Word: fascistes
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...nations," the novelist John Dos Passos wrote many years ago. Is that it? Or are we one nation, so intricately balanced in its impulses, so symmetrically cracked down the middle, that we cannot decide whether we are compassionate conservatives or fascist bleeding hearts? It's not that George Wallace was right long ago and Ralph Nader is correct now that there's not a dime's worth of difference between a Democrat and a Republican. Allowing for inflation, there's several dollars' worth...
Indeed, when you think about it, the treatment of John Rocker by just about everyone provides an interesting commentary on our American social psychology. Because he has come across publicly as a backward, bigoted, homophobic, fascist jerk, John Rocker is, par excellance, a politically correct villain. Everyone is allowed--and even welcomed--to hate him (check out www.rockersucks.com if you don't believe me). And yet, as opposed to the WWF, where hating our enemies is a guiltless pleasure, Rockers villainy begs us pause. John Rocker may be a character, but he isn't playing one. He is a real...
...right. Kron's a fascist. And he pretty nearly gets everybody killed in the search for water and a green nesting place before Aladar prevails with his liberal-minded humanity. Wait a minute. Did we just say humanity? This creature is, in fact, pea-brained and prehistoric. And though he ends up entwining his endless neck around the "caring" Neera's (Julianna Margulies), his endeavors are quite a stretch for anthropomorphism. You may buy into chipper crickets and wise-guy meerkats, but the dinosaurs' reputation precedes them down the millenniums. Putting it mildly, it is not a warmhearted...
...Fresh elections will take place this year," the princess said, and the possibility of rising fascist and nationalist elements in her country is something "the West should be very concerned about...
...album is brought down somewhat by the well-intentioned, though somewhat dumb, lyrics. Alleging, however, that the government is at once trying to "exterminate the underclass" and "exterminate the telepaths" ("Exterminator") does tend to make a mockery of the band's stated anti-fascist message. To the Scream's credit, though, the Sex Pistols, obvious inspirations here, did have sillier lyrics. It's an album the Pistols would have liked: it bodes well for the future of rock...