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Donald Trump is actually a fascist
Washington Post ^ | December 9, 2016 | Michael Kinsley

Posted on 12/10/2016 7:37:41 PM PST by artichokegrower

Donald Trump is a fascist.

When you call somebody a fascist, you can mean any number of things. Often, it means no more than “somebody I don’t like.” It is an all-purpose epithet, usable by anyone against everyone from university deans to Fox News anchors. For that reason, the label should be used sparingly — saved for special occasions. As with “Nazi” or “Hitler,” it is often said that in any discussion, the first person reduced to using such a word has lost the argument. It’s ridiculous to compare any living person to Hitler or Mussolini.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adhominem; fakenews; kinsley; realpropaganda; trump; wecanonlyhope
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To: artichokegrower

Re: “Donald Trump is a fascist.”

Isn’t this what the Compost says about every Republican?


41 posted on 12/10/2016 9:45:22 PM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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To: artichokegrower

Now that we all agree that fascism == Hitler/Mussolini, when can the government stop funding NPR government-financed propaganda?

:-/


42 posted on 12/10/2016 9:48:41 PM PST by SteveH
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Overheard conversation between two people today:

Ms. Minuscule Amount of Knowledge: He’s appointing all those generals!
Mr. No Knowledge at All: Terrible!
Ms. Minuscule: Well, at least there will be a vote on them.
Mr. No Knowledge: There’s not gonna be any vote! He’s just gonna do it on his own!


43 posted on 12/10/2016 9:53:32 PM PST by firebrand
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To: lafroste
...a fascist is a person who advocates for government control of the private means of production. Sorry, I just don’t see that in Trump.

You're right - this is just more fake news from the Washington Post...

44 posted on 12/10/2016 10:01:17 PM PST by GOPJ ( What group is paying for the thousands of new digital New York Times subscriptions?)
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To: artichokegrower

As God is my witness, I thought Michael Kinsley died 10 years ago or more.
Turns out, he’s been fired more times than Obama’s crack pipe.


45 posted on 12/10/2016 10:05:51 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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To: artichokegrower

They spent a year and a half telling everyone that he was just a crazy, irrational idiot, and now they’re realizing that that is obviously not true and they need a new schtick. Fascist works.


46 posted on 12/10/2016 10:15:01 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: artichokegrower

Kinsley is one of God’s special people; a special kind of stupid.


47 posted on 12/10/2016 10:33:26 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Hillary 2016 - We haven't hit bottom yet.)
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To: onyx

Michael Kinsley is actually a dweeb.


48 posted on 12/10/2016 10:37:37 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: UCANSEE2; Jane Long

49 posted on 12/10/2016 10:41:36 PM PST by Salamander (Jump start or tow me away...)
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To: artichokegrower

Michael Kinsley is still ALIVE??? WOW!!


50 posted on 12/11/2016 1:31:55 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: artichokegrower

The author is talking out rectum while on heavy duty drugs.
The closing drivel he ended with proves it:

“Just to be clear: If I’m correct that Trump actually has a governing philosophy, that’s a bad thing, not a good thing. If he actually has principles to guide him through those famous swamps he plans to drain, that’s alarming, not reassuring. Bad principles are not a good substitute for no principles. Four or eight years of bad principles may make no principles look pretty good.”

Seriously?
Not having a moral compass or guiding principles is better?
The author obviously didn’t think it through when he wrote that nihilism espousing pablum.
The harbor seems to be far more comfortable with sociopathic behavior!


51 posted on 12/11/2016 1:47:05 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Sivad

“Unfortunate that William F Buckley is not still
around to kick Kinsley’s far left wing ass like
he used to.”

I remember those days. Kinsley is the proto-pajama boy.

Whenever I watch the South Park episode where Satan is torn between two lovers, I always think of Kinsley, the prog’s idea of manly manliness.


52 posted on 12/11/2016 2:22:19 AM PST by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!"Wlook forward to opening up a can on)
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To: Sivad

“Unfortunate that William F Buckley is not still
around to kick Kinsley’s far left wing ass like
he used to.”

I remember those days. Kinsley is the proto-pajama boy.

Whenever I watch the South Park episode where Satan is torn between two lovers, I always think of Kinsley, the prog’s idea of manly manliness.


53 posted on 12/11/2016 2:23:26 AM PST by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!"Wlook forward to opening up a can on)
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To: Sivad

“Unfortunate that William F Buckley is not still
around to kick Kinsley’s far left wing ass like
he used to.”

I remember those days. Kinsley is the proto-pajama boy.

Whenever I watch the South Park episode where Satan is torn between two lovers, I always think of Kinsley, the prog’s idea of manly manliness.


54 posted on 12/11/2016 2:25:04 AM PST by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!")
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To: artichokegrower

If Kinsley doesn’t even know what a fascist is, think about the zero information Trump haters who think Trump’s police will be lining them up against a wall and shooting them. I remember the days when they called Ronald Reagan “Rayguns,” and people thought that President Reagan will be zapping the opposition with laser weapons mounted on helicopters.


55 posted on 12/11/2016 2:46:49 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: artichokegrower

Donald Trump is a fascist.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Nope, not according to any known test of history.

Its actually Barrack Obama who is the fascist according to history.

Good Read:

“Barrack Obama: The Quintessential Fascist,” by Kyle Anne Shiver:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html

And the term “fascist” is not reserved for “special occasions,”its an historical term.The word was largely defined historically by Professor Gilbert Allardyce, whose student I was.Knowing exactly what fascism is allows one to defend freedom and liberty with a great deal of clarity.

Donald Trump is no fascist, not even close.


56 posted on 12/11/2016 3:30:46 AM PST by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: artichokegrower

I wondered where that creepy Commie weasel Kinsley had slithered off to...


57 posted on 12/11/2016 3:39:17 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

He has had Parkinson’s since 1993. Looks like he still does a lot of writing, but isn’t in the best shape for TV these days. He did a C-Span interview back in April.


58 posted on 12/11/2016 4:01:14 AM PST by EVO X
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To: artichokegrower

Kinsley is an aged vegetable left too long in the lettuce crisper.


59 posted on 12/11/2016 4:43:25 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: EVO X

He wasn’t exactly telegenic back when Bob Novak used to kick his ass every week on CNN.


60 posted on 12/11/2016 4:54:01 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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