GenesisNemesis
I am a proud hedonist.
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2006
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- Basic Beliefs
- In addition to hedonism, I am also an extremist- extremely against bullshit.
He literally told Texas to re-gerrymander their maps to make the US House elections in that state even less democratic and help save the GOP majority in the US House. Said it out loud.The problem with calling Trump a fascist is that it relatvises actual fascism. It's the "cry wolf" problem.
Evidence of fascism (not an exhaustive list):
- Arrests and deportation of legal residents
- Consolidation of power & undermining checks and balances
- Attacks on media, speech, and dissent
- Purges of opposition
- Rhetoric, demagoguery, and scapegoating of groups
- Using the military against civilians
I also find it troubling. None of that is good. But he's not arguing against democracy.
He has pressured both WashPo, CBS, NBC, and ABC. Both verbally and dangling delays and rejections of corporate mergers that involved said companies.He's not tried undermining free press.
Do you pay any attention to the news?
In my experience people who deny things are as bad as they are right now, often don't pay much attention to the news. But it makes sense because if you're going to deny stuff in the first place why pay attention to the news?