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I know it's a definition thing, but only the right-wing can be "fascist". I think he meant "authoritarian". Either left or right can be authoritarian. But "fascist" is associated with some specific traits more common on the right-wing.

I know you know this. Just posting in case someone (present or future) doesn't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

Fascism (/ˈfćʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement...

Hitchens maintained that you could interchange extreme forms of Catholicism with "fascism", and not have to change anything else. He often pointed out that the fascist leader of Slovakia was an actual Catholic priest (Tiso).

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