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[The Rebel]

fas·cism
[ˈfaʃɪz(ə)m]
NOM
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

synonymes :
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · dictatorship · despotism · autocracy · absolute rule · Nazism · rightism · militarism · nationalism · xenophobia · racism · [plus]

derogatory
extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behaviour:
"an outright ban is just fascism"
very intolerant or domineering views or practices in a particular area:
"this is yet another example of health fascism in action"

https://www.bing.com/search?q=fascism+definition&qs=AS&pq=fascism&sk=AS5&sc=10-7&cvid=04C85399EF174F19BB1812E9F164C344&FORM=QBRE&sp=6

Damn Forest did you really go pull the definition to show how you and others that continue to throw Facism around are truly the fascists? After all it is you that is showing intolerance and oppressive behavior when you use that words for all you disagree with instead of having a discussion.

[og15]

well this thread has lifted the hood off of a few posters.

This is the problem. This is a basketball forum.

Why have we ever decided to bring politics into sports. Politics and sports should not mix.

That is what sports are for...a neutral arena to engage without politics affecting outcomes...but some people just can't resist.....

I'm trying to think of a recent time when politics and sports have not been mixed. For example, how long has the National Anthem been played at sporting events? The moment the national anthem was inserted into sports to display loyalty, country pride and patriotism, politics was intertwined with sports. It then becomes about what politics people want vs what they don't.

[tbhawksfan1]

fas·cism
[ˈfaʃɪz(ə)m]
NOM
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

synonymes :
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · dictatorship · despotism · autocracy · absolute rule · Nazism · rightism · militarism · nationalism · xenophobia · racism · [plus]

derogatory
extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behaviour:
"an outright ban is just fascism"
very intolerant or domineering views or practices in a particular area:
"this is yet another example of health fascism in action"

https://www.bing.com/search?q=fascism+definition&qs=AS&pq=fascism&sk=AS5&sc=10-7&cvid=04C85399EF174F19BB1812E9F164C344&FORM=QBRE&sp=6

Damn Forest did you really go pull the definition to show how you and others that continue to throw Facism around are truly the fascists? After all it is you that is showing intolerance and oppressive behavior when you use that words for all you disagree with instead of having a discussion.

Read it again, or more likely for the first time. You still don't get it

[elias808]

fas·cism
[ˈfaʃɪz(ə)m]
NOM
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

synonymes :
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · dictatorship · despotism · autocracy · absolute rule · Nazism · rightism · militarism · nationalism · xenophobia · racism · [plus]

derogatory
extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behaviour:
"an outright ban is just fascism"
very intolerant or domineering views or practices in a particular area:
"this is yet another example of health fascism in action"

https://www.bing.com/search?q=fascism+definition&qs=AS&pq=fascism&sk=AS5&sc=10-7&cvid=04C85399EF174F19BB1812E9F164C344&FORM=QBRE&sp=6

…did you really Bing search something? Respect.

[tbhawksfan1]

well this thread has lifted the hood off of a few posters.

This is the problem. This is a basketball forum.

Why have we ever decided to bring politics into sports. Politics and sports should not mix.

That is what sports are for...a neutral arena to engage without politics affecting outcomes...but some people just can't resist.....

I'm trying to think of a recent time when politics and sports have not been mixed. For example, how long has the National Anthem been played at sporting events? The moment the national anthem was inserted into sports to display loyalty, country pride and patriotism, politics was intertwined with sports. It then becomes about what politics people want vs what they don't.

A whole lot of this nationalistic propaganda started in the fifties. A great time in American culture when McCartyism was witch hunting a bunch of people. Many of them like Charlie Chaplain fled the country

[elias808]

Never trust power, no matter what flag is flying on their pole. Power didn't get to be power by doing nice things

People especially Americans really should learn what communism actually is. In communism, as defined by Marx and Engalls, there is no power or hierarchy. It is a utopic vision of society based on the notion of equality and making sure that all the people have the minimum before anyone gets more.

Communism, as defind by Marx and Engalls, has never existed in any country in the world. All of the so called communist regimes were in fact totalitarian regimes hiding behind the label of communism

Don't be educated by propaganda. A mind is a terrible thing to waste

Yeah it hasn't existed, at least not for any extended period of time among a large population, because human nature doesn't allow it to exist.

The problem with communism is that it's simply a pre-cursor to totalitarianism. Since power hungry people will always fill the void and take advantage of those who think they're going to live in a Utopian society where everyone is nice to one another.

So please, don't imply that Communism is actually a great, realistic system that hasn't been giving a chance. It's a pipe dream.

It's a philosophy, not a system. Since it has never actually existed is can not be a system. Only an idea

This philosophy sure had a lot to do with tons of people being murdered.

[Duke4life831]

Haha this thread isnt even remotely about basketball anymore. There is only one thing worse than political discourse in today's age, its political discourse online.

I mean this thread has all of the greatest hits of the 2020s political talk.

Facist!
Communist!
Real Communism has never been tried

Pretty good start to the 2020s online political talk bingo card. We just need things like "snowflake", "orange man" and some of the other recent classics.

[tbhawksfan1]

Yeah it hasn't existed, at least not for any extended period of time among a large population, because human nature doesn't allow it to exist.

The problem with communism is that it's simply a pre-cursor to totalitarianism. Since power hungry people will always fill the void and take advantage of those who think they're going to live in a Utopian society where everyone is nice to one another.

So please, don't imply that Communism is actually a great, realistic system that hasn't been giving a chance. It's a pipe dream.

It's a philosophy, not a system. Since it has never actually existed is can not be a system. Only an idea

This philosophy sure had a lot to do with tons of people being murdered.

Many people have always been murdered when power established itself.

[whatisacenter]

Haha this thread isnt even remotely about basketball anymore. There is only one thing worse than political discourse in today's age, its political discourse online.

I mean this thread has all of the greatest hits of the 2020s political talk.

Facist!
Communist!
Real Communism has never been tried

Pretty good start to the 2020s online political talk bingo card. We just need things like "snowflake", "orange man" and some of the other recent classics.

it never was from the beginning. no idea how it was never locked.

[The Rebel]

fas·cism
[ˈfaʃɪz(ə)m]
NOM
an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

synonymes :
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · dictatorship · despotism · autocracy · absolute rule · Nazism · rightism · militarism · nationalism · xenophobia · racism · [plus]

derogatory
extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behaviour:
"an outright ban is just fascism"
very intolerant or domineering views or practices in a particular area:
"this is yet another example of health fascism in action"

https://www.bing.com/search?q=fascism+definition&qs=AS&pq=fascism&sk=AS5&sc=10-7&cvid=04C85399EF174F19BB1812E9F164C344&FORM=QBRE&sp=6

Damn Forest did you really go pull the definition to show how you and others that continue to throw Facism around are truly the fascists? After all it is you that is showing intolerance and oppressive behavior when you use that words for all you disagree with instead of having a discussion.

Read it again, or more likely for the first time. You still don't get it

I know what Fascism is, but you obviously don't and your use is not in the government system, but as a derogatory term.

derogatory
extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behaviour:
"an outright ban is just fascism"
very intolerant or domineering views or practices in a particular area:
"this is yet another example of health fascism in action"

You see Forest when you cannot have a discussion and start calling everybody who disagrees with you names, than you are turning into exactly what you are accusing others of doing. You become authoritarian, intolerant, and oppressive when anybody disagrees with you, which tells the rest of us that you have no real argument, and just want to stop any discussion as you are afraid you could be wrong.

[tbhawksfan1]

Damn Forest did you really go pull the definition to show how you and others that continue to throw Facism around are truly the fascists? After all it is you that is showing intolerance and oppressive behavior when you use that words for all you disagree with instead of having a discussion.

Read it again, or more likely for the first time. You still don't get it

I know what Fascism is, but you obviously don't and your use is not in the government system, but as a derogatory term.

derogatory
extremely authoritarian, intolerant, or oppressive ideas or behaviour:
"an outright ban is just fascism"
very intolerant or domineering views or practices in a particular area:
"this is yet another example of health fascism in action"

You see Forest when you cannot have a discussion and start calling everybody who disagrees with you names, than you are turning into exactly what you are accusing others of doing. You become authoritarian, intolerant, and oppressive when anybody disagrees with you, which tells the rest of us that you have no real argument, and just want to stop any discussion as you are afraid you could be wrong.

Wrong again. I called no one a fascist. You are the one here calling someone names; not me

I only said that people that do fascism are fascists. Simple logic

In the bolded part above is YOU calling people fascist

[zimpy27]

I feel like everything has been said that can be said on and around the topic, it's not getting better.