tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740187653812516957.post4343221918884369962..comments2023-08-04T17:15:47.878+02:00Comments on Aguachile: Calderón meets again with Javier SiciliaAguachilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793740269620870197noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740187653812516957.post-71716597222038310482011-10-16T18:07:02.435+02:002011-10-16T18:07:02.435+02:00True - while much a centrist within PAN, he certai...True - while much a centrist within PAN, he certainly has never confronted the yunquistas or other fascistoid elements in PAN. But I am just not sure what purpose it serves to suggest fascism is coming to Mexico. Militarized security, yes - but as far as I can see, still wholly under democratic control. I just fear that he risks sidelining himself with the "F-word," and diminishing the value of his message.Aguachilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793740269620870197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740187653812516957.post-19881518250968861512011-10-16T00:36:26.632+02:002011-10-16T00:36:26.632+02:00Sicilia is a poet, and knows the emotive value of ...Sicilia is a poet, and knows the emotive value of language. While "Fascism" is a rather slippery term when it comes defining it as a political or economic theory, it is used to characterize states which have militarized internal security and which use state violence against those who question or resist the regimes' economic and social agenda. And, of course, Sicilia — while also a devout Roman Catholic — is a leftist, and "fascism" is used among the Mexican left to refer to the falangist and synarchist tendencies you still find in PAN. While Calderón's father honorable resigned from PAN in protest against fascism within the party, his son has never to my knowledge ever complained about these factions within the party.Richard Grabmannoreply@blogger.com