Goldberg's Liberal Fascism argument panned: 'Like saying mustaches are fascist,' Stewart tells author

01/17/2008 @ 11:23 am

Filed by David Edwards and Nick Juliano

You write a book whose title and symbology implicitly ties liberals to Nazis, and you should expect to get a little bit of heat.

Jonah Goldberg, says the Hitler-mustachioed smiley face and title, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, are based on ideas espoused by others. He bristles at critics -- most recently The Daily Show's Jon Stewart -- who call him out, accusing them of not having read his latest tome.