Comments on: Anuzis: Obama’s plans ‘economic fascism’

By: Olen Rush

Olen Rush — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:36:00 +0000

Fascism is a form of “Corporatism”. Study Mussolini. Also Hitler utilized an emergency (Reichstag Fire) to “appoint” party officials over elected representatives. They were literally “Emergency Managers”. With the MiGOP using actual Fascist doctrine they really should remind themselves of the throwing stones in a glass house analogy.

By: Financial consultant Rochester

Financial consultant Rochester — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:44:03 +0000

Good thing we're not headed towards economic fascism. After all, it is not the American way.

By: Financial consultant Rochester

Financial consultant Rochester — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:44:03 +0000

Good thing we're not headed towards economic fascism. After all, it is not the American way.

By: Irish_Wake

Irish_Wake — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:54:25 +0000

Ozone, perhaps I was being unclear. Mr. Anuzis labeled the GOP's problems as rhetorical.
A dictionary is an accepted rhetorical tool, and I assumed it would help all sides to agree on what was being said. I have found the vast majority of 'discussion' on these sites is usually standard left and right wing people talking past each other. This is exacerbated when one side uses terms that mean something (i.e. right wing nationalist) and decides it will now mean something else (i.e. production controlled by the state). Mr. Anuzis tacitly admits this in his quote: “so…overused the word ‘socialism’ that it no longer has the negative connotation it had…Fascism — everybody still thinks that’s a bad thing.”
I have re-read my post and cannot find politically correct ideas, but facts supporting a closing thought. This is how our founding fathers worked. Common Sense, the Federalist (and Anti-Federalist) Papers, the Constitution all used words with clear meaning and intent. If 'creative' reading is allowed, if I can decide what words mean, then the Constitution can be used to approve any behavior I deem appropriate.
Mr Anuzis uses words because “everybody still thinks that’s a bad thing.” Of course many socialists have used this same tactic, but so have many fascists – read 'Mein Kampf.”

By: ozone

ozone — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:54:03 +0000

Try not relying on the dictionary for you goverment view just take some time and read the wordsof that practiced fascism. The individual no long exist. The state will ditermine what health care is right for you if your to old and not worthy of life saving methods anymore (national health care) control of business the banks, chrysler motor company, the control of what you produce, his type of vehicle.
So read more the just a dictionary especially the oxford dictionary it just possible it not the same difnition that you would have found before we became so politically correct.

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By: hoser

hoser — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:49:03 +0000

Is this the extent of the GOP's talking points? I'm sorry, why is Messenger posting this?

By: Trajan8

Trajan8 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:43:26 +0000

With fascism being the “third way” between capitalism and socialism, for Anuzis to claim that President Obama is a fascist, citing the same beliefs/policies that were used to claim he is a socialist, shows that Anuzis is uninformed on at least one of the ideologies.

If there was a “fourth way”, I'm sure it wouldn't take long for the conservatives to accuse the President of being in favor of it. Whatever it takes for the right to get self-identified capitalists to dislike our nation's leader (notice that doesn't mean the right will gain any new support, they just want President Obama to lose his).

By: Irish_Wake

Irish_Wake — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:40:26 +0000

As defined by the Oxford English Dictionary:

Fascism • noun 1 an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government. 2 extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice.

In other words, while searching for a less-workaday labels like "big spender" and "liberal", members of Michigan's right wing are accusing President Obama of being a nationalistic right-winger.

This may not be absurd, as stated by Mr. Brayton. This search for negative language gives a greater insight into current MIGOP thought processes than Administration policies.