Without even trying to figure out whether your claim is accurate or not (that the particular quote you gave is wrong), none of your comments support your assertion. Let's go in order:
1. You seem to think that Du Bois not being fond of Hitler somehow means that his ideas aren't similar to fascism. Basically you are claiming that someone dislikes some or even most of something then that means that they never like anything related to that, which is patently false.
2. You are focusing on the term "fascism" as opposed to the ideas that are fascist. The claim is that if you compare Wilson's Progressive ideas to Mussolini's fascist ones, there will be close similarities. Your objection doesn't dispute that.
3. Deliberately splitting the term "friendly fascist" into two terms doesn't make your objection suddenly relevant.
4. Liberal schoolteachers are generally female, so your objection here is irrelevant.
5. I don't know anything about Irving Berlin.
6. I can only recall Goldberg being referenced here once, and I thought it was you doing it, but I could be wrong.
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Date: 28/9/10 21:07 (UTC)1. You seem to think that Du Bois not being fond of Hitler somehow means that his ideas aren't similar to fascism. Basically you are claiming that someone dislikes some or even most of something then that means that they never like anything related to that, which is patently false.
2. You are focusing on the term "fascism" as opposed to the ideas that are fascist. The claim is that if you compare Wilson's Progressive ideas to Mussolini's fascist ones, there will be close similarities. Your objection doesn't dispute that.
3. Deliberately splitting the term "friendly fascist" into two terms doesn't make your objection suddenly relevant.
4. Liberal schoolteachers are generally female, so your objection here is irrelevant.
5. I don't know anything about Irving Berlin.
6. I can only recall Goldberg being referenced here once, and I thought it was you doing it, but I could be wrong.