Democratic congresswoman shot in Arizona.

[rocketpig]

axt113 said:

rocketpig said:

There are a whole lot of people here confusing the economic ideals and social ideals of fascism. Not everything is clearly "right wing" or "left wing". In the case of fascism (and Nazis in particular), there's a decided split between those ideals, one being slightly left-leaning while the other is far right.

Well if we go by the Nolan chart that Richard showed, Fascism would be the lower left of the box, low economic and personal freedom, so in that sense it would be split as it would incorporate the lack of freedom from both the left and right wing

Pretty much. When put into the context of western politics, Fascism is neither right nor left wing, as it splits the two in a most unfavorable way for its population. There is nothing in American politics that really compares to it.

In short, arguing that he was either a left or right winger because of his reading choices is pretty asinine. The guy was obviously just insane and a political radical. The Tea Party, Democrats, whatever... they're not to blame here.