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DAVID DEMILO's avatar

I'm not a John Bolton fan, but he is intellectually rigorous and honest, although I think he could have delivered the message in a less snobbish and backhanded way.

The distinction is important and lost in today's political conversation. The very term fascism doesn't mean much more than "stuff I don't like."

Total control of society down to the personal life creating a "new man."

What is it, then, when American progressives seek to create a Ministry of Information (Disinformation); create a class of law for "hate crimes" enforced by their Department of Justice, redefine what it means to be a man or a woman, and take your children from you if you disagree?

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brimull's avatar

I think the distinctions you make are right on the mark. This column should be used as a concise teaching guide for the numerous over-credentialed but poorly educated ding dongs spouting terms like “fascist” as if they actually know what they’re talking about.

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