The word “fascism” is used liberally in American vocabulary and is generally used as a degrading name for anyone who is anti-socialist, anti-communist, anti-BLM, or simply an American conservative.  Today, when everyone who stands against the left’s agenda is being called a Nazi or a fascist, it’s time to rediscover the true meaning of fascism.

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What Fascism Used To Mean

Fascism was once understood to be “a movement that promotes the idea of a forcibly […] regimented nation under the control of an autocratic ruler,” according to Time magazine.  Time also adds that fascism condones violent action against anyone who does not put “nation over class” and that, in the fight for national unity, violence is actually “beneficial to society”.

Sound familiar?  If you have recently read George Orwell’s book 1984, you will recognize the phrases, “War is peace.  Freedom is slavery.  Ignorance is strength.”  Hmmm.

Being Called a Fascist

Nazi Germany is one of the most obvious examples of fascism, which you might have noticed if, when defending a conservative, political point of view, your opponent shouts at you to, “Shut up, you Nazi fascist!”

It is hurtful and shocking when we are called fascists or Nazis.  We don’t support a violent suppression of political or national opponents.  Conservatives don’t support “collusion between state and corporate power,” another feature of fascism according to New Discourses.  And we certainly don’t admire the Holocaust and the killing of millions of innocent people, which has been a characteristic of fascist regimes in history.

Woke Culture Redefines Fascism

Unfortunately, the definition of fascism has been altered by woke culture.  It is slanted against the right and serves as an accusation to incriminate conservatives.

Imagine this: a young student is a freshman in high school, and his teacher does a history lesson on fascism.  Curiosity gets the best of him, and he Googles fascism.  He clicks on Wikipedia, and the first words he reads say, “Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism …” (italics added).

Did you catch the sneaky addition of “far-right” in that definition?  It’s not liberals who are fascists.  It is the conservatives.  Or so they say.

A Common Thread in Fascism

It is interesting to note that throughout history, there have been many examples of fascism, but each regime had four common characteristics, according to an article for Human Events.  They were all “nationalist, anti-individualist, authoritarian, and encouraging […] of commercial enterprise to meet the needs of the state.”

If we’re being honest, these don’t sound like things conservatives in America take part in.

However, the American left and Critical Race Theory (CRT) claims that those who disagree with their doctrine are fascists.  That simply is not true.  It is a generalization fallacy at best.

Running Out of Fascists

As Douglas Murray said in his podcast interview with Charlie Kirk, “If everyone’s a fascist, at some point, nobody is.”

In an interview with Dennis Prager, Douglas Murray also said,  “America has a great demand for fascists,” he said, “but a very small supply.”  Murray makes the observation that if Americans truly lived in a fascist state (like Nazi Germany), you would see fascism everywhere you looked.

But we don’t.  Most Americans hate fascism and oppression.  Many people hit their knees and beg for forgiveness when confronted with the critical race theory concept that they are inherently oppressive and must make reparations to people who they supposedly “oppressed”.

Conservative Fascists?

Business Insider published an article titled “Republican Party Has Embraced Fascism” and wrote, “The Republican Party has embraced American fascism, an anti-democratic ideology that is unique to the US and is engrained deeper in Americans’ collective consciousness and history than most of us have been taught.”

The article confuses fascism with racism. Fascism has racist elements to it, but they are not the same concept.

It is fair to say that America is neither fascist nor racist, and the behavior of American citizens prove that point.  America fought in World War II to defeat the Axis powers that represented fascist regimes.  And to prove its point against slavery, America fought a Civil War to end slavery, supported the Civil Rights Movement, and has continued to make great strides in ending racism.

Setting it Straight: Conservatives Are Not Fascists

It is right to feel indignant when someone calls you a fascist for voting for Trump, not supporting the organization Black Lives Matter, or saying you are pro-life.  And if you know the true meaning of “fascism” and its history, you can be confident that the slander you are receiving is not true.

After the Allies won World War II, our ancestors fought hard to establish a world free from totalitarian fascists.  As the Allies were drafting the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the Soviets tried to amend the document and define fascism as “the bloody dictatorship of the most reactionary section of capitalism and monopolies.”

Did you catch that?  They wanted fascism to be defined as a dictator running a capitalist society.

Of course, the Allies were not so quick to be fooled after just fighting and winning a bloody war over this issue.  Future Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson fired back at the Soviets saying that fascism was being redefined and “being blurred by the abuse of applying it to a person or idea which was not communist.”

The Soviets lost the war to the freedom-loving Allies, and the legacy those freedom fighters established for us calls us to stand against anyone or any organization trying to re-define fascism today.

Conclusion

We are called to fight for freedom.  Henry Patrick’s bold words still echo in the conservative movement’s speeches: “Give me liberty, or give me death!”  And if that means being labeled with false accusations of being a fascist, we can stand boldly and keep fighting for liberty to keep the original meaning of words and to keep America free.