[lbo-talk] More Rightwing proto-fascism

Marv Gandall marvgand at gmail.com
Thu Feb 24 13:24:22 PST 2011


Precision, dear boy, precision. You said "the GOP as a whole" was "full-blown fascist". :)

On 2011-02-24, at 4:00 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> I do not think the repugs will do it themselves - more likely, they will use
> goons (militias, klansmen, think tanks etc) to do the dirty work for them.
> If the Wisconsin protests escalate, (and I wholeheartedly hope they will)
> it is not the question of whether but when.
>
> Wojtek
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> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 2011-02-24, at 12:37 PM, Wojtek S wrote:
>>
>>> Why do you call it proto-fascism? These guys, and GOP as whole I may
>> add,
>>> are full blown fascists, there is no reason to pull wool over it. The
>> only
>>> difference between them and the Nazis, the Mussolinis, the Pinochets and
>> the
>>> Videlas is that GOP does not have the power to do as they please with
>> their
>>> enemies, or perhaps not yet.
>>
>> I propose we reserve judgement on this question until the Republicans give
>> the order to open fire on unarmed demonstrators, ban opposing political
>> parties, purge left-wing academics from universities, and shut down all
>> avenues of democratic expression, including lbo-talk.
>>
>>
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