Impeach Cheney!

In Skypeland, one can encounter a lot of people in the US who seem to have a very negative view of their own country, but are unwilling to try to fix things. Two Americans claimed that the US is a dictatorship, and that Cheney should be impeached for being a dictator. I asked if they actually thought that the US was a dictatorship, and that Cheney is actually a dictator of the US. They agreed that this was not true, but that the US is a fascist state. I asked if they knew what fascism is, and they said they did. They said fascism is when business and government work together. (I did some reading about what fascism is, and I found that there is a wide variation in definitions of fascism. Most definitions of fascism focus on its totalitarian aspects, which is definitely contrary to the democratic system in the US, and its division of powers. Some definitions of fascism state that it is capitalist, and some that it is anti-capitalist. Some definitions of fascism state that it is conservative, and some that it is anti-conservative. And so on and so forth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism )

I said that the US has the government it deserves, and if they wanted to change it, they were free to do so. They did not agree and became abusive. So I turned off their microphones.

Sometimes it is good to be in control of the microphones. People can be incredibly disruptive and unwilling to let others voice their views. They often will not let others respond to their questions or complaints. They complained bitterly that I was silencing dissent, but actually I was clearing the way for people to actually have a dialogue. Their goal was to shut down all communication with catcalls, and abusive language and interruptions, something like the Nazis did in their Beer Hall Putsch. Of course, when they were unable to talk in the room at will, interrupting others, they did not want to wait their turn, and left in a huff. Oh well.