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Melania, There Is Hope
Townhall ^ | 9/20/2018 | Emmett Tyrrell

Posted on 09/20/2018 8:39:19 AM PDT by simpson96

WASHINGTON --Have you noticed the sudden popularity of books about fascism? It is amazing. I would say such books are even more popular than books about rock 'n' roll, though they are not as well-written. I have in mind "How Fascism Works," "Fascism: A Warning," "The Road to Unfreedom" and "Can It Happen Here?" Doubtless many more are coming. All are inspired by our president, Donald J. Trump, and they probably scare the hell out of his wife, Melania Trump. She actually grew up on the continent where fascism was a dominant force for years, and communism for many more.

I have never been to Slovenia, where Melania was raised, but I visited Croatia and Bosnia, two little countries that share the same neighborhood as Slovenia. There I saw a few of the remaining fascists slouching around on the fenders of cars and slinking into alleyways. They looked like the criminal element to me. In real-life America, we have few of these louts lying about, and when they do, they are usually found hanging around country gas stations, at least until the gas station proprietor tells them to scram. They are about as far removed from the president as staphylococcus aureus. So Melania should give these books on fascism no notice.

Instead she might visit the countryside of America, where people are civil and law-abiding. I would suggest that she visit the New Jersey countryside. I was there last weekend and had an experience that might delight her. While awaiting my dog's treatment for some minor matter, I met a middle-aged woman with her 7-week-old kitty. The attendant called out the kitty's name, "Melania." Yes, this 100 percent American had named her young cat Melania. For all I know, she had a young boy at home named Baron. Yes, this

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1 posted on 09/20/2018 8:39:19 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96
Have you noticed the sudden popularity of books about fascism?

Grant money from George Soros.

2 posted on 09/20/2018 8:42:41 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Iran must get American justice...soon.)
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To: simpson96

fascism is what the statist left is imposing on America.

Rule by statist, collectivist elites, nominal private industry but highly controlled by government to assure they share the same values and politics.


3 posted on 09/20/2018 8:45:41 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88
What you describe is fueled by

Compulsion For Uniformity

4 posted on 09/20/2018 8:51:08 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: simpson96
Have you noticed the sudden popularity of books about fascism? . . . All are inspired by our president, Donald J. Trump . . .

Hijacking the author's point for another point. We should take advantage of this recent attention to fascism and use it against the fascist/totalitarian left. Real Americans don't want a powerful FedGov regardless of who is in charge. They don't want a powerful FedGov if normal people are in charge. We should push the narrative that the risk of unsuitable people taking power is why we need to cut the scope of FedGov way back. Today, the way they see Trump, many on the left will agree with decent people on this point.

Besides restoring constitutional limits that never should have been abandoned, permanently cutting back on areas in which FedGov meddles permanently cuts back on the ability of President Trump and any right-wing successors to to meddle in those areas. That's a win for the free thinkers who identify with either the right or the left, and many on the left are going to be unable to figure out any down side for their personal views.

5 posted on 09/20/2018 8:52:19 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: simpson96

People don’t even know what fascism is. They think it’s having a loudmouth meanie in charge.


6 posted on 09/20/2018 8:53:30 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: simpson96

What happen to the cat...did it become a Fascist democrat?


7 posted on 09/20/2018 8:59:16 AM PDT by Leep
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Have you noticed how the Fascists call themselves “Antifa”?

It’s gotten the dumbed-down generations super-confused!! Intentionally!!


8 posted on 09/20/2018 10:13:41 AM PDT by browniexyz
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UNHINGED! New liberal fan fiction takes aim at Barron Trump
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/09/10/unhinged-new-liberal-fan-fiction-takes-aim-at-barron-trump/


9 posted on 09/23/2018 9:37:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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