It's peasant provincialness, is what it is. As old as humanity.
People are capable of being as nasty as fascists, or nastier, without actually being fascists. Fascism does not mean "conservative + violent."
--- On Fri, 10/3/08, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
> >
> > C'mon, this is ancient American political/cultural
> kitsch. Small town,
> > patriotic, xenophobic, elite-hating, aggressively
> ordinary. It's overkill
> > to call it fascist.
> =======================================
> I said a "whiff" of fascism. If fascism ever does
> come to America, this is
> what it's core base would look like - small town,
> patriotic, xenophobic,
> elite-hating, aggressively ordinary. Meantime, I continue
> to describe it as
> conservative.
>
>
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