" You’re what,” I asked, “Catholic? Fascist? Both?” It just popped out. I was out of practice with intellectuals of the right—I couldn’t remember how to behave. All at once, in the distance, we heard a kind of sustained crackling. “What was that, do you think?” asked Alice. “It sounded like shooting,” she added, hesitantly. We fell silent, "
― Michel Houellebecq , Soumission