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Charlie StrossPerson was signed in when posted  6
05-14-2002 06:40 PM ET (US)
Heh. Note that "I'd seriously consider voting for him" is not the same as "hey, this guy is great! I will vote for him".

There are some ... interesting ... smells arising from other parts of the manifesto. (You did read it, didn't you?) In fact, it smells rather strongly of Thatcherism to me, and I sure didn't vote for her.

But I stand foresquare behind my key point: calling this guy's party "fascist" is a slanderous lie. "Radical" and "controversial" are adjectives that might be justifiable against the background of Dutch politics, but if these folks are fascists then so was Margaret Thatcher (whose clampdown on immigration into the UK in the 1980's was at least as tough as anything the Pim Fortuyn list is calling for), and I suppose you could tar George W. Bush with the same brush. Which is complete rubbish. (I'd call Dubya and Maggie various rude things, but "fascist" isn't one of them, at least when I'm trying to be intellectually honest.)
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