Fascist comes from the same idea, a bundle of sticks being harder to break than an individual stick.
Its a collectivist/marxist idea.
Faggot means commie, the fact that we used it to describe homosexuals was a way to attack the masculinity of communists. Eventually the original meaning was forgotten, and it became known purely as a slur for homosexuals.
Faggot means bundle of sticks.
Fascist comes from the same idea, a bundle of sticks being harder to break than an individual stick.
Its a collectivist/marxist idea.
Faggot means commie, the fact that we used it to describe homosexuals was a way to attack the masculinity of communists. Eventually the original meaning was forgotten, and it became known purely as a slur for homosexuals.
I know all of this because I just made it up.
"There was a rumor Ed Muskie was taking hallucinogenic drugs in Milwaukee. I know because I started the rumor."
Hunter S Thompson
Say what you will about Hunter S Thompson his life story is a fucking hilarious read.