• qarbone@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    sigh

    I don’t want to be fair to fascists but the current social context does align leftism with labeling the fascists/GOP as “fascists”.

    Similarly to how 15 years ago someone shouting “let’s go, Brandon!” would make you check that hadn’t been teleported into the middle of a little league baseball game versus now where you just check how close the nearest exit is.

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    We know who the fascists are. They know they’re fascists. There’s no reason to act like this was some Rube-Goldbergian word trap that caught out a hidden impostor. This just tripped up an idiot who probably hasn’t mastered walking and using slurs at the same time yet. Their masks have already been torn off ages ago. If y’all think playing coy with fascists is some great, newsrag “SLAM” then have fun.

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      1 day ago

      I suppose I shouldn’t say anything bad about Nazis, either, since the GOP gets compared to Nazis? Give me a break. Maybe instead of listening for dog-whistles, they should look into why those comparisons are being made in the first place.

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        20 hours ago

        Do I sound like I care that Nazis are malding? If so, pardon me. I’m just saying it doesn’t feel like much of a gotcha to say “they’re answering to ‘fascists’!” when they’re rightfully called “fascist” more than their political party nowadays.