Neo-cons made up the word Islamofascism after 9/11 so what does it have to do with fascism?

Question

Neo-conservatism has it's beginnings rooted in fascism so when they call Muslims 'fascists,' it's like the pot calling the kettle 'black' wouldn't you say?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w11.html

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/neo-con-explained.html

Answer 1

bush is much more fascist than Bin Laden

bush takes government funds and diverts a huge percentage to military spending and private security armies.

hmmmmm blackwater = blackshirts?

funny bush and the repub congress a year and a half ago gave Halliburton a $350 million contract to do feasibility studies on where to located gitmo style camps within the US near big cities supposedly for "emergencies"

can we say re-education camps?

work and be free!

i know blackshirts are italian, you know the Facist Party of Italy?

brownshirts were hitlers boys

Answer 2

Not a thing - Facist doctrine - was said by Musolini to be properly called corperatisim as it is a merger between the state and the corperation

This does not exist in the nations Bush has outlined as "Islamofacisim"

The only place I can think of the has had a massive merger of the corperation and the state is - uh well

It begins with a U and has a State in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Answer 3

Neo-cons did not coin the term Islamofascism. Who first made up the term is not without controversy though:

"The term Islamofascism was first used in 1990 in Britain's Independent newspaper by Scottish writer Malise Ruthven, who was writing about the way in which traditional Arab dictatorships used religious appeals in order to stay in power. I didn't know about this when I employed the term "fascism with an Islamic face" to describe the attack on civil society on Sept. 11, 2001, and to ridicule those who presented the attack as some kind of liberation theology in action. "Fascism with an Islamic face" is meant ... " http://www.slate.com/id/2176389/

" In 1990 Malise Ruthven wrote, in The Independent:
"Nevertheless there is what might be called a political problem affecting the Muslim world. In contrast to the heirs of some other non-Western traditions, including Hinduism, Shintoism and Buddhism, Islamic societies seem to have found it particularly hard to institutionalise divergences politically: authoritarian government, not to say Islamo-fascism, is the rule rather than the exception from Morocco to Pakistan." [3] " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamofascism

" According to Roger Scruton of the Wall Street Journal, the term was introduced by the French historian Maxime Rodinson to describe the Iranian Revolution of 1978. Scruton claims that Rodinson "was a Marxist, who described as 'fascist' any movement of which he disapproved", but credits him with inventing a "convenient way of announcing that you are not against Islam but only against its perversion by the terrorists." [2]. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamofascism

" Albert Scardino of the The Guardian attributes the term to an article by Muslim scholar Khalid Duran in the Washington Times, where he used it to describe the push by some Islamist clerics to "impose religious orthodoxy on the state and the citizenry".[4] " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamofascism


Re neoconservatism:

" Neoconservatism is the political philosophy that emerged in the United States from the rejection of liberalism and the New Left counter-culture of the 1960s. It was formulated in the 1950s, achieved its first victory in Barry Goldwater's nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in 1964,[1][2], and coalesced in the 1970s.

It influenced the Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and the George W. Bush presidential administrations, representing the re-alignment in American politics, and the defection of "an important and highly articulate group of liberals to the other side."[3] ... " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatives


It seems that the poser of this question doesn't know his kettle from his ********!

Answer 4

I find the neo-cons to be a poor lot as they lack a true understanding of the constitution and the role of the balance of power between the branches of government. Many of them feel that allowing Bush to usurp powers the president wasn't meant to have from the rubber-stamp congress was a good thing, but on the contrary it endangers our country. The protection from terrorism acts have for the most part been terrible legislation, because they lay the groundwork for government oppression on a broad scale under the bogeyman of terrorism. I'm not saying there are no terrorists, but the government is trying to control us through fear of terrorists. Every group of Nazis and fascists over the past century have used fear to solidify or attempt to control; in Germany and Italy before WWII it was fear of Communism for example. It is a good tool to get the public to go along with nearly anything, and then those that don't go along are called traitors and unpatriotic; sound a bit familiar?

Answer 5

The call neo-conservative became into chosen via Marxists Podhoretz and Kristol for his or her political philosophy, which based around the projection of "American values" world huge employing militia stress if necessary. The call became into chosen via them, no longer FOR them. That philosophy became into embraced via the challenge for a clean American Century, which carried out it relatively is stated plans for the period of the Bush administration. it is why, via definition, Bush supporters and "conflict on Terrorism" supporters are neo-cons; they help that philosophy. Conservatives, or "paleo-conservatives", as Kristol and Podhoretz named them could nicely be prominent from neocons because of the fact the former help the form together as the latter help the political philosophy i discussed. you could desire to get your info right this moment.

Answer 6

The Islamic fundamentalists seek to install totalitarian governments that suppress all political, social and religious views that differ from theirs. That, for those who haven't studied fascism is exactly what fascist regimes have done.
By the way, even the non Islamic parties deserve the name. Saddam Hussein's Baath party was deliberately modeled on the Nazi party.
As for the last part of your question, only an ignorant bigot would state that, but since have graciously provided proof of both your ignorance and unthinking prejudice, consider, in any Fascist regime, you and the people who think like you would all be manning the secret police, and the neocons would be locked up in your. concentration camps.

Answer 7

Nothing at all, Fascism is dependent on a central leader or dictator.

This propaganda phrase was coined to instill fear in the masses.
They should use radical Islamic terrorist, but that would only point to a small percentage of Muslims, not Islam as a whole.
They should use Religious Fundamentalist, but that would have undesired connotations.

Answer 8

Nothing. This is a conflated word made up by the Bush Administreation ands intended to spread hatred.
Any sane person knows there is no such thing as an islamofascist.

Answer 9

So are you calling anyone who shares the conservative values a Neo-Con? I believe bush is a Republican only he has no conservative values so why can't you stop the name calling

Answer 10

When did you start using the word neo-con? Was it about 2000? You have no leg to stand on. B-bye

Oh Captn bill, black shirts are Italian!