[Peace-discuss] fascism -- palingenesis

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Many surnames seem to support the display of cute puns.

Palin means again.  Again?  Oh no.  Not again, Bohica.

Rebirth of something dormant or dead is a good thing.

Fascism seems to be extremely attractive, hence it's popularity.
No dog will take poison unless it is mixed with some good meat.

The authoritarian left and the authoritarian right seem to be similarly 
enamoured.

The first 10 amendments are always under attack it seems.

On 9/5/2011 1:53 AM, Bill Strutz wrote:
> Some definitions of fascism include "palingenesis."
> Check Wikipedia for more about palingenesis; but I think that a lot of 
> right-wing drivel qualifies, when they say things like,"restore our 
> democracy to what the Founders intended" and when they express a 
> desire to repeal some Amendments to the Constitution.
> Plus I think the word itself (palin-genesis) is droll.
> -- Bill
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