Comments on: It’s Not a War. It’s a Trendy Buzzword!

By: The Taco Shack

The Taco Shack — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:27:03 +0000

Hey, I have a question for you. Under your definition of fascism where does catholicism and the pope fit in?

By: Vicktorya

Vicktorya — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:37:58 +0000

Just adding to the buzzwords. War is one of them. The other day CNN headlines that Congress is at War on Internet Gambling. War, hmm? How about cracking down on existing legislation or creating new legislation, enforcing new laws, etc? It doesn't seem co-measured to me to apply the term "war" to legal action upon a white collar sort of crime. Is it just just hype, hyperbole to jazz up a 'non-news' day? Ho hum.

By: The Sundries Shack

The Sundries Shack — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:40:14 +0000

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By: AlphaPatriot

AlphaPatriot — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:44:29 +0000

Watcher Time…

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By: Rich Rostrom

Rich Rostrom — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:31:10 +0000

There's a Monty Python bit (from circa 1970, remember).

Mr Notlob has folk songs coming from his body. A surgeon and his team discover hippie "squatters" living inside him. They awaken Mr Notlob and ask if they are paying him rent. One of the hippies sneers "You're not furnished, you fascist!"

So even then it was a joke.

By: Socratic Rhythm Method

Socratic Rhythm Method — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:25:44 +0000

Watcher’s Council results; carnivals…

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By: Watcher of Weasels - Council Results 08 Sep « Colorado Right

Watcher of Weasels - Council Results 08 Sep « Colorado Right — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:31:35 +0000

[...] The winning entries in the Watcher’s Council vote for this week are It’s Not a War. It’s a Trendy Buzzword! by The Sundries Shack, and Hezbollah Probably Lost the War, But They May Never Have Been In It To Win by Mere Rhetoric. The full results of the vote are here. [...]

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:42:43 +0000

There's some truth in Scoffer the Second's assertion that 'fascist' is a term that has been used loosely and that , for many, has lost its original meaning. It's the lefties that did it.

My recollection of the sixties is that the masses of drugged out, wooly minded, narcissistic left wing youth (with whom I identified at the time!) called anyone in authority a fascist. Nixon, for sure. Generals in the Vietnam War. Even toll collectors! 'Fascist' meant 'I resent your having the right to tell me what to do'.

This is part of a more general trend on the left: to use hyperbole, resulting in words softening and broadening in their meaning. For example: 'abuse'. 'Rascism'. Even 'rape'. These words don't mean what they once did, at least for the whackos. For these guys, they signify 'you did/said something I don't like'.

As you note, however, GWB is using 'fascist' in its original, precise, meaning. And he is absolutely spot on.