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Amid Talk of Fascism, Trump’s Threats and Language Evoke a Grim Past
The New York Times ^
| Oct. 27, 2024
| Peter Baker
Posted on 10/27/2024 9:56:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Plenty of presidents have been called dictators by their political opponents, but none until now has been publicly accused of being a “fascist” by his own handpicked advisers.
When former President Donald J. Trump’s longest serving chief of staff said the other day that his old boss “falls into the general definition of fascist,” Mr. Trump let loose with the insults, assailing his onetime right hand as a “total degenerate,” a “LOWLIFE” and a “bad General.”
What Mr. Trump did not do, at least at first, was actually deny that he was or aspired to be a fascist.
Any other politician might consider that a damning denunciation worth rebutting. Only when asked days later did he
directly dismiss the idea. But in the nine years that he has been running for or serving as president, Mr. Trump has regularly evoked the language, history and motifs of fascism without hesitation or evident concern about how it would make him look.
While presidents have pushed the boundaries of power, and in some cases abused it outright, no American commander in chief over the past couple of centuries has so aggressively sought to discredit the institutions of democracy at home while so openly embracing and envying dictators abroad. Although plenty of presidents have been called dictators by their opponents, none has been publicly accused of fascism by his own handpicked top adviser who spent day after day with him in the Oval Office.
Mr. Trump does not use the word to describe himself — in fact, he uses it to describe his adversaries — but he does not shrink from the impression it leaves...
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To: Sicon
You can easily see the hysteria in the corrupt national media. Story after shrill story of nothing but screeching and fear mongering.
You can just see the panic.
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10/27/2024 11:31:18 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: PeterPrinciple
Note that I stated it was AMERICAN CITIZENS of Japanese descent that were imprisoned. President Reagan apologized on behalf of the American government and garnered support for $20k reparations for each of the surviving prisoners.
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10/27/2024 11:49:19 AM PDT
by
tony549
(Stuck in SoCal)
To: Jim Noble
https://media.wix.com/ugd/927b40_c1ee26114a4d480cb048f5f96a4cc68f.pdf
The Doctrine of Facism by Mussolini
“Anti-individualistic, the Fascist conception of life
stresses the importance of the State and accepts the
individual only in so far as his interests coincide
with those of the State, “
“Fascism is therefore opposed to that form of democracy
which equates a nation to the majority, lowering it to
the level of the largest number; “
Plenty of additional mumbo-jumbo in this, but nothing that has any resemblance to anything Trump has ever said or done. What is there about low taxes, a secure border, tariffs to protect American industry, opposition to institutional racism, that resembles Facism (loosely, the complete subjugation of the individual to the State)? Those saying Trump is a Fascist are ignorant horse’s arses.
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10/27/2024 11:56:47 AM PDT
by
brookwood
(51 Intelligence Agents say Russia Is Trying To Influence The 2024 Election)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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10/27/2024 1:18:06 PM PDT
by
ransomnote
(IN GOD WE TRUST)
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