(paraphrasing) 'bam's not a fascist, he wants everybody to do what seems to him best and most fair for all.
Fascists are people like Mussolini, who also wanted everybody to do what seemed to him the best for all. But he was really mean.
Obama's more like Wilson, who like Mussolini, wanted everybody to do as he thought was fair and best...etc. But Wilson wasn't like Mussolini, he was just another arrogant Ivy-league asshole who championed eugenics, unofficial brown-shirt organizations and hounded and oppressed anyone who he thought opposed him.
But Wilson wasn't a fascist because Mussolini was a fascist and Wilson wasn't as bad as Il Ducci, so 'bams not a fascist because he's like Wilson.
Hope this clears up any misunderstandings.
This Erickson is a real genuine neocon elitist establishment prick.
In short: “Obama isn’t a fascist because he smiles and can sing! Isn’t that cool? Cool people can’t be yucky ol’ fascists, can they?”
Now, that definition I pulled off the web is obviously somewhat slanted since it equates fascism with extreme right-wing views. Yes, an extremist right wing outlook can result in fascism. But so can an extreme left-wing view.
Authoritarian? How about hussein's administration imposing its will on us via czars and an outright un-Constitutional abuse of executive power? Thou shalt have healthcare insurance! Thou shalt go green because we're making gas $5 a gallon or more. Thou shalt depend on the government because we're destroying the private sector. Thou shalt not overly succeed else we'll demonize you. Thou shalt not have incandescent lightbulbs. (that one died, right?) Thou shalt sacrifice personal freedoms and liberties for the greater good...
Speaking of social organization, just who is trying to impose their ideal of social organization on us? I'll give you slow liberal lurkers a hint: think redistribution of wealth. OWS, and other BS.
Or how about that intolerant thing. You want to find the most intolerant person in the room? Look for the liberal promoting diversity, acceptance, etc. Tell them you are against gay marriage (but maybe ok with civil unions for legal reasons), pro secure borders, pro life, don't trust Muslims, think the government is too big and powerful, etc. Then watch the personal attacks on you begin. Mr. or Ms. or Mrs. "tolerance" will practically froth at the mouth telling you what a bigoted, opinionated {expletive} you are and how you should be {expletive} etc. That's the difference between liberal tolerance and conservative tolerance. Conservatives have strong opinions and beliefs, and are tolerant of and respectful of other's opinions and beliefs, even if/when we disagree with them. Liberals on the other hand feel that anyone that doesn't ascribe to their personal set of beliefs, no matter how disjointed, inconsistent, and contradictory they are, must be a {expletive} and is fair game for any kind of low, vile personal attack and abuse. In other words, the exact opposite of what they espouse.