Nothing prevents you from calling fascists fascists. If the threat is real, then you can either congratulate or ignore the people who figured it out before you did, but it’s time to stop scolding them.
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Tom Nichols
I am not blaming Democrats for Republicans becoming fascists. I am blaming people who overused "fascist" for years for removing the power of that word and gutting it of meaning, and making it useless now that we need it.
Something I warned would happen.
Something I warned would happen.
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No fair calling them fascist from the start in retrospect. It's a gentle slope all the way down, which each descending step the prerequisite to the next.
They've already given themselves the permission structure to begin killing us because they think we are monsters, that's where we are now.
We’ve been leading up to this fascist moment FOR YEARS and it’s finally come to a fascist head which I blame the FASCISTS for
“You’re overreact- *gets punched in the face* this is your fault for saying he was going to punch me in the face”
He's no Kinzinger or Cheney folks
So it's easier to blame all the liberals who saw it and called it what it was.
/s