by Kevin Alfred Strom
IF YOU WATCH FOX NEWS or read political blogs you probably have a headache from all the accusations of “fascism” bouncing back and forth from left to right and back again. “Obama’s a fascist!” “Rush is a fascist!” “Bush is a fascist!” “The Zionists are fascists!” “Your grandmother’s a fascist!” “Kevin Strom is a fascist!” And then we have that ridiculous neologism “Islamofascism.” (ILLUSTRATION: John Kennedy delivering his State of the Union address, 1963, fasces displayed behind him.)
Modern Republicans and Democrats both misuse the term “fascist” — and to such a degree that the misuse has started to be enshrined in dictionaries.
In the broad sense, the term (from the Latin for “bundle”) just refers to the strength of a united people — . . . → Read More: Everybody’s a Fascist Now!