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‘Fascist’ Is the Dumbest Political Insult in the World Today
The American Spectator ^ | August 21, 2025, 10:04 PM | Scott McKay

Posted on 08/22/2025 9:54:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Fascist’ is not a synonym for ‘someone you don’t like.’

I’m not going to recite the whole thing, because it was banal and stupid on a level you good people shouldn’t be subjected to, but on social media Thursday after I noted the interesting fact that Washington, D.C. had gone a full week without a homicide, an obvious consequence of President Trump’s decision to federalize law enforcement there, I found myself subjected to the same treatment that Trump officials seem to be getting.

Namely, this…

A deranged leftist entered the thread to first admit that the federalization of Washington’s police had produced results, and then to admit that DC’s black community seems very much to enjoy the heightened security of their neighborhoods — after all, robberies have been cut in half, carjackings by 5/6ths, and violent crime overall by 22 percent along with the sudden cessation of murders, and these are positive developments inuring disproportionately to the benefit of Washington’s beleagured black citizens who have borne the brunt of the longstanding lawlessness on the streets of the nation’s capital. (RELATED: DC May Be More Receptive to a Trump Takeover Than Many Assume)

But then he said it wouldn’t last.

And insisted that this was “fascism,” and that with so many uniformed men with guns patrolling Washington, the city looks like Pakistan. (RELATED: The Spectacle Ep. 258: Democrats Don’t Want Donald Trump to Save DC)

Then came the coup de grâce, which was a suggestion that Trump invest in more community centers in D.C.

It’s been said that the city’s police force is some 300 officers short of its full complement of law enforcement officials. So supplementing it with ICE, DEA, ATF, and FBI agents and — the horror! — National Guardsmen from several states around the country...

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1 posted on 08/22/2025 9:54:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The true fascists.


2 posted on 08/22/2025 9:59:22 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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3 posted on 08/22/2025 9:59:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’ve started using “post-modern types” and “nihilists” as a generic political classification of leftists. At least it makes people think and some even ask “what do you mean?”

One has got to stay ahead of the curve and keep ideas fresh.


4 posted on 08/22/2025 10:09:34 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Worst. Fascist. Regime. Ever.

This is the first “fascist” regime that’s trying to decentralize the Federal government, promote free speech, allow civilian gun owner rights, defund state-run media, and reduce involvement in foreign wars.


5 posted on 08/22/2025 10:16:56 AM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Italian blackshirts, the squadristi, had an effective treatment for noisome socialists, early on. A small group would corner them, then encourage them to drink a quart of crude castor oil. A strong laxative.

It seemed to be very effective at lowering their volume.


6 posted on 08/22/2025 10:22:09 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (If you see "Acheta" protein in a product, know that it has been adulterated with insect protein)
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To: DallasBiff

Women... screaming at Hegseth. Women, five women carrying that sign.
They are the leaders and big margin of every psycho destructive thing to hit America in the last few decades.


7 posted on 08/22/2025 10:23:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: DallasBiff

The clenched fist salute they’re making tells me they’re more like communists, but the end result is pretty much the same—death and destruction of liberty.


8 posted on 08/22/2025 10:25:06 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It is funny calling someone by the name of a third rate political party of 1930s Italy.


9 posted on 08/22/2025 10:32:54 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( )
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To: PGR88

I like “nihilist”. It aptly describes the dark place of unwellness to which atheist postmoderns choose to assign their mind, will, and emotion (i. e. their soul).


10 posted on 08/22/2025 10:36:34 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Even the Germans were called “Fascists” instead of “Nazis”, because the Communists didn’t want to acknowledge that Nazis were fellow Socialists.


11 posted on 08/22/2025 10:37:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: hanamizu

Trump does it too, which always bothers me when I see it.

12 posted on 08/22/2025 10:38:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Trump does it too, which always bothers me when I see it.

Doesn't offend me.


13 posted on 08/22/2025 11:03:09 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Union Station eh? Hey we’re keeping the trains on time! :)


14 posted on 08/22/2025 11:03:18 AM PDT by xp38
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s best used on leftists. It’s really about the only insult that has any effect on them.


15 posted on 08/22/2025 11:15:24 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
That picture is one of the best news photos ever taken. It is so good that it almost looks staged.

It should have won a Pulitzer, but you know, orange man bad.

16 posted on 08/22/2025 11:34:12 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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It should have won a Pulitzer, but you know, orange man bad.

The photographer who took it got the Pulitzer for the one with the vapor trail of the bullet.


17 posted on 08/22/2025 11:40:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These women believe that in a fascist regime, they can freely insult fascist politicians without any consequence.
That’s telling about how well they know fascism.


18 posted on 08/22/2025 11:46:31 AM PDT by miniTAX
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yes, that is an amazing photograph. Never been done before as far as I know. Just amazing.

But you know, Christopher "Fey" Wray referred to it as not really a bullet, merely "shrapnel". I hope Fey gets the full "treatment".

19 posted on 08/22/2025 11:48:38 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Ever since Miss Jean Brodie declared her admiration for Il Duce, I've changed my mind.

20 posted on 08/22/2025 11:51:51 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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