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The debate over American fascism gets louder.
Analysis by Ishaan Tharoor in the August 30 Today’s WorldView newsletter of The Washington Post.
In a recent speech by Biden:
“What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy,” Biden said, referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. “It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something — it’s like semi-fascism.”
The GOP goes bonkers. In light of recent posts, it's worth a read. Tharoor notes that scholars disagree as to what fascism is, exactly. It's like we know it when we see it, but given the variety of its expression, it's hard to pin down with a precise definition.
See:
A high opinion of oneself or one's importance
See this one about CPAC using an Odal rune-shaped stage. The Odal rune being a favorite of neo-Nazis. It also mentions a Trump campaign Facebook ad using an inverted red triangle to illustrate an attack on antifa and liberal enemies. Like the yellow Star of David for Jews, the triangle was used to identify political prisoners in Nazi concentration camps.
https://lawsofsilence.blogspot.com/2021/03/oops.html
Then there was the time the Trump campaign used an image of soldiers....in Nazi-era German uniforms.
https://lawsofsilence.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-trump-is-playing-card-which-is.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/02/kevin-mccarthy-joe-biden-semi-fascism-trump/
ReplyDeleteDana Milbank brings it:
"I’m so sorry you’ve convinced millions of people to believe the egregious lie that the 2020 election was stolen. I’m sorry you are making heroes of the criminals who attacked our seat of government. I’m sorry you’re currently fomenting violence against the FBI and the IRS. I’m sorry you’re passing laws giving yourselves more power to overthrow the 2024 election results if you lose, and I’m sorry you’re nominating candidates committed to doing so. I’m sorry you don’t like it when the Justice Department enforces the law and protects national security. I’m sorry you’ve lionized Hungarian strongman Viktor Orban, and I’m sorry you say that the Democratic Party, not Vladimir Putin’s Russia, is the real enemy. I regret that you’ve taken away women’s rights. I regret that you’re banning books and censoring history lessons. I regret that you are shunning science, expertise and the truth. Above all, I’m truly sorry that, because of such things, Biden called you semi-fascists. There’s really nothing “semi” about it."