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<blockquote data-quote="Brock" data-source="post: 769588" data-attributes="member: 544716">Actually if you want to get historical and nit-pick, Hitler was a Fascist...which is all the way to the Right.Fascism - A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.Communism - A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.Now, im not trying to compare GWB to Hitler on a level plane, but you can compare the actions of our present government and majority population to fascism.&nbsp; Sure we dont have a dictator, but we do have a president who acts on his own accord and totally disregards any sort of outside influence or advice.&nbsp; Were not socially controlled, but some would argue that our citizens have lost some degree of their rights for the sake of &#039;safety&#039;.&nbsp; I wont compare the Iraq situation to terrorism, but I will say that there are things that have happened over there that OTHER groups of people besides right-wing americans would consider completely wrong.&nbsp; Finally, I see nothing wrong with being nationalistic or patriotic, but when cases of racism are nationally acceped as patriotism is when I start to hang my head in shame because of my fellow &#039;americans&#039;.&nbsp; Please do not reply to this post using any sort of derogatory language because I will assure you that I am not a &#039;whiney liberal&#039; or some socialistic freak like you probably think, I am just a person who bases his opinion on the way I think things should be, just like you.and please define &#039;those SOBs&#039;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brock, post: 769588, member: 544716"] Actually if you want to get historical and nit-pick, Hitler was a Fascist...which is all the way to the Right. [B]Fascism[/B] - A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. [B]Communism[/B] - A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. Now, im not trying to compare GWB to Hitler on a level plane, but you can compare the actions of our present government and majority population to fascism. Sure we dont have a dictator, but we do have a president who acts on his own accord and totally disregards any sort of outside influence or advice. Were not socially controlled, but some would argue that our citizens have lost some degree of their rights for the sake of 'safety'. I wont compare the Iraq situation to terrorism, but I will say that there are things that have happened over there that OTHER groups of people besides right-wing americans would consider completely wrong. Finally, I see nothing wrong with being nationalistic or patriotic, but when cases of racism are nationally acceped as patriotism is when I start to hang my head in shame because of my fellow 'americans'. Please do not reply to this post using any sort of derogatory language because I will assure you that I am not a 'whiney liberal' or some socialistic freak like you probably think, I am just a person who bases his opinion on the way I think things should be, just like you. and please define 'those SOBs' [/QUOTE]

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