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- noun Plural form of
authoritarian .
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I have not seen a cogent argument that explains why the term authoritarians is inadequate to describe the Ba’ath party or Islamic terrorism, but fascism is.
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Rickm: I have not seen a cogent argument that explains why the term authoritarians is inadequate to describe the Ba’ath party or Islamic terrorism, but fascism is.
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A growing number of journalists and analysts are pounding readers with strong arguments about change, challenging the jihadists, and the idea that the Islamists and the authoritarians are the sole representatives of the majority of Muslims in the Middle East.
The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010
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In short, authoritarians ruled East Beirut but its official narrative remained attached to liberal democratic principles, while Baathist, Pan Arabist, and jihadist forces dominated West Beirut, leaving no space for pluralism.
The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010
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Not only did he refer to you and Heath Schuler as "authoritarians," "chickenshits," and keepers of "shaved apes," he also questioned the authenticity of your "sword of anointing" and challenged you to crawl out of your hole and face him like a man:
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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The problem with our current government is they have moved away from their left wing stance and are actually now right wing authoritarians which is why the rich are getting richer etc.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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The problem with our current government is they have moved away from their left wing stance and are actually now right wing authoritarians which is why the rich are getting richer etc.
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The problem with our current government is they have moved away from their left wing stance and are actually now right wing authoritarians which is why the rich are getting richer etc.
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At The Hague congress in 1872, the "authoritarians," making use of means characteristic of their own tendencies (the hunting of votes, the calling of the congress in a town which was little accessible to some of the opponents and quite inaccessible to others), 139 obtained a complete victory over the anti-authoritarians.
Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916
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Instead, I seem to have stumbled into a debating society for fundamentalist authoritarians in other words, today’s conservatives and Republicans.
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