The Word They Had to Destroy

In response to this photo, I wrote, “I think the neocons started to sweat when people began identifying them correctly as fascists, so the Frank Luntz bunch decided to destroy the word ‘fascism.’

Make it mean everything so it means nothing. Simple.

So we got nonsense terms like ‘Islamofascism’ and ‘liberal fascism’ — anything to distract people from the reality of fascism, which is marked by nationalism, militarism, sexism, racism, repression of labor, worship of corporate power, controlled mass media, contempt for intellectuals and education, religiosity used for political manipulation, rampant cronyism and corruption, fraudulent elections, obsession with national security and the destruction of civil liberties. They can’t have people recognizing the suspects in that criminal lineup.

Val Adams replied, “Never thought of the situation on that large a scale, but do think you have a valid point!” That’s a compliment of which I’m particularly proud.