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Trump was called a fascist because he wanted to create a registry of muslims and spent a good while castigating Mexicans before somehow attempting to walk it ba

by smcl 10y ago

Trump was called a fascist because he wanted to create a registry of muslims and spent a good while castigating Mexicans before somehow attempting to walk it back. He was called a white nationalist because he courted extremely controversial figures like David Duke. I do think people are often too quick to go to extremes when using terms like "fascist" and "socialist" (abused by both sides), but I don't think it's a stretch to start applying those to Trump.

ryanlol 10y ago
>because he courted extremely controversial figures like David Duke. Did he? I haven't really followed this, but I can't remember seeing anything even remotely suggesting this.
- smrtinsert 10y ago
  He regularly retweeted white nationalist posts.
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  - ryanlol 10y ago
    David Duke was specified, even though all evidence points toward that accusation being entirely fabricated. It seems like he used to retweet lots of random people, was he regularly retweeting any specific white nationalists or specifically white nationalist content?
forgetsusername 10y ago
>He was called a white nationalist because he courted extremely controversial figures like David Duke. Can explain what you mean by the use of the word "courted"? I'm not overly familiar with the ordeal, but according to this from the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/01/donald-trump-and-david-duke-for-the-record/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/... It doesn't sound like he is attaching himself to David Duke in any way. Politicians (everyone, really) have to communicate with people whose politics they may or may not agree with.
- georgespencer 10y ago
  Bingo. There's a huge leap from "someone endorsed or voted for Trump" to "Trump is a white nationalist". Look at Bannon as an example. If he's an antisemite -- truly -- he's going to have real problems working in an administration with Trump's observant Jewish son-in-law.

by smcl 10y ago

ryanlol 10y ago

>because he courted extremely controversial figures like David Duke. Did he? I haven't really followed this, but I can't remember seeing anything even remotely suggesting this.

smrtinsert 10y ago
He regularly retweeted white nationalist posts.
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- ryanlol 10y ago
  David Duke was specified, even though all evidence points toward that accusation being entirely fabricated. It seems like he used to retweet lots of random people, was he regularly retweeting any specific white nationalists or specifically white nationalist content?

forgetsusername 10y ago

>He was called a white nationalist because he courted extremely controversial figures like David Duke. Can explain what you mean by the use of the word "courted"? I'm not overly familiar with the ordeal, but according to this from the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/01/donald-trump-and-david-duke-for-the-record/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/... It doesn't sound like he is attaching himself to David Duke in any way. Politicians (everyone, really) have to communicate with people whose politics they may or may not agree with.

georgespencer 10y ago
Bingo. There's a huge leap from "someone endorsed or voted for Trump" to "Trump is a white nationalist". Look at Bannon as an example. If he's an antisemite -- truly -- he's going to have real problems working in an administration with Trump's observant Jewish son-in-law.