Islamo-Fascists

Don Jim, who seems to be a pretty good guy for a Liberal, talks about the silly term "Islamo-fascism."

I am not exactly a fascist. I am not exactly not a fascist either, but I am not a member of any fascist party, and I differ from fascism on the role of the church and on the treatment of archaeological sites. So I see eye-to-eye with bonafide fascists quite a bit.

So, naturally, the offense I take to the "islamo-fascist" term is that it presumes that one is talking about Mohammedans when one is talking about those who practice "islam." As I have argued before, true Islam is the Catholic Church and true Muslims are Catholics.

Those who follow Mohammed are Mohammedans, not Muslims.

Now, since my own differences with fascism tend to be about the role of the Church (my own authoritarianism is really Franquismo), when it comes down to it "Islamo-fascist" is me.

Except, why mix Arabic into it? I have nothing against the Lebanese Falange, nor the Maronites, but my guess is that most Islamo-fascists (real ones, not Mohammedans, who really have nothing to do with fascism at all) are of Latin stock. So why not Romano-fascists? Except that is quite redundant, as there is no fascism without fasces, and they didn't come from Dublin. So we could go with Catholo-fascists.

Or Franquistas.

Or Keilholtzisti.

Anyway, I also agree with Don Jim over this notion that not all leftists are "Commies." I actually miss the days when they were. At least with the reds you can see, sort of, why they have that world view. With the lavenders, it's a whole different ballgame.

And that brings me to Castro, although in his old age he seems to be giving in to the lavenders. I think it is because he has a granddaughter who is into that sort of thing. Alas, the days when the soundest AIDS policy came from Cuba.

I wish Castro the best. Really.

I know, he is a brutal, horrid Commie thug. And for that he will have to pay the price.

But...

I just can't hold a grudge against anyone who dislikes Kennedys as much as I do. Can't do it. And I like a good strongman. I just about wept when Stroessner was kicked out (although he was a complete bastard. The only thing that made him tolerable was his staunch anti-communism, but that is like joining Stalin to fight Hitler. No, I did not like the man Alfredo Stroessner, rather the length of his reign and his tenacity). And, let's face it, Raul is worse, like Fidel, but without the charm.

Of course Raul will not be able to hold it together. So, the end of the Castro days is inevitable, and it will probably happen quickly and peacefully once the old goat kicks it. Hopefully he will repent of his evil and die a faithful Catholic. If Oscar Wilde could do it, Fidel could do it. And if Fidel does it, well, there will even be hope for Ted Kennedy.

Posted by erik at August 16, 2006 1:19 AM