A fascist blast from the past

[maddezmom]

In proffering a new label to describe terrorists, President Bush cooks up controversy.
By SUSAN ASCHOFF, Times Staff Writer
Published August 22, 2006

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We knew about the war on terror. We knew about the war on al-Qaida. We knew about the war on Islamic extremists.

But fascists?

On talk TV and talk radio and in talk from the podiums of news conferences, terrorists are being labeled fascists. President Bush, in his first statements after a thwarted plot to blow up airplanes over the Atlantic, called the plan proof we're at war with "Islamic fascists."

His choice of words provoked American Muslims, Middle East leaders and some of Bush's own supporters.

The term fascists is inaccurate, they said, and Islamic fascists defames all Muslims. Saudi Arabia issued an unusually harsh rebuke of its ally. And the honest among us admit consulting a dictionary to recheck the definition of a word we thought we knew.

more:http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/22/Floridian/A_fascist_blast_from_.shtml

[zeemike]

1. Bush is the decider, and he decides what words mean. n/t

[mcscajun]

2. A classic case of Projection? From Psych 101

Level 2 Defense Mechanisms are seen frequently in adults and are common in adolescents. For the user these mechanisms alter distress and anxiety caused by reality or other people; while for the beholder, people who use such defenses are seen as socially undesirable, immature, difficult and out of touch. They are considered "immature" defenses and almost always lead to serious problems in a person's ability to cope with the world. These defenses are seen in severe depression, personality disorders, and adolescence. They include:

Fantasy - tendency to retreat into fantasy in order to resolve inner and outer conflicts.
Projection - attributing one's own unacknowledged feelings to others; includes severe prejudice, severe jealousy, hypervigilance to external danger, and "injustice collecting" (remember that projection is a primitive form of paranoia, so it is common in today's world).
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Passive Aggressive Behavior - aggression toward others expressed indirectly or passively.
Acting Out Behavior - direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse to avoid being conscious of the emotion that accompanies it.

http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2004/08/psychiatry-101-defense-mechanisms.html

Pot, meet kettle.

[Demeter]

3. Bush Is Trying To Corrrupt The Word--Because It Describes Him to a T

He thinks that by labelling all his enemies fascists, he automatically bcomes the good guy. I hope to God it doesn't work, but knowing his base, I fear for the worst.

Tribal behavior isn't fascist, unless you are talking about a Crime Family, like the one Bush grew up in.