"Fascism" Frame Set Up by Right-Wing Press...

[bridgit]

'WASHINGTON - The aggressive new campaign by the administration of President George W. Bush to depict U.S. foes in the Middle East as "fascists" and its domestic critics as "appeasers" owes a great deal to steadily intensifying efforts by the right-wing press over the past several months to draw the same comparison.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Network and The Weekly Standard, as well as the Washington Times, which is controlled by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, and the neo-conservative New York Sun, have consistently and with increasing frequency framed the challenges faced by Washington in the region in the context of the rise of fascism and Nazism in the 1930s, according to a search of the Nexis database by IPS.

All of those outlets, as well as two other right-wing U.S. magazines -- The National Review and The American Spectator -- far outpaced their commercial rivals in the frequency of their use of key words and names, such as "appeasement," "fascism", and "Hitler", particularly with respect to Iran and its controversial president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.' http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0901-01.htm

[derby378]

1. Where is the Democratic Party on this?

They should have killed this monstrosity in the crib, but I ain't hearing too much in that regard.

[bridgit]

3. where? i only wish i could tell you...

[TahitiNut]

5. "Where"?? Well, they're looking for their guts, of course.

Searching high and low. Well ... low, at least. :shrug:

[Vincardog]

2. "fascism", and "Hitler", best refer to the NeoConvicts

[treestar]

4. Why is the right wing always allowed to set the terms?

It is time to ignore them and set other terms.

[sweetheart]

6. We never should have appeased the bush fascists

Since the outset we should have been more vocal, and now we are indeed appeasers for
not having done something about the criminal bastard earlier.

But they are master's of the double whammy, accuse your opponent of the crime you're committing
and keep them from fingering your republican hide.

[bridgit]

7. exactly correct, friend...

[AntiFascist]

8. That's interesting considering that Moon plans to become...

one of the biggest fascists of them all, considering all of his corporate ties and monetary resources.

http://liberalslikechrist.org/about/bushmoon.html

(btw, I don't know anything about this website, it just came up under a search, but the following sound like valid quotes from Moon)

Members are to maintain a view to establishing a "unified civilization" of the whole world, to be centered in Korea and "corresponding to that of the Roman Empire."

God was helping Moon to set up a final battle involving the United States, Russia, China, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan.

Moon's plans are to manipulate seven nations at least, to get hold of the whole world: the United States, England, France, Germany, Russia, and maybe Korea and Japan. "On God's side, Korea, Japan, America, England, France, Germany, and Italy, are the nations I count on in order to gain the whole world," Moon stated.

[bridgit]

9. separate church & state immediately is my thought...

[orpupilofnature57]

10. I call it the " Good Old Boy " network, I think they killed a president

now what?

[bridgit]

11. so bush's dad was watching the towers come down while in a hotel...

with usama bin laden's brother eh? small wonder the bfee wanted no review of matters as they are truly

[orpupilofnature57]

14. Cool poster !

[StrictlyRockers]

12. Now we line them all up agains the wall and shoot them.

Or maybe something less violent if we are in a good mood that day.

[bridgit]

13. welcome to du, StrictlyRockers...

:kick:

[StrictlyRockers]

16. Thanks bridgit! Very happy to be here!

[orpupilofnature57]

15. Love that quote and that name, Welcome