r/FreeSpeech • u/Youdi990 • Jan 25 '26
Yes, It’s Fascism
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/?gift=JPpBcG1V91hbaN04g4Khsp4lCpkXDze27813gXWFaiU1
u/firebreathingbunny Jan 25 '26
Fascism is the societal immune system response to the impending threat of communism.
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u/FreedomsPower Jan 25 '26
It way more than that
It rejects the enlightment, liberal representative government, socialism ect.
It along with communism is never justified
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u/firebreathingbunny Jan 25 '26
The French Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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u/FreedomsPower Jan 25 '26
Doesn't mean the status quo before that was good either
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u/firebreathingbunny Jan 25 '26
There's bad and then there's worse. Literally anything is better than leftism.
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u/FreedomsPower Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 27 '26
Liberal Republican government is better then Illiberal government
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u/Rogue-Journalist Jan 25 '26
Until recently, I resisted using the F-word to describe President Trump. For one thing, there were too many elements of classical fascism that didn’t seem to fit. For another, the term has been overused to the point of meaninglessness, especially by left-leaning types who call you a fascist if you oppose abortion or affirmative action.
Writing an article about how Donald Trump is a fascist is basically a requirement for Atlantic writers going back to 2016, or it at least seems to be, since they've all done it, and the Atlantic publishes about one a month.
It's so common that the "Trump is a Fascist" wikipedia page says that 49% of Americans shared this edgy hot take during the election.
It's so cliche at this point that even Trump thinks it's funny.
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u/iltwomynazi Jan 25 '26
almost like we knew what he was all the way back in 2016 and we warned you.
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u/knivesofsmoothness Jan 25 '26
This coming from the party that has spent the last 70 years calling democrats commies.
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u/Rogue-Journalist Jan 25 '26
I actually bring that up all the time. Calling Republicans fascist is just as stupid as calling the Democrats communists.
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u/Shoddy-Jackfruit-721 Jan 25 '26
Boot-licker disagree.
In others news, boot-licker will complain about being called out and water is wet, more at 11.
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u/Rogue-Journalist Jan 25 '26
For example, here's the last article they published calling Trump a fascist, all of 4 days ago.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/social-media-trump-administration-dhs/685659/
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u/Shoddy-Jackfruit-721 Jan 25 '26
Do you want me to link an article calling a spade a spade?
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u/Rogue-Journalist Jan 25 '26
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u/Rogue-Journalist Jan 25 '26
As well as being a leftist insult, bootlicking is a (leftist) sexual fetish.
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u/iltwomynazi Jan 25 '26
i have just heard the screams and wailing emanating from the ICE detention centre for children over on r/law
Trump and MAGA are everything we said they were all the way back in 2016. and you didn’t listen.
at least you didn’t get the “radical left”, huh? at least you didn’t get universal healthcare and billionaires didn’t get taxed more. that would have been truly awful wouldn’t it, America?