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Mr. Golomstock tracks the way that the smash-it-all-up trial-and-error of late imperial Russia's avant-garde experiments that were paralleled, revealingly enough, by Italy's proto-fascist Futurists initially meshed with the ecstatic starting-from-scratch of the Bolshevik revolutionary intelligentsia.
Masters of the Dark Arts Andrew Stuttaford 2011
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This is also why I called my proto-fascist death squad militia The Puppy Playtime!
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I was most struck by Sara Robinson's recent piece, "Fascist America: Is This Election the Next Turn?" in which Robinson suggests that the Tea Party exhibits a lot of proto-fascist components.
C. Cryn Johannsen: Please Vote! Plus Some Comments on Fears of Fascism, the Upcoming Elections, and Higher Education Finance Reform C. Cryn Johannsen 2010
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At the other extreme, the so-called "libertarian" is a proto-fascist conservative who uses libertarian buzzwords to achieve a political agenda that would actually involve more government intrusion and not less government intrusion -- intrusion to foster business and protect wealth at the expense of the unwealthy.
Dan Agin: The Comedy of Libertarian Hypocrisy Dan Agin 2011
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This is also why I called my proto-fascist death squad militia The Puppy Playtime!
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Wow, fantastic gaggle or goose-stepping right wing proto-fascist wingnuts trying to defend the indefensible in this forum.
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But they are still a seriously scary bunch of proto-fascist mofos. grudgeposting says:
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This is also why I called my proto-fascist death squad militia The Puppy Playtime!
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If you agree with sullivan that Palin is a proto-fascist, as i presume you do, then how about backing that up with evidence.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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We are witnessing the development of a proto-fascist mindset.
BDS campaign wants Israel to abide by international law Dr Neve Gordon 2010
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