From: Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jim Devine wrote: > > > > BTW, I think that one reason why the left has sputtered is that some > people jump at the Nazi or fascist analogy. It encourages the "anyone > but Bush" attitude, among other things.
Yes. About the only real political result of crying "fascist" is to bolster the Democratic Party -- and probably increase the probability of non-fascist forms of tyranny - including forms that haven't been invented yet.
How vexing that "Nazi/fascist" is too toxic a term to use in any contemporary connection -- even, or especially, when appropriate. I guess we should take a cue from the ancient Hebrews who thought God's name too holy to say aloud and referred to the Almighty via the vowel-less, unpronounceable Tetragrammaton of YHWH or JHVH. Nazi/fascist might thus be rendered NZFSCST to make it less incendiary and more acceptable to the refined sensibilities of the US public ;-)
Carl
