Monday, September 15, 2003
The Gray Lady uses the F-word
In the Arts section, for crying out loud. Alexander Stille writes:
Alexander, Alexander... Do you read what you write? Let's do a little reformatting to make what you're saying more obvious:
Other characteristics on most scholars' checklists:
the rejection of both liberalism and socialism;
the primacy of the nation over the rights of the individual;
the demonization of the nation's enemies;
the elimination of dissent and
the creation of a single-party state;
the dominant role of a charismatic leader;
the appeal to emotion and myth rather than reason;
the glorification of violence on behalf of a nationalcause;
the mobilization and militarization of civil society;
an expansionist foreign policy intended to promote national greatness.
The Baath Party...
Wrong "B"-word, Alexander. The Bush regime!
Usually, I'm pretty careful about the F-word (see Orcinus for why), but when an opportunity like this one presents itself, it's hard to resist...
Other characteristics [for fascism] on most scholars' checklists: the rejection of both liberalism and socialism; the primacy of the nation over the rights of the individual; the demonization of the nation's enemies; the elimination of dissent and the creation of a single-party state; the dominant role of a charismatic leader; the appeal to emotion and myth rather than reason; the glorification of violence on behalf of a national cause; the mobilization and militarization of civil society; an expansionist foreign policy intended to promote national greatness.
The Baath Party...
Alexander, Alexander... Do you read what you write? Let's do a little reformatting to make what you're saying more obvious:
Other characteristics on most scholars' checklists:
the rejection of both liberalism and socialism;
the primacy of the nation over the rights of the individual;
the demonization of the nation's enemies;
the elimination of dissent and
the creation of a single-party state;
the dominant role of a charismatic leader;
the appeal to emotion and myth rather than reason;
the glorification of violence on behalf of a nationalcause;
the mobilization and militarization of civil society;
an expansionist foreign policy intended to promote national greatness.
The Baath Party...
Wrong "B"-word, Alexander. The Bush regime!
Usually, I'm pretty careful about the F-word (see Orcinus for why), but when an opportunity like this one presents itself, it's hard to resist...
