Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Interfaith Group

Htom Sirveaux

(1,242 posts)

3. Sounds like fascism.

Reply to carolinayellowdog (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 01:15 PM

Feb 2015

Aggressive authoritarians need an Other to blame to keep themselves together and the attention off their own internal problems. When the Other disappears, so does the illusion of unity.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

6 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

What's So Wrong With Being Absolutely Right by Judy J. Johnson [View all] carolinayellowdog Feb 2015 OP

I'm reminded of something I read about conspiracy theorists Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2015 #1

Online dogmatists carolinayellowdog Feb 2015 #2

Sounds like fascism. Htom Sirveaux Feb 2015 #3

Excellent thoughts on the subject. TM99 Feb 2015 #4

There are elements of that for sure el_bryanto Feb 2015 #5

I love the definition of dogmatism cbayer Feb 2015 #6