Yes, but I use it and I am not a hippie liberal.

I'm just a middle class salary man in the American hinterlands, and I talk about fascism and what we can do about it all the time. So I'm adding a data point that normal progressives raising their children and working for a living undestand that we live under a fascist regime.

I'm complaining about the world view that considers using the word "fascism" to be an indicator of not being serious.... or being too far out of the mainstream. The problem with Goldberg is not that he uses the word fascism, but that he is a fascist propagandist, using the old trick of accusing your enemies of your worst crimes. Fascism itself should be part of the dialogue, but Goldberg's ridiculous book is on the same side as Noah... because they are both trying to discredit the term.... Goldberg by say "liberals are fascists too, and maybe even worse than the right", and Noah, unfortunately by saying that serious people don't talk about fascism at all. Both approaches are wrong... serious progressives should and must talk about fascism, Goldberg's book is a classic fascist propaganda tract, and fascism itself should be part of any serious political discussion about what is going on in America today.

The Sinclair Lewis quote is of course...“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” - Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here.