"Liberal" and "Left" have a different meaning in Europe. In fact, they're exact opposites. Facism is marrying of industry

and government, usually accompanied by extreme nationalist themes and militarism. Sound like any party here in the U.S.?

As Rich Lowry said in his review of the book:

Goldberg argues that “liberal fascism” — the phrase was coined by H. G. Wells, and he meant it positively — is a distant heir to European fascism. The liberal version is pacifist rather than militaristic and feminine rather than masculine in its orientation, but it also seeks to increase the power of the state and overcome tradition in sweeping crusades pursued with the moral fervor of war.

Jonah Goldberg belongs on Fox News with the rest of the neocon propagandists, so what I would say is simply ignore a voice that rarely if ever is objective and or significant.

You're really confused about liberalism. So is Jonah Goldberg. Are you aware that liberals wrote the US Constitution? All of the conservatives had fled to England with their tails between their legs by then. I guess they came back...

Sorry, I'm not a conservative, I am a liberal nor am I confused and if you actually read what I said and did a bit of research, you'd find that what we call "conservatives" here, are referred to as "liberals" overseas.

fascism, defined by the American Heritage dictionary, last edition: the control of government by corporations, driven by right wing ideology and bellicose nationalism. Sound familiar?

If you rely on a dictionary for your ideas, they will tend to be a little shallow, I fear. Permit me to quote Thomas Sowell on Goldberg's

book, since it speaks to your point.

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Fascism, initially recognized as a kindred ideology of the left, has since come down to us defined as being on "the right" -- indeed, as representing the farthest right, supposedly further extensions of conservatism.

If by conservatism you mean belief in free markets, limited government, and traditional morality, including religious influences, then these are all things that the Fascists opposed just as much as the left does today.

The left may say that they are not racists or anti-semites, like Hitler, but neither was Mussolini or Franco. Hitler, incidentally, got some of his racist ideology from the writings of American "progressives" in the eugenics movement.

Jonah Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism" is too rich a book to be summarized in a newspaper column. Get a copy and start re-thinking the received notions about who is on "the left" and who is on "the right." It is a book for people who want to think, rather than repeat rhetoric.

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