FP, I'm a little confused by the start of this essay. You're saying Marcotte connects abortion opposition to Fascism. You're also saying she connects abortion opposition to the rise of contemporary political conservatism. You agree with the second, but disagree with the first. Is that right? So basically, Marcotte is in a backhanded sort of way connecting Fascism too closely with modern conservatism?

One of my concerns with Tea Party fanaticism is actually that articulated by a number of my more liberal friends: that it may in fact trigger a slide back into a re-invented fascism.