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Monday, January 22, 2007

Orcinus

A note about Orcinus, brainchild of David Neiwert. Neiwert and Sara Robinson write scary things that need to be paid attention to. Neiwert did a lengthy, multi-part series on the rise of Fascism that, as good history should, noted the characteristics of Fascism as a movement and drew parallels to the modern Republican Party, especially the neotheocon branch. He most recently followed up with a seris on eliminationism in America. Robinson's most recent series deals with authoritarianism at it applies to the American right.

I like them because they work the way I do, putting pieces together that others might not think would make a fit at all, and making it plain that they do, indeed, fit together. They also present reasoned, cogent arguments, which is not something you'll get from, say, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, or Rush Limbaugh (one of Neiwert's favorite targets). Bookmark the site.

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