A recent tweet by Rob Reiner… yes… “Meathead”… reminds me that somehow or another, the meaning of words, or at least the understanding of those words, has been surreptitiously modified. This was followed by a Tick Tock user explaining to me that anybody who is NOT mentally ill under a capitalist system, is de facto a fascist.

But that’s not the actual definition of the word fascism. Or is it?

In my own backyard, the recent controversy over whether high school students who were wearing tee shirts that read “There are only two genders” has launched a similar debate.

Now… there is plenty of discussion to be had here, but at the end of the day, has the newer understanding of the meaning of the word “fascist” so infiltrated the contest that free speech has been displaced?