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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:41 PM Oct 2024

The Lead on CNN showing the dictionary definition of fascism on the air

Brian Stelter
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The Lead CNN showing the dictionary definition of fascism on the air

6:54 PM · Oct 14, 2024


Hopefully it will be used more and more now when describing Trump / Vance / MAGA.



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stollen

(1,148 posts)
7. I hadn't watched CNN for a year. Tonight,
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 11:54 PM
Oct 2024

I saw Jake Tapper and Jim Acosta get rolled. Glenn Youngkin had the opportunity with Tapper to sell his fascist scare mongering three times!!

PortTack

(35,824 posts)
8. Maybe they feel threatened...if so good! All media should. The ones that don't feel threatened yet and should
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 11:58 PM
Oct 2024

More than anyone else…SCOTUS. They just don’t seem to get the concept there’s only room for one at the top.

pfitz59

(12,941 posts)
11. The media finally realized that Trump intends to hunt them down
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:26 AM
Oct 2024

using the US military? He's been saying it for a while. Did they finally realize he means it?

 

soandso

(1,631 posts)
12. Was there a program that went with that
Tue Oct 15, 2024, 12:51 AM
Oct 2024

and actually discussed fascism?

Fascism is, essentially, a religion where all are subsumed to the collective which is subsumed to the State. The state and the collective are one and indistinguishable. No classes, no class struggle as with communism, everyone equal and working as part of one organism, i.e., the State, for the health and integrity of it and all of it's parts. Basically, the ultimate hive mind.

Here it is, straight from the horse's mouth:

https://www.historyguide.org/europe/duce.html

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