[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Bad similes

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Bad similes
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1198083863.shtml


   At Winds of Change, Armed Liberal calls Jonah Goldberg's new book
   [1]jaw-dropppingly stupid.

   I haven't read the book, but I already have problems with the title:
   [2]"Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From
   Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning"

   Liberal is not synonymous with left. Classic Liberals, like the people
   who founded the country and wrote the constitution, support a free
   market, equal opportunity and the separation of church and state.

   The Left believes that the state should enforce equality through
   collective interests. They're opposed to individualism and an
   insufficiently regulated free market.

   And what does Mussolini have to do with the history of the American
   Left?

   If the title is that problematic, I'd worry about the rest of the
   text.

References

   1. http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/hey_cant_we_just_leave_the_bad_fascism_similes_to_the_nutroots.php#c107132
   2. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385511841?tag=armedliberal-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0385511841&adid=10046A4Y0SHVW6FDM6XW&