There is a difference between trumpism and what we know as Fascism. I just don't know exactly what it is this early in the morning. I know this, and I find it bizarre. In my discussions with trumpists, they use the word fascist to describe me the left. When I correct them by telling them a person on the left can't be a fascist because fa…
There is a difference between trumpism and what we know as Fascism. I just don't know exactly what it is this early in the morning. I know this, and I find it bizarre. In my discussions with trumpists, they use the word fascist to describe me the left. When I correct them by telling them a person on the left can't be a fascist because fascism is a right wing disease, they then tell me that was true until trump came along. Somehow to that distorted mind, trump has shifted the meanings of words. I get that they don't have enough education to realize there may be a word in the lexicon to describe a left wing strongman who has become a dictator (it isn't fascist) for extreme leftists. That word is "leftist dictator." There are leftist strongmen. I guess it doesn't have the same ring as "FASCIST."
The ultra right MAGATs see the left as a powerful group who is trying to take their rights away from them and force them to think a certain way- no more racism, acceptance of immigrants and lgbt people and their rights, climate change and all the other left wing ideologies they think are being forced on them. Maybe that's true. Maybe we are trying to force a better world on them. I've always been trying to enlighten them perhaps to the extent of force. It's always been to make the world a better place for everyone. The sad and horrible fact is that trump has come along and empowered them. He's made it good to resist change. He's created a huge push back and altered what has always been just a normal battle between the left and the right into something else. He's added something different to the fight. He's added violence. He's made it ok to hate those who think differently. He's made it ok to be violent against the left. He's re-created FASCISM! The bad thing is that trump is not alone. There are others on the ultra right who are using trump for what they think will serve them. They have names like Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and the hated Elon Musk Rat. Now, we on the left, are left with little choice but to fight back. First, we will try to vote him out, and if that works and he accepts his defeat, which is unlikely, then perhaps we will be on the way to saving our democracy, but if we fail, or he try's to use force to take power, that is a horrifying thought and a whole new game. It should be a horrifying thought to everybody, even to those on the right, but....We shall see!
MAGAts perceive themselves as top of the food chain,. entitled, superior and they see the rainbow as a threat to their socio economic status, and as a consequence a victim of the rising power of racial, sexual, religous and cultural minorities, they really do believe they are victims, and they wallow in that belief.. In the same way southern whites were victims of slaves and northerners. That is what they really believe.
And the problem is that western culture has elevated the status of victim and martyrdom to a prominent position in politics. Who has the loudest and most persistent claim to victim hood gets the most money and attention. The Squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I agree with what you said, except I'd say from what I've seen there are two types of MAGATs, at least. There are those who are educated and well off who have been lifelong Repubs who think they are the cat's pajamas. Then, there are another bunch who were likely Democrats at one time, but have lost their industries when companies moved overseas. These are the hat wearing, uneducated ones, but their identity has been lost and they resent everything. Trump appeals to them because he makes them feel good about themselves, again. They may be the most dangerous.
There is a difference between trumpism and what we know as Fascism. I just don't know exactly what it is this early in the morning. I know this, and I find it bizarre. In my discussions with trumpists, they use the word fascist to describe me the left. When I correct them by telling them a person on the left can't be a fascist because fascism is a right wing disease, they then tell me that was true until trump came along. Somehow to that distorted mind, trump has shifted the meanings of words. I get that they don't have enough education to realize there may be a word in the lexicon to describe a left wing strongman who has become a dictator (it isn't fascist) for extreme leftists. That word is "leftist dictator." There are leftist strongmen. I guess it doesn't have the same ring as "FASCIST."
The ultra right MAGATs see the left as a powerful group who is trying to take their rights away from them and force them to think a certain way- no more racism, acceptance of immigrants and lgbt people and their rights, climate change and all the other left wing ideologies they think are being forced on them. Maybe that's true. Maybe we are trying to force a better world on them. I've always been trying to enlighten them perhaps to the extent of force. It's always been to make the world a better place for everyone. The sad and horrible fact is that trump has come along and empowered them. He's made it good to resist change. He's created a huge push back and altered what has always been just a normal battle between the left and the right into something else. He's added something different to the fight. He's added violence. He's made it ok to hate those who think differently. He's made it ok to be violent against the left. He's re-created FASCISM! The bad thing is that trump is not alone. There are others on the ultra right who are using trump for what they think will serve them. They have names like Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and the hated Elon Musk Rat. Now, we on the left, are left with little choice but to fight back. First, we will try to vote him out, and if that works and he accepts his defeat, which is unlikely, then perhaps we will be on the way to saving our democracy, but if we fail, or he try's to use force to take power, that is a horrifying thought and a whole new game. It should be a horrifying thought to everybody, even to those on the right, but....We shall see!
MAGAts perceive themselves as top of the food chain,. entitled, superior and they see the rainbow as a threat to their socio economic status, and as a consequence a victim of the rising power of racial, sexual, religous and cultural minorities, they really do believe they are victims, and they wallow in that belief.. In the same way southern whites were victims of slaves and northerners. That is what they really believe.
And the problem is that western culture has elevated the status of victim and martyrdom to a prominent position in politics. Who has the loudest and most persistent claim to victim hood gets the most money and attention. The Squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I agree with what you said, except I'd say from what I've seen there are two types of MAGATs, at least. There are those who are educated and well off who have been lifelong Repubs who think they are the cat's pajamas. Then, there are another bunch who were likely Democrats at one time, but have lost their industries when companies moved overseas. These are the hat wearing, uneducated ones, but their identity has been lost and they resent everything. Trump appeals to them because he makes them feel good about themselves, again. They may be the most dangerous.