why throwing around words like "anti-semitism" is fascism

[Cyrus]

prozak at anus.com wrote:

>>Provocation, I guess...
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>Pynchonism. Two ways:
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>1. How categoricalism prevents truth-seeking.
>2. How taboo is a factor of international control.
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>Also:
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>Separates the adults from the children. Those who cling to vicious 
>one-sided taboos need to be exposed for the hypocrites that they are.
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>Not to mention a demonstration of how faith separates us from truth, 
>which seems to be another Pynchonism, given his comments on 
>absolutist religions.
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>It worked magnificently.
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>Today I'm re-reading CL49 on the offchance that I can identify 
>patterns of logical circuits programmed into it, like the circuit 
>board to which Oedipa compares the Inland Empire.
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Please allow me to make some points:

1. You seem to have a knack for making unsubstantiated, unsupported, 
even indefensible, statements. This does promote neither dialogue nor 
any other form of "truth seeking".

2. As Terrance has so eloquently put it recently, "this is the Pynchon 
list". This means, among other things, that when you use Pynchon in an 
argument you should  cite his exact words which you feel are backing 
your argument. Like Doug does, for example, regardless whether people 
agree with him or not.

3. You are of course free to hold whatever views you like about Jews or 
Christians or Muslims or Eskimos or homosexuals or shoe-salesmen or 
whoever you like, but this is not the right place to discuss them. At 
anus.com you seem to have a forum more suitable for this kind of 
discussion. Why not do it there instead?

4. The fact that people disagree with you does not make them fascists. 
Nor hypocrits.

5. (This is not a personal accusation, rather a friendly advise of 
heed.) Fascists usually do what you are doing, i.e. accuse those that 
disagree with them of fascism.

6. Remember that when you speak publicly you are automatically subject 
to criticism. And people judge other people from their actions (which 
includes publicly expressed opinions, even posted links).

Thank you.
Cyrus