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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:44 PM
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You know, I really don't think we should compare any of our candidates to Mussolini.
And that's what people are stealthily trying to do when they toss around the word "corporatist" in reference to a Democrat they don't like. And it's questionable whether Mussolini even used the word anyways, so nyah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism#Corporatism_and_Fascism
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:47 PM
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1. and just for that snarkiness,
You are a corporatist. So double nyah.
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:24 PM
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16. And just for YOUR snarkiness,
You are a super-duper mutant corporatist. TRIPLE NYAH!
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:48 PM
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2. Not me...I'm comparing them to WJ Clinton when I call them corporatist
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:48 PM
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3. Yeah, Mussolini really springs to mind when I hear "corporatist."
B-)
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:49 PM
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4. It's a Nader/Mumia construct. Meant to "teach them a lesson".
Edited on Sun Dec-16-07 10:49 PM by The_Casual_Observer
The last lesson we got taught was 8 years of jr.
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:49 PM
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5. There are specific hallmarks that are shared ....
Placing the well being of corporate entities over the needs of the common citizens is one of those hallmarks ...

You are stretching credulity to claim those who make that connection are directly comparing Hillary to Mussolini .....
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:52 PM
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6. Most of the people using the term have no idea of its historical significance.
It's been co-opted for the current political cycle.

Let's not even bring up the references to "fascism".
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:52 PM
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7. Fine, Hillary's a fascist
Is that better?

:eyes:

When we have people living in dumps, maybe you'll wake up. Wait a minute, the corporate hospitals are already discharging homeless people to the streets. How bad does it have to get before you stand with the people?
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:23 PM
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14. You linked homeless people to Hillary being a fascist?
Edited on Sun Dec-16-07 11:23 PM by TwilightZone
Wow, that's a new one. Yes, Hillary is responsible for all the people who have ever been homeless.

That assertion is simply amazing. Simply. Amazing.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:28 PM
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19. Yeah because that's exactly what I said
We can use the term corporatist to discuss what happens when we let corporations have too much power, like people being dumped into the streets sick and injured. And yes, Bill Clinton's policies laid the groundwork for that sort of thing to happen.

If you don't want to use the word corporatist, I guess we can go straigt to fascist, since the OP wanted to bring Mussolini into it, which makes no sense at all.
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:36 PM
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20. The OP mentioned Mussolini because that's who Hillary was compared to in another thread.
Edited on Sun Dec-16-07 11:38 PM by TwilightZone
Did you think the reference was just random?

In my experience, people don't usually start random threads by picking a name out of a hat. In this instance, there was a preceding post that was the reason for the OP.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:40 PM
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21. The OP said "corporatist"
If that isn't what he meant, then he shouldn't have said it.
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:42 PM
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22. Read the thread title, then read the link included.
The connection between "corporatist" and Mussolini is very clear.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:44 PM
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23. Look, he said "toss around the word 'corporatist'"
If he had some other problem, he should have said so. And can come back to tell us all what he meant, any time he wants.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 09:19 AM
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26. It will be clearer once you read the link. n/t
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:25 PM
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17. And Sandnsea is a nazi
Edited on Sun Dec-16-07 11:27 PM by Lirwin2
What's the deal? :shrug:
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:54 PM
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8. "the merger of state and corporate power".
Pretty much sums it up, no comparison to Benito. Nice try, though.
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Redneck Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 10:56 PM
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9. Dog, I love DU!
:rofl:
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:01 PM
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10. hey, LoZo, what did you think of the Lieberman news today?
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:03 PM
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11. Re: No Mussolini?
Okay, what about Franco then?
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:10 PM
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12. drive-by?
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:22 PM
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13. guess so.
:shrug: Pity. I hate to see folks run from conversation.
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:24 PM
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15. yep. looks like a post-and-run
throwing a post-bomb into DU claiming we like calling other Democrats Mussolini-types,and then running.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:27 PM
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18. Don't I wish.
:)
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-16-07 11:46 PM
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24. he'll be back.
Like luggage.
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 12:02 AM
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25. pity to have wasted time on this.
:shrug:
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