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brooklynite

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9. What do the first two have to do with fascism?

Reply to DanieRains (Original post)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:47 AM

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I Think Reagan Started The Republican Fascist Movement [View all] DanieRains Oct 2021 OP

it predates him but... JT45242 Oct 2021 #1

I hated Reagan for the way he treated women. Wrote him a letter telling him katmondoo Oct 2021 #2

republican fascists have been around a long time, long before reagan HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #3

The Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch) was a political Celerity Oct 2021 #18

This is mainly to what I was referring.... HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #25

Nixon started, raygun took over the plan... Bluethroughu Oct 2021 #4

The Koch brothers hate Trump though Polybius Oct 2021 #16

The roots of christofascism go all the way back to the KKK, Brichers and.... Thomas Hurt Oct 2021 #5

They've been here all along, but he certainly gave them the national platform relayerbob Oct 2021 #6

The Republican acceptance of Joe McCarthy put all this in motion DFW Oct 2021 #7

I agree that's when it started in the USA. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #34

He definitely got in on the ground floor. Aristus Oct 2021 #8

Huh? I thought everyone want to have the freedumb to be uninsured! madinmaryland Oct 2021 #30

And yet he endorsed the Kerr-Mills Act which could have led to socialized medicine... Xolodno Oct 2021 #32

What do the first two have to do with fascism? brooklynite Oct 2021 #9

Well, I would say nothing at all, Equomba Oct 2021 #28

Agree with all those who say it predated Reagan and why and in whom. Hortensis Oct 2021 #10

R didnt start the GOP's move to fascism: R popularized anti-New Deal and anti-Great Society politics andym Oct 2021 #11

just be happy agnew did not replace nixon..... getagrip_already Oct 2021 #12

Former LBJ official Bertram Gross: Eyeball_Kid Oct 2021 #13

I agree - the bitter ex-Nixonians musette_sf Oct 2021 #14

It goes back to Christopher Columbus. unblock Oct 2021 #15

+1 moondust Oct 2021 #20

Reagan never deserved to be "glorified"! young_at_heart Oct 2021 #17

It was around before that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 #19

Goldwater's RNC speech had trump cult like reactions themaguffin Oct 2021 #21

Totally! Faux pas Oct 2021 #22

Goes back to Goldwater I'm afraid RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #23

It actually started in the 1960's with the Southern Strategy localroger Oct 2021 #24

He was certainly a large contributor to its success. Caliman73 Oct 2021 #26

To be clear, would that be the same FDR who Equomba Oct 2021 #38

The very same. Caliman73 Oct 2021 #39

Nixon started it budkin Oct 2021 #27

Dulles Brothers 1953-present day. Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #29

YEP And Americans should sacrifice nothing for anything or anybody. nt joetheman Oct 2021 #31

Nope. Xolodno Oct 2021 #33

Fascism came to America in the late 1920's, was scarily popular in the 1930's, and is still Solly Mack Oct 2021 #35

Good post. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #36

McCarthyism is a prime example of authoritarian thinking and the use of prejudice and ignorance Solly Mack Oct 2021 #37