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"We're all fascists now"
An interview with conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg, who argues that fascism is left-wing, not right-wing, and that contemporary liberals are fascism's intellectual offspring.
By Alex Koppelman [2008-01-11]

  • Words are interesting

    "classical fascism was masculine and violently oppressive and today's liberalism is feminine and not oppressive but smothering with kindness."

    I can see the similarities between the words oppression and smothering (even if idiot boy can't), but the adjectives of violence and kindness don't jive. Can't help but wonder if he felt his Mom was smothering and he feels guilty for the extreme kindness required from her in order to promote his career knowing his obvious intellectual failings. So he ties the two together. Volia, Jonah explained. So poor smothered Jonah, break away, break away, simply break away from your kind smothering facist mother and be free. Become a liberal.

    Now if anyone thinks this is an ad-hominem attack. It probably is. However it begs the question, is attacking one who uses adhominem attacks as defined below in definition #1 (just look at the book cover) justified in using definition #2?

    ad ho·mi·nem

    1. appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason.

    2. attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument.

    -- sajwan
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    Sunday, January 13, 2008 06:05 AM
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