…do not make them “fascist,” any more than AOC or Bernie can be said to be Communist.
& both sides are not as bad as each other.
Americans are faced with 2 choices: vote Dem & kick Trump out. Or revolt. I see no evidence that Americans are willing to pay that cost - measured as it is in blood.
I’m not being tricky. But that’s a different argument.
Tell me that the Dems are fundamentally compromised: I agree. Tell me that your constitution isn’t fit for purpose & that your system of government is irredeemable. I agree. Advocate for revolution - Amen, brother.
But the things you cite…
My last response is this: what I am telling you isn’t an opinion. I’m saying you are wrong. I’m not sharing my opinion - I’m telling you how students of history and politics define fascism.
You can keep arguing black is white, but it’s not going to change that.
Good luck to you.
Honestly, that is such an ignorant comment that it doesn’t warrant a response.
& you seem to be an adult, & so it really isn’t acceptable that you lack a basic understanding of mod. history & political science.
I’d suggest you start by reading about the rise of fascism prior to the 2WW.
Not sure what point you are making? I could maybe set up a list, Kiddie-Fiddlers, add you to it?
It’s not *my* definition of fascism. It’s a series of characteristics that define what fascism is. Rampant nationalism, fetishization of the military, scapegoating of minority groups, etc., etc.
You can google it. It’s not hard.
No it is not. And I don’t believe that you believe that it is. So what exactly are you doing?
Depending on what you mean, that may well be a characteristic. But it does not satisfy any working definition or criteria put forward by any serious thinker ever (Griffin, Echo, Paxton, to name but a few).
Dearie me.
What happened was this: you lot decried the Dems as fascists. That misinformation suppressed the vote for Harris (to one degree or another). That gave an advantage to Trump - the true fascist.
Which is why we call you “useful” idiots.
Can’t believe I had to explain that.
I’m am not nor will not defend the Democrats. But, again, to pretend that they are the same as Trumpism is either idiotic or disingenuous.
&, that idiotic dissembling partly explains America’s fall into fascism.
That’s both-sides-ism. The dems are not only slightly better. They are a different species. Trumpism is fascism plain and simple. The dems operate within democratic norms. Trumpism does not. That is not a small distinction.
Why would I need to do that - I know full well what the Dems are up to.
And I vehemently disapprove.
What I take issue with is your both-sides-ism. Because both sides are not the same - and it’s not even close.
Pretending otherwise makes you an idiot or a shill.
You won’t find me defending the US policy on Israel - ever. But to try and both-sides this away makes you appear either brainachingly stupid or an utter shill, though for what cause, I’m uncertain.
It’s not even worth debating with you: because you’re either an idiot or a shill pushing disinformation.
Blocked.
Actually, the problem - at least in part - was people like you characterising a centrist as “right wing”.
Of course. Your point?
I wonder if you realise how impossibly stupid you sound?
And to say it in public and on t’internet no less.
"We don’t know who struck first, us or them. But we know that it was us that scorched the sky"
Lost…
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This is America.
No Kings Protests are a joke. A bunch of Americans out with flags & face paint for a single day, then going home thinking, “job done”.
Look at Iran, or Georgia, tens of thousands out every day, shutting everything down, & forcing change.
Anything less than that is woefully inadequate.
1. This is AI trash, which would normally get you a block; 2. This is misinformation, which, again, would get you a block; but, 3. & most importantly, I have zero sympathy for dead Americans.
My concern is for the 165 dead school girls which Americans butchered.
Frankly. & with due respect.
Rape Bans
Even a broken clock….
Ha! Schön gut. Dann versuche ich mal mein schlechtes Deutsch. :)
I look forward to J.D. Vance arriving in Kyiv to personally thank the Ukraine for their support.
Totally agree with this.
(And let me know if you want me to reply in German - didn’t realise you weren’t a native English speaker. Though, to warn you, my German is rusty! :)
The numbers are the numbers. However, notwithstanding, Trump achieved something that Hitler did not: he won a GE and the popular vote.
& as far as I’m concerned, those who sat on their hands or voted independent, have blood on their hands right now.
Because all of this was predictable.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Americans are more privileged than Iranians, or Georgians for that matter. Both of whom filled the streets for weeks at great cost to themselves.
The reality is that Americans do not (yet) care nearly enough.
Pure godless evil.
