So you concur with Semi Ret Al that it is okay to tar every Republican with the label of fascist or Nazi? Is it also fair then, for us to call every Democrat a Communist? Don't be so obtuse.
I don't think it's a very good idea to label every Democrat as a Socialist or every Republican a Fascist. But their are some extreme members of both party's that lean in those directions.
I was attacking your argument that Brownback should be compared to Prince Harry.
I believe that the people of both parties that make the best leaders and represent the American people the best are moderates like McCain and Warner.
Hmmm... Let's cover this one last time. I'm not comparing the two. Ret Al calls Brownback a Brownshirt simply because he is a conservative Republican and because his name lends itself to distortion. It's the same tire sterotype that the left loves to throw around. Brownback is only an extremist to the extremist on the left. to everyone else, he's simply a conservative Christian GOP Senator from Kansas.
As for Prince Harry wearing a Nazi uniform at a party. I no more think that makes him a Nazi than Madonna's wearing a habit makes her a nun, nor her husband wearing papal garments makes him the Pope. In both cases, it's simply a goof at a costume party. I tought that both examples were pretty funny and that people need to lighten up.
If, however, those on the left continue to call every conservative Republican a Nazi, or a Brownshirt, or a fascist (as Nation called me on the international forum), then we on the right should take the same opportunity to call every Dem a Commie, or a Red, or a sexual deviant, or some other such crap.
If the level of discourse is to be reduced to that on a continuous basis, then this forum has little more to ofer than Democrat Underground or Free Republic. That would be a shame.
I agree that you shouldn't be called a fascist. I've been called a communist socialist plenty of times. And it infuriates me. What we need to do is not take what they are saying so seriously. We know who we are, and people who attack us with name calling need to be called on it. Most of the people who use terms like fascist or socialist don't have any clue what the terms really mean and usually are using such rhetoric to evoke images of Hitler or Stalin just to make you look bad.
I am personnally sick of people using such slanderous terms against us when we support a left or right wing ideology. There are some people who are that extreme, but I don't think either of us are, and I don't really know Senator Brownback, but I doubt he is supporting a right wing fascist aggenda.
