He said that he thought his DI did a good job of teaching him to be a responsible adult.
Look up 'The Bonus Army.' Those guys were all military veterans. They were also some of the most radical people in US history. When they came to Washington they tried to keep discipline like they'd been taught.
If forcing young people to act responsibly is 'fascist,' then every coach, teacher, and sensei is a fascist.
So, you have no evidence that he was a Fascist. You have an opinion.
It's very important that you learn that you having an opinion about a fact doesn't change the fact.
Do you have any proof?
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The book 'Starship Troopers' is a lot different from the movie.
In the book the Bugs have space ships and other tech, so it's obvious that their leadership in intelligent. The question is whether the soldiers in the field are thinking for themselves or just genetically programmed to fight.
The narrator opines that if the Bug can kill you, that makes it smarter than you.
There's a video of an Indian comic explaining why Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer ever.
One part of it is the English conquering 75% of the planet and putting their teachers in every classroom.
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Millionaire geniuses were a dime a dozen in the Pulp Era!
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Alexis Texas.
Way more daring than Hannah ever was...
Could be.
Off topic but fun.
The book 'The Carpetbaggers' became a movie; there was a Western actor mentioned in the story, Nevada Smith. Does anyone else know a daring character named after a state with a five letter last name?
When Stan Lee created Tony back in the 1960's he probably took his inspiration from Howard Hughes.
Hughes had been the inspiration for a famous novel of the time, "The Carpetbaggers."
HH was played by Leo DiCaprio in 'The Aviator.'
So, your evidence is your interpretation of what was a common expression for hundreds of years.
If I bothered to, I'm sure I could find plenty of Left organizations that used exactly the same phrase.
Also, Heinlein wrote "...All You Zombies" about a transman; he had an African woman as a major character in "Tunnel In The Sky"; he predicted a religious dictatorship ruling America in "Revolt In 2100."
And condemning people for a single word or phrase IS directly from the Fascist playbook.