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  • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOP
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    5 months ago

    Acknowledging there is a distinction to be made between the parties is important if you want to be taken seriously.

    There’s a distinction to be made between convenient support of fascism abroad as a matter of suiting your interests and leveling that fascism against your own people. I don’t shy away from that distinction, and it doesn’t negate the critique being leveled against democrats that pardon themselves for that fascistic activity simply because they have a more pleasant appearance domestically.

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      5 months ago

      No.

      Fascism is fascism.

      Fascism isn’t a tool to be used when convenient for you. Fascism is bad.

      If you participate in fascism, you are a fascist.

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOP
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        5 months ago

        There’s the fascism you conduct and there’s the fascism you support.

        Fascism isn’t a tool to be used when convenient for you. Fascism is bad.

        Well yea, I agree. Maybe we need like a rating system of fascism? Or maybe subtypes? Maybe Trump is fascism full-fat and democrats are fascism-lite? Even hell has 7 circles.

        If you tell a Democrat they’re the same as Hitler I’m gonna guess they aren’t gonna take the point seriously. Just a guess.