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lastlib

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2. the word has such a (deservedly) pejorative connotation....

Reply to Hotler (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 10:04 AM

Jun 2020

that it is difficult to employ it in an academic sense, without the pejorative connotation attaching to it. Much like "communist", nobody wants to use it and risk it being seen solely as pejorative.

Personally, I have no such compunctions, and use the term freely to describe our current regime. I truly hope that history will follow my example.

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The Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism [View all] lastlib Jun 2020 OP

Why has no one with a voice and a platform called the orange one a fascist? Hotler Jun 2020 #1

the word has such a (deservedly) pejorative connotation.... lastlib Jun 2020 #2

And today's GOPee is ONLY major party in the developed world to meet all 14. sandensea Jun 2020 #3