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Originally Posted by Oliver_W
How intellectually derelict would someone need to be to associate (non-extreme) patriotism with fascism?
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The question wouldn't be surrounding the extremes or the clear examples though... it's that "fuzzy boundary area" in the middle where one becomes the other, the plausible deniability of claiming extreme nationalism to be simple patriotism, and vice-versa the branding of ultimately benign patriotic tendancies as fascism.
There inevitably MUST be a "tipping point" where the consensus flips from one to the other. Hard to point to exactly where that is, though. There will be wildly differing opinions.