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Entry: Springtime for Fascism Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/springtime_for_fascism#18615 Post contents: Tom, Frankly, I think it is something of a mistake to engage Goldberg and others like him as you have here. It tends to lend credence to the mischaracterization these folks have for so long made about themselves: That they represent a point of view that is somehow to be distinguished from the fascism they seek to lay at the doorstep of others. I note that one commentator here, David Gordon, complains of being ignored by Goldberg when posting at his blog concerning his book. This kind of an attempt to marginalize has long been a tactic of those wishing to arrogate to themselves the mantle of orthodoxy when diverse claims to the title exist and it is a favorite in the neo-con tool box. Is it not time to call them what they are and to disengage from the kind of discussion that shores-up the notion that these folks are simply a variety of the same overarching phenomenon represented by the viewpoint put forth by so many at this blog. Goldberg and those with whom he associates are National Socialists and should be identified as such. They are routinely so identified by the anti-system left and appropriately. Its time to step back from the contestation over who it is that legitimately describes themselves as "conservatives" as that question has in the last decade or so utterly resolved itself. You can call them Nazis now; that's what they are. John Lowell Sent at: 2008 09 05