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Originally Posted by BlueHair
Dr. Lawrence Britt is a political science professor that studied fascist governments. I suppose you don't have to listen to anyone you don't want to. At least for now  |
Ah, it looks like my persistence has paid off. The mystery of "Dr." Lawrence Britt has been revealed by Ryan Cragun, a blogster sympathetic to much of what you believe. Here he unveils the great "Dr.":
Ryan Cragun's Blog
The pertenent info:
"As it turns out, Dr. Lawrence Britt is actually just ‘Lawrence Britt,’ a contributor to Free Inquiry, a magazine published by The Council for Secular Humanism. The article is freely available online. But as far as Mr. Britt being a political scientist, there is no reference to this in Free Inquiry. In fact, it says he is writing a novel to be released in 2004. While Lawrence Britt may have come up with these points, I’m hesitant to accept his analysis without the confirmation of actual political scientists. If his 14 points were published in a peer reviewed journal, I’d believe them. As they stand - propaganda!"
Another writer sympathetic to your cause, Chip Berlet of Political Research Associates, wrote this of Britt's 14 points:
"The Britt article started with what is happening in the U.S. and then crafted a description of fascism that only highlights those points that will support the thesis. This is a logical fallacy (the false notion that things that are similar in some aspects are identical in all aspects)."
His full review can be found here:
Reviewing Britt's 14 Points
So he's neither a political scientist nor a doctor, and is prone to logical fallacies.