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Precision of language?
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Why not look up the other 13 first?

Do you know who the fascists named themselves after? The fasces, the bundle of sticks wrapped around an axe which was the symbol of the Roman Senate, and also the symbol embossed in bas-relief on the wall of the US Senate. Fascism, or at least as it was understood by the eighteenth century, is what the founding fathers wanted.

Here's a little language precision just 4 U. Conservatives in general, and you in particular, are making precisely the same fundamental error that American Liberals did when they supported Soviet Communism in the 30s. They, and you, are so seduced by what you perceive as the inevitable ascendancy of your philosophy, that you are desperate to support and praise anyone you can count as an ally, and to attack and despise any you feel might frustrate your plans.

You will disgrace yourselves just like they did, and that is the legacy you will leave for history. Go back to your dictionaries, and your law books, counselor. I already know how to speak English, and I know perfectly well when its being abused.

Dictionaries don’t answer any questions. And don’t trust pedants and lawyers who are nit-pickers about looking things up in them. They'll only try to convince you that because there is no formal definition for their particular crimes, they must therefore be innocent of them.

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