The F-word - Again
I've been reading of Barack Obama's latest suggestions - particularly for a civilian "security force" - and feel the oncoming chill of the F-word.
I mean Fascism.
Now, I know that to throw around the N-word - Nazi - is a major faux pas on the 'net. Likewise, the F-word is similarly taboo.
But, in this case, no other word is appropriate.
Roger's Rules (Pajamamedia.com) hits it on the nailhead. Obama is pushing for a
Here's what they'd look like - the civilian force of its time.
I mean Fascism.
Now, I know that to throw around the N-word - Nazi - is a major faux pas on the 'net. Likewise, the F-word is similarly taboo.
But, in this case, no other word is appropriate.
Roger's Rules (Pajamamedia.com) hits it on the nailhead. Obama is pushing for a
civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-fundedas the US military. Roger asks the right questions:
Whom or what would such a security force police? Whom would they protect? Whom would they intimidate?
Here's what they'd look like - the civilian force of its time.
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