Crypto-fascism is the secret support or admiration of fascism or of associated trends. The term is used to imply that an individual or a group keeps this support or admiration hidden in an attempt to avoid political persecution or political suicide. A person, an organization or an idea which possesses this tendency would be described as "crypto-fascist". Alternatively, the definition can be used in reference to individuals or organizations which operate in a democratic framework but espouse fascist beliefs or ideologies which are politically close to fascism.
Crypto-fascism is the secret support or admiration of fascism or of associated trends. The term is used to imply that an individual or a group keeps this support or admiration hidden in an attempt to avoid political persecution or political suicide. A person, an organization or an idea which possesses this tendency would be described as "crypto-fascist". Alternatively, the definition can be used in reference to individuals or organizations which operate in a democratic framework but espouse fascist beliefs or ideologies which are politically close to fascism.
==Origin== In an ABC television debate during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Gore Vidal described William F. Buckley Jr. as a "sort of pro or crypto-Nazi". Buckley responded, "Now listen you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in the goddamn face, and you'll stay plastered." Vidal later clarified in an essay published in Esquire in 1969, "I had not intended to use the phrase 'pro crypto Nazi.' 'Fascist-minded' was more my intended meaning". In later reporting on this event, the term Vidal used to describe Buckley was sometimes misquoted as "crypto-fascist".
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