[Peace-discuss] Fascist America, in 10 easy steps

[Morton K. Brussel]

A minor point perhaps, but…

It seems to me that the article "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps"
did NOT suggest " that Congress members read the Patriot Act" (Carl's  
statement, below). That is a distortion.

Damning with faint praise, Carl, seems somewhat petty considering the  
article's principal thrust,  warning of a slide towards fascism.  
There are in fact not so many things wrong with the article.

It stated:

  …"After we were hit on September 11 2001, we were in a state of  
national
> shock. Less than six weeks later, on October 26 2001, the USA Patriot
> Act was passed by a Congress that had little chance to debate it; many
> said that they scarcely had time to read it." …

On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:47 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> There are a lot of things wrong with this article -- from cliched
> thinking about the democratic nature of the US polity before 911 (and
> the suggestion that Congress members read the Patriot Act is funny),
> through the howler that "Academe is a tinderbox of activism," to a  
> weak
> grasp of the chronology of European fascism -- but the theme is worth
> considering, particularly after the Congress ("foolishly") passed the
> Military Commissions Act. This is after all what one of our referenda
> is about (which is why "Detainees' Rights" was not the best title for
> it), and we should be working to publicize it in the coming months.  
> --CGE
>
> ============
>
> Fascist America, in 10 easy steps…

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