back off a bit, eh?
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fuh2
Location: Mexican beach paradise Gender:
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Sep 27, 2009 - 2:03pm |
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Scary similarity to today's radical right Teabaggers/ Fox News & Corporate Friends/Rush and Hannity etc. Fascism, pronounced /ËfæÊɪzÉm/, is a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology. <1><2><3><4> Fascists seek to organize a nation on corporatist perspectives; values; and systems such as the political system and the economy. <5><6> Scholars generally consider it to be on the far right of the conventional left-right political spectrum, <7><8><9><10><11><12> Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism By Dr. Lawrence Britt - Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:
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- 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
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- 2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
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- 3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
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- 4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
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- 5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
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- 6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
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- 7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
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- 8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
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- 9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
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- 10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
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- 11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
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- 12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
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- 13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
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- 14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
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