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Posted on 01/08/2016 10:56:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In ways that immediately brought to mind dangerous parallels with the yellow Star of David patch worn by Jews during the Third Reich, Donald Trump in November suggested that Syrian refugees, posing as allegedly dangerous Fifth Columnists, should wear badges on account of their Muslim faith so that they could not infiltrate American society and carry out plots against the nation. When asked by a reporter whether he thought the comparison with Nazi Germany was a fair one, Trump responded "you tell me." So shocking have been these and similar statements that not just liberal voices and outlets, but even conservative ones, began to speculate whether Trump is, in fact, a capital-F fascist. This proposition had circulated on leftist websites and blogs for months, fed by outrage at Trump's positions (usually stated unabashedly and flippantly) regarding immigration, foreign policy or torture. At the end of November, this proposition started to enter the mainstream, with CNN.com's article openly considering the question, interviewing published scholars of historical fascism to ask for their expert opinions. Dozens of other mainstream outlets then began to run their own "Is Trump a Fascist?" pieces as well.
It is perhaps a reflection of their hesitance to validate the abundant overuse of the "F-word" in American public discourse that published scholars of historical fascism have shied away from concluding that Trump is a fascist. Steve Ross of the University of Southern California, while conceding that Trump's anti-immigrant xenophobia is "very dangerous," would not go so far as to say it is "fascist." Stanley Payne, long given to a meticulous, phenomenological definition of fascism, argued that in no way could Trump be considered one. British scholars like Roger Griffin have weighed in on this question as well, coming to similar conclusions....
(Excerpt) Read more at tikkun.org ...
And posting it to this site, makes this site look bad!
As I said before, IF this was an article about Cruz, from this site, I would condemn it just as strongly !
Then explain WHY you posted this and DO NOT lie!
The Cruz Klan is a bit off their rocker lately.
I believe you.
Sometimes I think you read something different than I wrote lol.
I have NO REASON to doubt you. You have NEVER given me reason to.
Your background is enough for me to not have to double check what you tell me.
But now I am curious about the site and am going to visit.
hope my PC doesn’t get labeled as visiting a HATE site
This is somewhat worse.
I have no reason to lie about this; it's a VILE magazine, not to mention a quite obscure one, and always was.
Tikkun is the voice of New York liberal Reform Judaism. It's not an obscure journal. It's part of a liberal New York Jewish heritage that goes back almost a century.
These are the people who endorsed Eugene McCarthy over Hubert Humphrey a few generations ago and thought that Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for being Jews. I'm familiar with this line of thought and fully expected it to pop up if Trump made it to the finals.
I looked it up. sent you a private.
Nothing from this site should be posted here and it doesn't matter what the subject matter is.
Okahy....BRB.
Trump has too much money and sense of humor to be a genuine fascist.
Actually he goes out of his way to find and post tripe. I think he’s looking for attention.
Ping me when Jim sells or gives you the site and I’ll respond to your demands.
There are loons running around calling Ted Cruz a Fascist, too. The truth is that for these dyed-in-the-wool lefties, BOTH men are Fascists. Hells bells, they think WE’RE Fascists! Too bad none of them have a clue about who the real Fascists are.
http://www.ryot.org/opinion-ted-cruz-is-the-most-dangerous-man-in-america/423753
You have FReepmail.
You don’t like this thread. Why do you keep bumping it to the top?
Author is an idiot. The Muslims are the Jew-killing fascists.
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