saltwind 78 wrote:
proud, Fascism is interesting because the MAGA Republicans seem to agree with many of its basic ideas. The belief of a divinely inspired leader is one of them. " Only I can fix it"," I come right after Jesus" is another example.
The attempt to overthrow the constitution is right out of Hitlers handbook. Jan 6th was an attempt to deny the results of a fair and honest election.
The interesting thing here is that a lot of those people say they were utterly convinced that the election was NOT fair and honest, which means they were being manipulated, which is another check mark of fascism.
Cue the "Marxist" rant... (same thing happens on the left). Well... not really. We aren't seeing mobs of Marxists attacking the capital.
saltwind 78 wrote:
A belief in violence to achieve political goals, has been displayed in Trumps political rallies.
cue the "Antifa/BLM" rant.
Never mind the fact that antifa is not an organization, but a mere fad among young people. They have no political connection or agenda. They just feel compelled to flip fascists a middle-finger and BLM has nothing to do with antifa or any riots. The whole point of BLM is to reduce the violence not increase it. The blaming of BLM for the vandalism that happened near and after the protests is an exercise in propaganda, similar to how the Nazis blamed Jews for all kinds of problems they had nothing to do with. Yes, some of the vandals described themselves as antifa but leave it to MAGA propaganda to exaggerate the hell out of the George Floyd riots. They talk up a storm about the horrible riots that were so much worse than Jan 6th, but there's no pictures or video that matches the size of the fish in their stories.
But getting back to your point, yes, it's incredibly obvious which side is more willing to resort to violence. One side is almost entirely peaceful, with only a tiny scrap of brawling youths and the other is brimming with paramilitary groups and bristling with guns, literally attacking government buildings, with their representatives inside and threatening to kill them. This really isn't that far off from the brownshirts and blackshirts of Germany and Italy under fascist influence.
saltwind 78 wrote:
Hitler once said that if you make the lie big enough, and repeat it often enough, people will believe it. According to the Washington Post, Trump lied or made misleading statements OVER THIRTY THOUSAND TIMES. It started with Obama was born in Africa, to the big lie that Trump had the election stolen from him.
And now Fox News executives are actually admitting under oath that they DID in fact lie about the elections. Fox News the organization that set the legal precedent in a Florida court, like 20 years ago that news does not have to be true. They even voted for a representative who admitted to lying about his career and his education.
saltwind 78 wrote:
I'm not saying that the entire Republican Party is fascist, but many certainly are. Just read some of the more extreme OPP posts.
I agree it's not the entire Republican Party... But I *would* say the MAGA movement is primarily fascist, whether it's participants realize it or not.