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

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on 2/26/03 12:00 PM, Cyrus at cyrusgeo at netscape.net wrote:

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> prozak at anus.com wrote:
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>>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Not to mention a demonstration of how faith separates us from truth,
>> which seems to be another Pynchonism, given his comments on
>> absolutist religions.
>> 
>> It worked magnificently.
>> 
>> 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
> 
Well said, sir.