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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ajbuckle, post: 294953, member: 8484&quot;]<b>There are a number of answers</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; We put the fasces on our dime in 1916, and Italy adopted the symbol in 1919.&nbsp; Therefore, we were not in any way adopting symbols from the fascist Italian state, but rather they from us.&nbsp; We got there first, and I don&#039;t think that we were about to back down just because some piddly dictator stole some of our imagery.&nbsp; This relates to (3) below.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Our fasces is wrapped in an olive branch, a symbol of peace.&nbsp; In contrast, the fascist regimes in Europe were aggressive war starters.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; America was not run by <span style="color: Red">edited</span> back then.&nbsp; We didn&#039;t kowtow to the PC Patrol like we do now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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