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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by Fellshard on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:33PM (#24934629)
A better phrasing of the parent post is that very few people use the term fascism based on its actual definition; it's a highly-parroted word whose colloquial meaning has been entirely diluted, yet still carries gargantuan negative weight.
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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by CogentHedgehog on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:03PM (#24937142)
I will agree that people intentionally misuse the word "fascism."

For example, the people in this comment thread claiming that editors making editorial decisions are the "fascist left" are pretty clearly misusing the word.

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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by Fellshard on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:43PM (#24937442)
I would tend to agree. It would be stronger to extract the individual behaviours in mind, and not use that word incorrectly.

That said, 'not fascistic' does not imply 'good'.

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Re:My Resignation from the Intercept by CogentHedgehog on Thursday October 29, 2020 @09:13PM (#24938092)
Sure, there's TONS of things that are 'not fascistic' but are bad.
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