My pal Lizzie, aka The Anchoress, said something wonderful and profound over at her splendid blog:

“The irony is this: fascism can only live in a group, and it can only be defeated by the individual. In order to shrivel the first buds of fascism in our social and political institutions, we need to look inward – each of us, alone – and strike at its roots within ourselves.”

To which I say Amen, and add: but when it takes root and grows, we must fight it together, all of us who cherish freedom, virtue and honor.