[ketsu]

The “canard” is the notion that conservatives are somehow fascists. And that is the great myth that Goldberg is puncturing. You should be happy about that.

As Goldberg points out, the “whole liberalism is fascism canard” was started by H.G. Wells, one of the most influential writers of the pre WWII era.

And please, let’s not get confused between classical liberalism and “modern” liberalism. The two are nearly opposites.

Get a clue, dude. You’re stinking up an otherwise good website.

Nobody here has said anything about conservatives being fascists. Unless you're confusing "is" with "kind of" relationships.

H.G. Wells idea of "liberal fascism" was as different from the traditional definition of fascism as Goebbels' definition of socialism was to socialism. Wells was arguing that a liberal vanguard would create a utopian state. Totalitarian, yes; Fascist, no.

I'm quite aware of the differences between classical and modern liberalism.

Sorry "dude", you're the one who "needs a clue".

[RussP]

“Nobody here has said anything about conservatives being fascists. Unless you’re confusing “is” with “kind of” relationships.”

Of course nobody “here” said it. This is Free Republic. But if you are unaware that conservatives have been mislabeled and slandered as fascists for three or four decades now, you’re out to lunch permanently, dude.