Calling a Spade A Spade

[athelind]

In our critiques of the current Administration and the movement that pushed it into power, we have a tendency to back away from the "F-word" whenver anyone accuses us of being "alarmist" or invokes Goodwin's Law.

We shouldn't.

In a recent sermon from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, Davidson Loehr provides the symptoms and historical context behind the word. It is not just a mud-slinging label, not merely a buzzword or a sound byte. It is an accurate definition, and it behooves us all to understand what the word really means, what it has meant in the past, and what it means for our future.

While the Church's own website, including the transcript of the sermon, is now mysteriously incaccessable, berbalang has provided the full text here.

I defy anyone to read the first thirteen points of his description, and continue to rationalize the actions and policies of the group currently holding power in this country as anything but fascism.

Comments

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

I don't give a shit who you voted for, every comment I ever see from you on livejournal spouts this crap, call yourself a libertarian if you want to but you smell like an elephant to me.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

Of course, because the only time we interact is in left-leaning journals, duh =P

You never saw any of my posts celebrating Ashcroft's resignation then either because of this, huh?