[lbo-talk] words of The Wise

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 7 08:27:18 PDT 2009


[from Tim Wise's blog, a piece that earned him a rebuke from a contributor to The Black Agenda Report <http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=node/10849

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<http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/this-how-fascism-comes-reflections-cost-silence

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If fascism comes, it will be ushered in by tailgaters at the big football game, by Joe Six Pack, who, upon finishing his sixth beer and belching forth the stench of a mediocre life lived, will gladly announce its arrival, so long as it comes with a steady supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon and hot dogs on the grill, and giant foam hands with a "We're Number 1" finger, some Mardi Gras beads and a good titty bar.

If fascism comes it will dress like a hockey mom, or a NASCAR dad. It will believe Toby Keith to be an artist, Larry the Cable Guy to be a comic, and that the world was made in six literal days less than 6000 years ago.

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