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Originally Posted by ares
Another point I wanted to make is that if people need to start defying them without fear.
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"Racism" is used loosely today to refer to anyone prejudiced against immigrants (which I guess applies to just about everyone on this forum). But in the old sense -- the true sense -- it referred to someone who believed in racial differences. That describes me, so when called a "racist" I interpret it that way -- as a statement of fact -- rather than as a slur (although it's meant to be a slur). Nor do I feel I'm "defying" anyone by so doing -- it's who and what I am.
"Fascist" and "Nazi" are more problematic for me -- since neither was ever a coherent philosophy, and both incorporated elements of populism, authoritarianism, and folk culture in an expedient fashion. Ask your detractors to define the terms and they will be tongue-tied.