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Agreed. “Ruffling feathers” is an alarming depiction of Fascists.


I think the claim is that futurists lived to ruffle feathers, not fascists. Which doesn't seem an euphemism to me.


I think the claim is that futurists lived to ruffle feathers and that their fascism is an example of this. Thus fascism is placed in the class of things that “ruffle feathers”.

Where is that an inaccurate interpretation?




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