note to self

In the context of this previously linked post on Pantload's souces, Dave includes a quote from Griffin's Nature of Fascism that I'll like to quote in my intro. It's on the point of not falling into the trap of taking their words at face value, and looking instead at their actions:

[A]pproaching fascism primarily in terms of political theory and the history of ideas is misleading because it detracts attention from concrete events which constitute the real 'nature of fascism' and moreover euphemizes the immense human suffering caused when nebulous fascist ideals and policies became translated into gruesome political realities.

Yep.