Politics and Religion

[Belsnickel]

(03-02-2021, 03:50 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: This is offensive.

I'll never understand people who so casually toss around the word Nazi, or Hitler.  It's honestly sickening.  The word fascist, I roll my eyes at, as they clearly have no understanding of the word, but this comparison is next level.

Fwiw, didn't vote for Trump either time  Think he's a clownshow.  But engaging in rhetotic like this is so beyond unproductive to rational discourse.

I'll just throw this out there to support your statement. I know, I know, it's a Vox article, but there are legitimate experts on fascism weighing in to say, unanimously, that Trump is not a fascist. There is mention that he had used some fascist tactics, and there is a lot of concern in what they see, but they all agree he is not a fascist.

Edit: I do want to couch this by saying I am looking to see if there is anything from them from after Jan. 6. This was before the election, so pre-"The Big Lie." Some of what they said could've been changed by those events.

Edit again: Really helps if I include the link: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21521958/what-is-fascism-signs-donald-trump

One last edit: this link is from the same series of articles, but after the insurrection attempt. There were a couple of the experts that went so far as to cry fascist, so it wasn't unanimous, but the majority still disagreed with the term: https://www.vox.com/22225472/fascism-definition-trump-fascist-examples