[minkowski]

Direct action is an anarchist/autonomist idea of changing things directly rather than petitioning the government (see Graeber, Direct Action: an ethnography). It has literally nothing to do with fascist (particularly Nazi -- see Klemperer, Lingua Tertii Imperii) ideals of anti-intellectualism or action for action's sake beyond the word "action".

[TeeMassive]

The people all dressed in black engaged in "direct action" seemed very fascistic to me.

[sethrin]

That's nice. I don't think that has anything to do with the actual definition of fascism, but I'm sure you feel like you have made a good point, and that's really special.

[TeeMassive]

What were brown shirts if not sociopaths given a de facto political pass?