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(73,796 posts) Sun Apr 16, 2023, 06:01 PM Apr 2023

tom nichols thinks we're over reacting calling it fascism. [View all]

i’m not gonna share his thread, but i will share rachel bitecofer’s reply and mine.
getting a lot of love for me.

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tom nichols thinks we're over reacting calling it fascism. [View all] mopinko Apr 2023 OP

That's what the Germans initially said, it's just a fad, it really isn't that bad and Hitler rose .. RKP5637 Apr 2023 #1

Please check a dictionary......... DENVERPOPS Apr 2023 #28

Why in the world did you send this to me??? n/t RKP5637 Apr 2023 #54

I am not sure RKP DENVERPOPS Apr 2023 #55

Hi, all is well. I was really confused as I was trying to understand ... Thanks for RKP5637 Apr 2023 #56

Hitler's Emergency Edicts were "temporary" or so he said. no_hypocrisy Apr 2023 #2

We now know that it has been decades in the making, funded by dark money and our enemies. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #3

it's highly organized, just not out in the open. mopinko Apr 2023 #5

Let's be honest, they bought a big chunk of all three branches of US government. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #8

Senator Whitehouse outlined the plan on Lawrence O'Donnell's show. The Powell Memo... keep_left Apr 2023 #37

Thanks to you and Sen. Whitehouse. oasis Apr 2023 #51

You're welcome. keep_left Apr 2023 #53

his is a long thread full of bs. mopinko Apr 2023 #4

Nichols: "...at some point, there has to be some kind of minimal... dchill Apr 2023 #6

Then what should it be called? nt GuppyGal Apr 2023 #7

fascism lite? mopinko Apr 2023 #9

the word "fascism" has been soooo overused... WarGamer Apr 2023 #10

how do you define the word? mopinko Apr 2023 #12

Sure... I'll give a brief summary. WarGamer Apr 2023 #15

A good definition is great, but plimsoll Apr 2023 #25

So you're saying that... WarGamer Apr 2023 #30

I agree that they have meaning, plimsoll Apr 2023 #40

We'll just agree to disagree. WarGamer Apr 2023 #43

It's fine. plimsoll Apr 2023 #49

and slightly off topic... WarGamer Apr 2023 #33

Amen to that. plimsoll Apr 2023 #41

Yes, but Communist & Socialist equals liberal has worked wonders for the Right. hadEnuf Apr 2023 #24

Like I said... WarGamer Apr 2023 #34

Robert Paxton, a historian and political scientist who specializes in fascism Poiuyt Apr 2023 #52

Where has he been the last seven years? LiberalFighter Apr 2023 #11

Well Said, Mo!! Cha Apr 2023 #13

No. He thinks it's dangerously counterproductive to call EVERYTHING fascism. Hortensis Apr 2023 #14

Hmmmm.... SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #16

Assumed that was implicit in "greedy RW" powers, but yes. Hortensis Apr 2023 #18

There may be a few greedy powers who think that way SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #42

Precisely. WarGamer Apr 2023 #17

:) Precisely, and so beautifully concisely. Hortensis Apr 2023 #19

define modern. mopinko Apr 2023 #38

Like I wrote above... WarGamer Apr 2023 #45

conservatives dont believe those things now, mopinko Apr 2023 #46

and you can call it what YOU like, mopinko Apr 2023 #47

there we agree... there certainly IS a threat to our American form of Democracy. WarGamer Apr 2023 #48

Straw man Nasruddin Apr 2023 #27

The U.S.A. has never been anything but "fascist light," the "light" as in beer... hunter Apr 2023 #50

"At some point there has to be..." - no, there really doesn't. NullTuples Apr 2023 #20

Sorry but he's full of shit. onecaliberal Apr 2023 #21

Don't kid youself! What we are seeing on the right is highly organized. There are a large number flashman13 Apr 2023 #22

"starts with telling ppl overreacting" UTUSN Apr 2023 #23

Tom Nichols is an idiot Marius25 Apr 2023 #26

You got that right. roamer65 Apr 2023 #31

+1!!🕯️🕊 Cha Apr 2023 #44

There won't be any appointed MAGAt governors of the blue states. roamer65 Apr 2023 #29

Whatever it is.. liberal N proud Apr 2023 #32

rofl... WarGamer Apr 2023 #35

+1 exactly bronxiteforever Apr 2023 #36

Here's a usage from a recent book on law plus related practices in the Jim Crow era 4dog Apr 2023 #39

What Tom Nichols REALLY thinks and says: Hortensis Apr 2023 #57