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>>sundae+(OP)
I have trouble taking people seriously when they use “fascist” as a blanket term to discredit people they don’t like.

>>al_bor+Y5
I have trouble taking people seriously when they refuse to call things what they are because they don’t want to admit it.

>>mcphag+d8
The problem is that fascism historically encompassed a number of political and power qualities and what is being described as “fascist” today might have some of those qualities, but not necessarily all of them. Ironically the side yelling “fascist” today also has some of those qualities, but doesn’t want to admit either.

Probably just best to focus on those qualities you don’t like on the other side and leave the labeling to the future historians.

>>kcplat+Za
We need words people understand now to describe what's happening now.

Curious what you consider fascist about people who hold zero corporate or political power

>>queenk+PA
> We need words people understand now to describe what's happening now.

Ok, so use words appropriate to what is happening. When you work to redefine “scary” words in an attempt to try and piggyback on their negative history you minimize that history.

> Curious what you consider fascist about people who hold zero corporate or political power

The point was that I don’t consider what we see today as fascist and you shouldn’t either…because it’s not.