Certain democrats (liberals, left wing, etc.) have called America's neo-conservative republicans (conservtive, right wing, etc.) under George W. Bush's reign, facists. Which, of course, the republicans strenously objected to.
Now, the republicans are calling the democrats, under president Obama's reign, socialists...and of course, it's fine for them to call liberals socialists, but liberals are not allowed to call them facists.
OK: first of all, I find republicans calling liberals "socialists" hilarious, mainly because 99% of the republicans DON'T HAVE A CLUE exactly what "socialist" even means.
So, to help both sides out, I've gone to the DICTIONARY and copied the words "socialism" and "facism" down. You be the judge which side is more accurate in their name-calling!
SOCIALISM:
A theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
FACISM:
A governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
You suss it out, but remember this: at one point, the republicans had total control over the three main branches of government: Executive, legislative and judicial. The democrats only have control (barely) over two branches: executive and legislative. The repbulicans still have control over the judicial branch. Bush and his republicans went overboard to supress any criticism of Bush and anti-war protests, he suppressed evidence, did illegal wiretapping, illegal torture, violated or ignored or got rid of international treaties, allowed band and other financial lenders to run amuck, totally unchecked. He took away rights of average citizens--particularly their freedom of speech and racial protections. Bush nixed all efforts to clean up the enviornment, he outright vetoed a healthcare plan for poor children, the republican party advocated racism and bigotry, under the guise of immigration and Christianity. Ten times more innocent people died on George W. Bush's watch, than died in 9/11 altogether.
