retep Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 A fascist dictatorship wouldn't allow a forum such as this to exist or you to express your views openly. You fail. Describe a fascist dictatorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Describe a fascist dictatorship. Tell me that they don't suppress (often murder) minorities and any opposition backward peter - name a fascist regime that allowed the same free transmission of ideas or oppossition to the government to anything like the extent we have here. When did any allow free elections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillpig Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 If it winds you up for me to reply, reply I will. You need to be a lot more scientific than using a dictionary quotation. Whole books have been written on the subject. A couple of sentences doesn't sum up the subject. Your definition is inadequate in that it leaves a lot out. Film on telly last week showed a lot of clips of Tory Party conferences of the 80s - hysteria, flag-waving, abolishing democratically elected councils, etc. - but as bad as Maggie was she wasn't a fascist. One thing you left out was the presence of a vanguard party and the Fuhrerprinzip. Ethnocentricity too. Revolutionary national renewal also. The military dictatorships you quote did not have these. You also have ignored the fact that Franco kept Spain neutral during World War II. Why would he did that if he were part of fascist axis? He merged the fascist Falange with the Carlists and kept fascists out of his administration. The mistake you make is to believe that all right wing nationalistic authoritarian regimes are fascist. They're not. Go to the library and educate yourself about political differences. You may get rid of your simplistic black and white beliefs. Why is your tone so unpleasant? Why do you find it so difficult to engage in an exchange of views without resorting to such insulting and demeaning language? You really should try to express yourself in a congenial and attractive manner. Beware dispepsia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Why is your tone so unpleasant? Why do you find it so difficult to engage in an exchange of views without resorting to such insulting and demeaning language? You really should try to express yourself in a congenial and attractive manner. Beware dispepsia. You give yourself away. His language was really quite measured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Tell me that they don't suppress (often murder) minorities and any opposition backward peter - name a fascist regime that allowed the same free transmission of ideas or oppossition to the government to anything like the extent we have here. When did any allow free elections? I presume by your attempt at an insult you are clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Why is your tone so unpleasant? Why do you find it so difficult to engage in an exchange of views without resorting to such insulting and demeaning language? You really should try to express yourself in a congenial and attractive manner. Beware dispepsia. What's indigestion got to do with anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 I presume by your attempt at an insult you are clueless. So fascism doesn't involve oppression of minorities and opposition and suppression of freedom of expression. Or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 So fascism doesn't involve oppression of minorities and opposition and suppression of freedom of expression. Or am I missing something? You're the one who was asked for a description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 You're the one who was asked for a description. Oooh - we all have to answer to you now do we? There have been plenty given on this thread along the lines of a totalitarian regime that actively oppress opposition / minorities - often by violence / murder, that it actively controls the press and other means of communication, that ir=t doesn't allow elections. Any problems with those? I note in an earlier post you linked to some paranoid nonsense that seems to say we are close to a fascist regime at the moment. Are you confused or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Unless you are Mussolini, your regime isn't fascist. Are you Mussolini? No? OK, then your regime isn't fascist. Might be Nazi or a right wing military junta but it isn't fascist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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