Progressives introduce us to "the new facism"

[Jen]

“This is just the most open, blatant example of the new fascism...which says if you don’t agree with us 100%, we have the right to punish you, unless you’re like Hillary [Clinton] and like Barack Obama, and you recant.”

Anyone noticed this here? In the news? All over the place?
I have.

"Former House speaker Newt Gingrich blasted the pressure that forced Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich to resign last week as an example of the “new facism.

If you’re a young faculty member in a lot of places, if you’re a young member of a news department, and you have the wrong views, meaning conservative, you have no career,” Gingrich told ABC’s This Week today."

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/06...-facism/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

 

[EatTheRich]

“This is just the most open, blatant example of the new fascism...which says if you don’t agree with us 100%, we have the right to punish you, unless you’re like Hillary [Clinton] and like Barack Obama, and you recant.”

Anyone noticed this here? In the news? All over the place?
I have.

"Former House speaker Newt Gingrich blasted the pressure that forced Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich to resign last week as an example of the “new facism.

If you’re a young faculty member in a lot of places, if you’re a young member of a news department, and you have the wrong views, meaning conservative, you have no career,” Gingrich told ABC’s This Week today."

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/06...-facism/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

So employees have no right to criticize the views of someone they disagree with? I agree that there was an element of repression here (which is not to say fascism although the methods were proto-fascist) in that the donors to Prop. 8 were publicized by the state; but leaving that aside for the moment, people with odious views should see their business suffer as a result.

 

[Figjam]

...gingrich is entitled to his opinion. His opinion doesn't make him right or wrong, it is simply his view of things.

...if one believes in something strongly enough they will not be concerned about what others think at any particular point in time. Opinions and peoples attention change, it's transitory. Case in point from the New Yorker, "The initial revelation of that donation, back in 2012, led to a welter of criticism that eventually died down. But, by elevating Eich to C.E.O., the Mozilla board brought his past to the forefront once again."

...Mr. Eich resigned from a post he held for 2-weeks - perhaps what should be gleaned from this resignation is not that he resigned because of the opinions of a few - but because of the opinions of the many, the growing numbers of people that support equality in-terms of marriage.

Here is the article: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/04/how-mozilla-lost-its-ceo-brendan-eich.html