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"But her e-mails." > It’s best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It’s how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never

"But her e-mails." > It’s best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It’s how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied. > It’s not an inconsistency. It’s very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination. > It’s very important to understand, fascists don’t just see hypocrisy as a necessary evil or an unintended side-effect. > It’s the purpose. The ability to enjoy yourself the thing you’re able to deny others, because you dominate, is the whole point. > For fascists, hypocrisy is a great virtue — the greatest. * https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/109551955251655267 https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat/109551955251655267

Vurdentium 2y ago
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- diputsmonro 2y ago
  What's the point of submitting a story like this if you're just going to play the "both sides" game? Yeah, Democrats suck too. But you'd have to be extremely uninformed or naive to believe that there's no difference between a party that mostly does things the right way with some occasional missteps (and yes, corruption), and a party that happily, brazenly wears it's corruption on its sleeve and threatens anyone who dissents.
  - Vurdentium 2y ago
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timewizard 2y ago
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- mingus88 2y ago
  If you see no difference then you are simply ignorant There is plenty to criticize the left for but they take out their own trash, often to their detriment. Al Franken for example lost his seat over a dumb pic of his hover hands. Meanwhile the right will protect the same behavior, circle the wagons, and actually normalize bad behavior just like this most recent example Hillary Clinton testified for over eight hours on the embassy attack years ago. When will the right even allow their people to take the stand? There need to be hearing about this Signal leak. How much do you want to bet this will ever happen?
  - dcow 2y ago
    Based on what we now know, this simply isn't an accurate assessment.
  - paul7986 2y ago
    They are taking and have taken the stand today. I was just watching a few clips of it on youtube. Signed an independent whose just stating that fact.
- outer_web 2y ago
  EDIT: by "there's no distinction between them" I was simply saying the two-party system is bad, not that there is no distinction between them. And anyone who disagrees must be partisan.
- paul7986 2y ago
  Agreed, as the political games the left and going radically too left brought him back into office. Will there ever be a moderate who champions all people coming together and living their lives peacefully. It's a pipe dream but that's what this independent seeks and is tired of the division of the United States!
aubanel 2y ago
Using the insult "Fascist" in every other sentence really diminishes whatever message was in there
- brazzy 2y ago
  It's not an insult any more than "rapist" or "fraudster" is. These have all factual definitions, and Trump meets all of them.
  - dcow 2y ago
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    - moate 2y ago
      Let's use Wikipedia's definition, sure? "far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy." >>forcible suppression of opposition There's the revocation of citizenship, the deporting people to foreign jails without full due process, crackdowns on protestors generally, opposition to trans existence. Do you want links to where this has happened or can we agree these are actions and policy the state has taken recently? >>subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation "We need an economic reset, so don't worry about the inflation", DOGE cutting services, tariffs as a means to...whatever the fuck the tariffs are supposed to fix?
      - dcow 2y ago
        A fascist is not “far right”. I think the dictionary definition is more accepted. So far the people in power have not used violence to suppress opposition. They have not promoted one ethnicity or race above others. They have not made trump a dictator. Trumps authority has remained scoped to the executive office of the government… I mean come on. Just because the party in power across the board is effective at pushing policies you don’t fully agree with does not a fascist regime make. Every single president back to Clinton and probably beyond, including Obama, has spoken out against government waste and spending abuse. These aren’t new soundbytes. Everyone is just up in arms when it’s not their party getting shit done.
Modified3019 2y ago
See also: “Every accusation, a confession.”

Vurdentium 2y ago

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diputsmonro 2y ago
What's the point of submitting a story like this if you're just going to play the "both sides" game? Yeah, Democrats suck too. But you'd have to be extremely uninformed or naive to believe that there's no difference between a party that mostly does things the right way with some occasional missteps (and yes, corruption), and a party that happily, brazenly wears it's corruption on its sleeve and threatens anyone who dissents.
- Vurdentium 2y ago
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timewizard 2y ago

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mingus88 2y ago
If you see no difference then you are simply ignorant There is plenty to criticize the left for but they take out their own trash, often to their detriment. Al Franken for example lost his seat over a dumb pic of his hover hands. Meanwhile the right will protect the same behavior, circle the wagons, and actually normalize bad behavior just like this most recent example Hillary Clinton testified for over eight hours on the embassy attack years ago. When will the right even allow their people to take the stand? There need to be hearing about this Signal leak. How much do you want to bet this will ever happen?
- dcow 2y ago
  Based on what we now know, this simply isn't an accurate assessment.
- paul7986 2y ago
  They are taking and have taken the stand today. I was just watching a few clips of it on youtube. Signed an independent whose just stating that fact.
outer_web 2y ago
EDIT: by "there's no distinction between them" I was simply saying the two-party system is bad, not that there is no distinction between them. And anyone who disagrees must be partisan.
paul7986 2y ago
Agreed, as the political games the left and going radically too left brought him back into office. Will there ever be a moderate who champions all people coming together and living their lives peacefully. It's a pipe dream but that's what this independent seeks and is tired of the division of the United States!

aubanel 2y ago

Using the insult "Fascist" in every other sentence really diminishes whatever message was in there

brazzy 2y ago
It's not an insult any more than "rapist" or "fraudster" is. These have all factual definitions, and Trump meets all of them.
- dcow 2y ago
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  - moate 2y ago
    Let's use Wikipedia's definition, sure? "far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy." >>forcible suppression of opposition There's the revocation of citizenship, the deporting people to foreign jails without full due process, crackdowns on protestors generally, opposition to trans existence. Do you want links to where this has happened or can we agree these are actions and policy the state has taken recently? >>subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation "We need an economic reset, so don't worry about the inflation", DOGE cutting services, tariffs as a means to...whatever the fuck the tariffs are supposed to fix?
    - dcow 2y ago
      A fascist is not “far right”. I think the dictionary definition is more accepted. So far the people in power have not used violence to suppress opposition. They have not promoted one ethnicity or race above others. They have not made trump a dictator. Trumps authority has remained scoped to the executive office of the government… I mean come on. Just because the party in power across the board is effective at pushing policies you don’t fully agree with does not a fascist regime make. Every single president back to Clinton and probably beyond, including Obama, has spoken out against government waste and spending abuse. These aren’t new soundbytes. Everyone is just up in arms when it’s not their party getting shit done.

Modified3019 2y ago

See also: “Every accusation, a confession.”