This is part of the reason why so many on the right are labeling any use of “fascism” as dangerous rhetoric – to remove the ability to discuss current happenings in a more meaningful way.
I have a friend of a friend who is still maga. I heard him say that if anyone uses the words nazi or fascist he dismisses everything that person has to say or stops listening. I was like you can’t talk about this current moment accurately without using those words.
This is part of the reason why so many on the right are labeling any use of “fascism” as dangerous rhetoric – to remove the ability to discuss current happenings in a more meaningful way.
I have a friend of a friend who is still maga. I heard him say that if anyone uses the words nazi or fascist he dismisses everything that person has to say or stops listening. I was like you can’t talk about this current moment accurately without using those words.