- cross-posted to:
- progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
- crimes_of_ice@lemmy.4d2.org
- cross-posted to:
- progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
- crimes_of_ice@lemmy.4d2.org
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/41509373
Fascist Paramilitary Invader
Is that how we call them now? I did Nazi this coming…
Yeah I’ve been calling them that for a while as it’s more accurate than Nazi or gestapo in my opinion. Ofcourse, there are very obvious similarities, but I think it is important to use our own words, and to frame things in the context of the time and region.
This is an American domestic terrorism organization with loyalty to the fascist regime. They are better funded than the Israeli military and they have no accountability to the law or the constitution. They are invading peaceful communities, abducting, assaulting, poisoning and murdering innocent people on a daily basis. They have for profit concentration camps were people are kept in inhuman and criminally harmful conditions.
I personally call them the American Tonton Macoute: it’s accurate, it doesn’t reuse the overstretched Nazi parallel and never runs afoul of Godwin’s law, the Macoute name is unused enough these days that it’s ripe for repurposing, and it teaches people about the atrocities of the Duvalier regime as a bonus.
From 2015:
Perspective by Mike Godwin
First, let me get this Donald Trump issue out of the way: If you’re thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler or Nazis when you talk about Trump. Or any other politician.
He had another oped a year ago where he was basically like “yeah, they’re Nazis “



