Right, the guy who rants about immigrants having “bad genes” and lies about them eating people’s pets as a way to dehumanize them is totally not a fascist.
The guy who attempted a putsch to secure power outside of democratic channels is certainly not a fascist.
The guy trying to provoke his neighbors into a territorial dispute and threatening to “annex” countries for natural resources is totally not a fascist.
The guy who is enriching his corporate cronies while they consolidate power for the regime is definitely not a fascist (nor is the guy doing Nazi salutes at his inauguration).
The guy rounding people up with a secret police force and sticking them in camps can’t possibly be a fascist.
The guy demonizing anything to the left of white nationalism as communism/socialism isn’t a fascist.
No way the guy who was denounced by his own VP as “America’s Hitler” is a fascist.
And therefore the people who support him can’t be fascist!
I don’t like my current government (the German one) at all but they aren’t nazis. There’s definitely a party here where that label is appropriate, but the Union/SPD is just your good ol’ run-of-the-mill incompetent.
That’s kind of close for me. Everyone who’s racist or othwise bigoted, nationalist, authoritarian, oligarchic, theocratic, hyper-militant, etc., is going to be someone whose behavior I dislike.
I will tolerate everyone but the intolerant. I don’t care what colour your skin is, what car you drive, which team you support, who you sleep with*, what clothes you wear, what gender you are. I care if you make other people’s lives miserable because of those things or for any other bigoted reason I haven’t mentioned.
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Right, the guy who rants about immigrants having “bad genes” and lies about them eating people’s pets as a way to dehumanize them is totally not a fascist.
The guy who attempted a putsch to secure power outside of democratic channels is certainly not a fascist.
The guy trying to provoke his neighbors into a territorial dispute and threatening to “annex” countries for natural resources is totally not a fascist.
The guy who is enriching his corporate cronies while they consolidate power for the regime is definitely not a fascist (nor is the guy doing Nazi salutes at his inauguration).
The guy rounding people up with a secret police force and sticking them in camps can’t possibly be a fascist.
The guy demonizing anything to the left of white nationalism as communism/socialism isn’t a fascist.
No way the guy who was denounced by his own VP as “America’s Hitler” is a fascist.
And therefore the people who support him can’t be fascist!
That’s a pretty smart take you’ve got there.
You forgot “the guy who is calling for his political opponents to be killed or deported isn’t a fascist”.
Would sure help your case if there weren’t so fucking many Hitlers rolling around.
They have to compete to see who’s the best one.
Not strictly relevant, but I would watch a reality TV show called, “America’s next top fascist.”
I don’t like my current government (the German one) at all but they aren’t nazis. There’s definitely a party here where that label is appropriate, but the Union/SPD is just your good ol’ run-of-the-mill incompetent.
I mean, the cxu is definitely racist, but I wouldn’t call them Nazis. I agree about that other party though.
That’s kind of close for me. Everyone who’s racist or othwise bigoted, nationalist, authoritarian, oligarchic, theocratic, hyper-militant, etc., is going to be someone whose behavior I dislike.
I will tolerate everyone but the intolerant. I don’t care what colour your skin is, what car you drive, which team you support, who you sleep with*, what clothes you wear, what gender you are. I care if you make other people’s lives miserable because of those things or for any other bigoted reason I haven’t mentioned.
*as long as they are consenting adults.
I think this is the metaethically appropriate response to the paradox of tolerance.
Only slightly related, but there are two things in the world I can’t stand: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures… and the Dutch.
Yeh baby! I mean obviously the Dutch are the exception to all of the above.
misread this as “mathematically appropriate”
I heard that in Finn’s voice when he says, “Mathematical!”
People are being rounded up into concentration camps, there’s constant extrajudicial killings, and it’s getting worse.
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