Being called a fascist

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These words are very, very dangerous and this thinking puts you personally at risk.

It leads me back to the question: what is a modern "fascist"? ...

So if people keep thinking you are racist or a fascist and you don't think you are, rethink of your choice of words and your ideologies because what you might be saying may be consistent of racism. This is no different than not doing a behavior that is perceived as rude.

My personal favorite is, "If you smell sh_t everywhere you go, it's time to check your shoes."

It is not an insult if it's earned, like for example if someone said "brown people are inferior" then yeah I will call him a fascist.

It But I have no idea what you're talking about.

If someone calls someone a fascist, it is only reasonable for them the provide evidence to support that statement.
It isn't rocket surgery.

PPR in a nutshell:

Poster 1: *espouses sympathy for fascist/racist/etc ideology*
Poster 2: You're a fascist/racist/etc.
Poster 1: Prove it!
Poster 2:

It leads me back to the question: what is a modern "fascist"?
What beliefs are required to be seriously qualified as one?
Probably racism would be needed, or other forms of minority-hating. Strong leadership. Imperialism. Disregard for freedoms and democratic mechanisms...

...lemme see...

Putin?

Some people embrace a more objective approach to life, and some give their emotional needs a higher priority.
Some people value their personal integrity and credibility, and some have little understanding of their value.

Partisanship embraces a groupthink mentality.
In theory, autistic individuals "should" tend to be more independent people.

If someone, who embraces groupthink, chastises an independent thinker, I might be inclined to give that free-thinker the benefit of the doubt.

Independent thinking is a discipline that takes years to profoundly develop.
It is much easier, and comfy , to be seduced by the mob mentality.
I'm not that easy.

Fascism is difficult to define, and even people who have read lots of books on politics can struggle to agree. Most people using the word as an insult have a very skimpy idea of what a Fascist is.

You can dodge this problem by calling something Fascistic, meaning it partakes of some of the qualities of it.

"The word "racism" is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a "racisr"" Thomas Sowell.

Fascism is difficult to define, and even people who have read lots of books on politics can struggle to agree. Most people using the word as an insult have a very skimpy idea of what a Fascist is.

The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.”
The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.”
The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.”
Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”
Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.”
The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.”
The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”
Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.”
Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.”
Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.”
Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.”
Selective populism. “There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.”
Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. “All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.”

Well I don't think the Holocaust ever happened and I don't think Hitler wasn't as bad as our history makes it out to be. I am such a independent thinker here.

(I am just making a point here and I don't actually believe this. This is what the right ringers think when they talk about free thinking; denying history and science and pretending there is no racism, etc) Free thinking has become a doggy whistle for deny deny deny deny history and racism and science. Then they whine and cry when they are given consequences or are called out on their actions and they hide behind the label "free thinking."

BTW, if someone calls you a fascist, why not ask them how is what you said make you one?

You can disagree with their reason when they tell you the reason why. I may ask someone how is what I say offensive and I can also disagree with their reason with why what I said was offensive.

I do, but they never answer my question, presumably because they use the term as an insult and don't have anything/k to back up that insult.

I'm an independent thinker and I think the holocaust did happen and that Hilter brought Germany to disaster.
What happens now?

So, when confronted, they can't tell us what they mean?
It makes more sense not to use a word you don't understand the meaning of.

Then why do I get so offended when they call me, or imply, I am a fascist?
Maybe because it is so closely linked to Nazism?
And because it is *meant* as a pejorative.