Rosario: Factual v. lying name-calling

In his article he makes this very real, clear distinction. The Russians are calling Ukrainians Nazis to justify their cruel and horrific invasion. But it's a lie. US Repugnacons are now hell bent on calling liberals pedophile groomers, again a lie. Both do, however, understand creating a narrative to justify and motivate their actions and program their base, false as it may be.

And yet some liberals are still hesitant to call what they do fascism when all factual evidence supports that real label. They whine that one is just engaging in the same name-calling and thereby invalidates the argument. They are naive and inept, since calling something or someone who and what they really are, in this case fascists, is required to provide the correct emotional impetus to action. In effect if you refuse to do so you enable the fascists and defeat your purported purpose of saving democracy. Creating an effective narrative requires far more than hobbling your agenda with some idealistic and impotent rules of engagement.