In news:oi2q81pjqo1cm4a67u6ha4irtit0ad2d1v@4ax.com,
hi ho, hi ho <hi@ho.wego> typed:

On Wed, 18 May 2005 13:43:18 -0500, Whizbang
<whizbang@correctopinions.com> wrote:

Alexa

Fascism Anyone?

http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/britt_23_2.htm


3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause. The most
significant common thread among these regimes was the use of
scapegoating as a means to divert the people's attention from other
problems, to shift blame for failures, and to channel frustration in
controlled directions. The methods of choice-relentless propaganda
and disinformation-were usually effective. Often the regimes would
incite "spontaneous" acts against the target scapegoats, usually
communists, socialists, liberals, Jews, ethnic and racial minorities,
traditional national enemies, members of other religions,
secularists, homosexuals, and "terrorists." Active opponents of these
regimes were inevitably labeled as terrorists and dealt with
accordingly.

Of course the irony is Fascism is multi-cultural, multi-racial, equal
opportunities idealogy, anyone can be a Fascist.
-- 
Amanda