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]

1) I see american flags, God Bless America, support-our-troops ribbons, and other nationalistic stickers on every fourth or fifth car. In blue-state Massachusetts. Plus american flags on many a freeway overpass.

2) Well, except for the guy who wrote memos and legal briefs justifying it and calling the Geneva Convention 'quaint', and he's now the attorney general.

6) The government doesn't need to do anything when we have Fox News and an army of right-wing pundits. Besides, overt censorship is not as effective as demonization and ridicule.

7) The appearance of national security is more important than actual national security.

10) no need to bust unions that have no power anymore

11) What about the constant, unending stream of vitriol against the "elitist universities", "political correctness" and "campus liberals"? open your goddamn eyes.

14) So everything about the last three elections was fair, transparent and above-board? Don't make ME laugh.

You continue, after all this, to be willfully ignorant and refuse to see. Your blackwhite and crimestop are very well-developed. You are an excellent Outer Party member, you have my congratulations, and you're sure to be rewarded by the Republicans for your loyalty, until they decide hermaphrodite dragons are against God's laws.

[hitchkitty.livejournal.com]

until they decide hermaphrodite dragons are against God's laws

Allow me to say, sir:

WELL PUT.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

Error in assumptions. I did not vote for Bush.

[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?