Is Trump a Fascist?

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Fascist or not?

  1. YES

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  2. NO

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  3. No, he just suffers from untreated Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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  4. No, he's just a con man

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  5. Maybe so

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  1. gorfias

    gorfias Well-Known Member

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    I care less what Trump and Biden say rather, what they do and if I had to pick one as more fascist than the other, Biden takes it in a walk (which is why I think they need to edit the name of this thread). Trump never had the institutional power to even act like a Fascist. Biden? He's the politically bukkake soaked whore they wanted so badly that I think they stole the 2020 election for him. And they used Covid to help them do it.

    In this modern information age, I want to end mandatory institutional school after the age of 13 (the age of reason) and replace it with OJT, labs, online certification and licensing tests. I think the institutional education system is worse than unproductive: I think it extremely harmful. Ridding us of it is going to be very difficult in the US and Biden's fascism is only going to make that more difficult. That Europe has socialized it? Good luck to them. If we can do it? We will run circles around them in terms of having a strong, free, independent people whose productive capacity per capita will dwarf theirs.
     
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    Irrational ad hominem slurs are not substantive. You either did not scroll back or did not read what I posted.

    Try again:

    "There is little evidence that Trump has evolved since 2015. He has always been progressive and rather authoritarian liberal. Very similar to most "back the blue" "Republicans" and "Democrats". DJT's popularity and base of political support expands with the irrational persecution and rhetoric of his enemies." Ddy

    My sympathy and support for JRB is been clearly expressed repeatedly on this forum, at least since his successful extraction of our forces trapped in Kabul.

    For instance this from my "post: 1074160048" in response to general criticism of President Biden:

    "All of our Presidents are human -- very flawed. JRB has made many mistakes, but IMO, his personal judgement has been above average.
    Most of the errors attributed to Biden were generated by very bad military/intelligence advice."

    "Biden and his military were able to prevent what easily could have been another Bataan Death March debacle. Good on them.
    Beyond that JRBs effective support for Ukraine and its military has created an opportunity for a historic victory over Russian Imperialism and aggressive war.
    Biden will be remembered as one of our most effective Presidents if his policies result in the expulsion of Russian forces from Ukraine." Ddy

     
  3. edna kawabata

    edna kawabata Well-Known Member

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    Well, bless your heart.

    So you don't care what politicians say while campaigning, no matter what they say? Interesting, that must make choosing kind of random. And then its on with your conspiracy theories...whatev.
    Your school reform sounds like a socialists dream, but how many kids know what they wanted to be when they grow up at13. I still don't.

    Okay I'll try again.
    Where did you comment on Trump's authoritarian rhetoric? Is it or isn't it? If it isn't why isn't it?
     
  4. gorfias

    gorfias Well-Known Member

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    That's exactly the opposite of correct. When asked in the early 1900s, kids said they wanted to keep their jobs, including in coal mines, rather than get locked up in government institutions.

    I also did not write I do not care what a pol says: I write that what they actually do is MORE important than what is said.

    So quick, easy yes/no question:

    Biden is more a Fascist than Trump. Yes or no?

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    yardmeat Well-Known Member

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    No. Hands down - no. In fact, good luck finding any modern politician in the US who is more fascist than Trump.
     
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    Ddyad Well-Known Member

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    LOL! Of course Trump's "rhetoric" is authoritarian.
    I stated on this thread that Trump, not just his rhetoric, has always been an "authoritarian", and that this has never been a secret. IOW, I have apparently been far more critical of him than you. :)
     
  7. edna kawabata

    edna kawabata Well-Known Member

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    I think given a choice between working in the mill to help support the family or be "locked up in government institutions" they would choose their family.

    Someone running for president runs on what they are saying they will do in the job and Trump says his political opponents are vermin who will need to be rooted out and locked up. He says he will terminate parts of the Constitution he doesn't like. All that doesn't give you pause? Is that how America should work? You gave me one lame example of Biden's "fascism" that wasn't and you still think Biden is the fascist one.

    After Obama the right latched on to a demagoguing con man who won in 2016. So the democratic process was a good thing. In 2020 he lost and the democratic process became a bad thing. To stay in power seems to be the only thing.

    Finally, you admit it, but the question remains, do you think that is a good or bad thing?
    Judging by ridiculous past statements like Trump is a progressive (that the right votes for?) and you're more critical of Trump than I, I can guess your answer.
     
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    Ddyad Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I am more critical of Trump than you are, as you can see from the start of this thread.

    "There is little evidence that Trump has evolved since 2015. He has always been progressive and rather authoritarian liberal. Very similar to most "back the blue" "Republicans" and "Democrats". DJT's popularity and base of political support expands with the irrational persecution and rhetoric of his enemies." Ddy

    But I must admit that you have been very effectively arguing with yourself. ;-)
     
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    Most of are politicians are very authoritarian, but they are not National Socialists/Fascists. Beyond that Biden unlike Trump has historically been a very conservative Democrat. Of course, he is leading the very progressive DP faction at the moment, but even now I doubt that he is nearly as progressive as DJT.

    Google: "Genocide Joe" and note that it is not the MAGA folks who are calling Biden the very worst kind of Fascist/Nazi -- the genocidal kind.

    White House comments on Biden being called 'genocide Joe'
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    US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby responded to Biden being nicknamed “genocide Joe” by pro-Palestinian protesters.



    Biden became 'Genocide Joe' thanks to the Israel lobby
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    4 days ago — Biden became 'Genocide Joe' thanks to the Israel lobby ... “Sleepy Joe has a new nickname– Genocide Joe,” cracked another friend at Thanksgiving.


    Atlanta protesters chant “Genocide Joe has got to ... - YouTube
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    Atlanta protesters chant “Genocide Joe has got to go” as Joe Biden's motorcade arrives to the city. 88K views · 4 days ago ATLANTA ...more ...
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    Israel committed a genocide, Joe. The ones on the path of destruction and terror and violence are the Givati, Golani, Matkal, Shayetet13 ...

    President Joe Biden added a new photo. - ...


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    Biden's 'Genocide Joe' Nickname Denounced By White House


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    The White House pushed back against the nickname "genocide Joe" given to the president for his Israel-Hamas war policy.



    Movement for Palestine Deepens "Genocide Joe's ...


    Left Voice

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    Nov 17, 2023 — This movement has named Biden “Genocide Joe” and declared to him that “come November, we'll remember” his complicity in the crimes of Israel. As ...


    Genocide Joe Biden thought he could come to Denver ...

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    Genocide Joe Biden thought he could come to Denver, fundraise with his rich cronies, spend the night at the Monaco, and.


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    Tap to unmute. Your browser can't play this video. Learn more · @NewsweekMag. Subscribe. Biden's 'Genocide Joe' Nickname Denounced By White House. 341. Dislike.

    Tell Genocide Joe: You Are Complicit

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    Tell Genocide Joe: You Are Complicit. BREAKING: In a new lawsuit, Palestinians in Gaza and the U.S. are suing President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken ...

    Genocide Joe Chants Biden with Jill


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    Palestine Protest in D.C. Directs Its Rage at Joe Biden

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    Nov 5, 2023 — 'Genocide Joe': Massive D.C. Cease-Fire Protest Directs Its Rage at Biden. A diverse array of pro-Palestine demonstrators railed against the ...


    Hey Genocide Joe, if Palestinians are animals to ... - Instagram

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    Hey Genocide Joe, if Palestinians are animals to you, then why don't you at least make like the Humane Society and.



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    I could never vote for Genocide Joe. he's got a proxy war going with Russia, he's threatening China and now billions for murdering a trapped ...


    Atlanta protesters chant “Genocide Joe has got to go” as ...


    YouTube · BreakThrough News

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    Learn more · @BreakThroughNews. Subscribe. Atlanta protesters chant “Genocide Joe has got to go” as Joe Biden's motorcade arrives to the city. 4.8K. Dislike.


    PSL Bay Area on Instagram: "GENOCIDE JOE HAS GOT TO ...


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    1:2919K likes, 355 comments - pslbayarea on November 15, 2023: "GENOCIDE JOE HAS GOT TO GO! Thousands gathered in downtown San Francisco last ...



    Genocide Joe and Life Vs. Death

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    Nov 3, 2023 — And then, later that day, I get a video message from Khaled Turaani, a video in which he responded to Genocide Joe's social media statement to ...


    5000 Chicagoans protest Joe Biden over genocide In ...


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    Nov 12, 2023 — ... Genocide Joe” among other slogans condemning Biden for his role in maintaining U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine.



    'No ceasefire, no votes': Biden gets stern warning from ...


    CBC
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    Nov 4, 2023 — Near the White House in Washington, they held up signs like reading "Genocide Joe" and "Israel married the devil and had Biden." The rallies ...

    Genocide Joe and the Electoralists


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    Nov 15, 2023 — Genocide Joe and the Electoralists. The fundamental inhumanity of electoralism has reached its final stage. What do you do with a genocidaire ...

    IMO, it is time for Americans to support President Biden as he weathers these horrific attacks.
     
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    Okay, I've been more than patient with your absurd statements like you are more critical of Trump than I and to prove it repeat this again: He has always been progressive and rather authoritarian liberal. Very similar to most "back the blue" "Republicans" and "Democrats". That's not critical, its nonsensical. Everyone's authoritarian to you? That is saying nothing....and Back the Blue is on the list? You do know they are behind Police Lives Matter?

    Every president has backed Israel and its government now happens to be right-wing. Seeking revenge for killing 1,200 Israeli citizens and taking 240 hostages Israel has killed an estimated 18,000 Gaza citizens and counting. Support for Israel is slipping, as it should, but we still have power to make demands of them. Trump last month “I will defend our friend and ally the State of Israel like nobody has ever defended,”
     
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    This whole thread is about calling a relative libertarian a Fascist! Conspiracy? You're out in the open doing it!
     
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    Lol, how is Trump "relatively liberatarian"? His views on immigration and trade and free speech alone disprove that bonkers nonsense.
     
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    I'd trust him with my gun and free speech rights. Way before Biden, who just ignored a USSC decision blocking him from transferring wealth from working class Americans to college graduates, who will likely be among the wealthiest people in our nation. Maintaining a sound border is a duty. You violate all of your citizen's rights when you aid in Nation Rape (people penetrating our borders without consent) even if just through intentional neglect The Chinese are engaged in currency manipulation, copy right and patent violations and more. POTUS is supposed to be unresponsive to that? I don't think so.
     
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    You might be okay in the first case, but not in the second. Not by any measure. Trump LITERALLY argued that it should be illegal to call his buildilng plans ugly.

    Que? Was there some point you thought you were making there?

    Ah, yet someone else who thinks that tariffs only involved China. That's not true. Praise authoritarian protectionism all you want (and everyone who supports Trump does), but calling it "libertarian" is the dumbest thing I've ever read on this forum. Some libertarians *gasp* actually want FREE markets! The ONLY people who call Trump even remotely "libertarian" are those who don't believe that free market principles are important for libertarianism. Period.
     
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    Hardly similar to the Leftist deep state colluding with private business to censor legal, political speech.
    Trump is not a Libertarian, but his values, relative to the Lefts', I think, are.
     
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    The "deep state" never censored free speech. Unlike what Trump wants to do.

    Dude, Trump makes Bernie Sanders look like a libertarian by comparison.
     
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    LOL, I think you missed 2020. Maybe 2016 thru the current date. Example: the Laptop story wasn't hidden from the public by happenstance.
     
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    When did the "deep state" "censor" free speech in 2020? Be specific. The government never stopped the laptop story from getting out.
     
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    Are you telling me this is OK with you? How about getting those who resisted the Covid narrative shut down?
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    They almost created a ministry of truth with this monster:

     
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    Why can't a department have an informed opinion about misinformation? I don't think you know what "ministry of truth" actually means.
     
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    For the same reason a boss shouldn't hit on his staff. When a cop, with a gun, enters your place of business telling you that you should or shouldn't do a legal thing? There is a power differential there. It is not really a suggestion that is being made and the proprietor knows it.
     
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    The CDC shouldn't have any opinions . . . about their purview . . . because "hitting on staff?" What the everloving ****?

    Yet the social media companies still allowed the Hunter laptop story spread like wildfire.
     
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    Someone from the CDC has no business telling social media to censor those that don't follow their narrative.
    And if the laptop story spread like wildfire, someone forgot to tell Democrats:
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