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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
Yes. Calling someone ridiculous for a view is just as "hostile" as saying someone needs to get their head checked. People have said views are ridiculous all up and down this site and no one gets their panties in a bunch over it.
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But who said that? I certainly didn't.
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I find it interesting that fascism is considered loaded and extreme though socialism is not...  . Socialism has definitely had that connotation in this country, though it seems like it may be changing. I think that the creation of a mass surveillance state and approving torture could be "moving the direction" of fascism, no?
Or maybe, just maybe there is a massive overreach by saying Obama is moving in the direction of socialism?
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Maybe 50 years ago, socialism is on the same level as fascism. I think we moved away from equating those two a long, long time ago. So, yes, putting the two on the same plane, IMO, is a massive overreach on your part (and basically invalidating any comparison as apples/oranges).