Subj : Don't even know the basics. To : Gregory Deyss From : Lee Lofaso Date : Sun Dec 17 2023 15:36:26 Hello Greg, AT>>> Joe Biden is your people. Isn't that why AT>>> you often defend everything that he and the other Democrats do? BF>> That's the most stupid thing I've heard this week. Your politicians, BF>> from left to right, are as a collective, the most imperialist, fascist BF>> and corrupt ones in all the free world, with just a handful of BF>> exceptions. And worst of all of them are of course the MAGA Cult 45. GD> According to Meriam-Webster, fascism is a political philosophy, movement, or GD> regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that GD> stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial GD> leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression GD> of opposition. You haven't got a clue as to what fascism is. GD> Fascism is most commonly associated with Benito Mussolini's Italy and Adolf GD> Hitler's Nazi Germany, with embracing violence as a reformative tool and GD> dismantling democracy. Benito Mussolini coined the term, with his own meaning, which was used as the basis for his own party's political ideology. Eventually, his own party voted him out of office and arrested him, putting him in jail for his bad behavior. Germany had a cult of personality, that of Adolf Hitler. Nothing fascist about it. Not even a political ideology, as Adolf Hitler was an actual person. GD> A simple Internet search will reveal that Donald Trump is not and has not GD> ever been a Fascist, nor will he be in the future. Alan Singer says you're full of shit (the real brown & smelly stuff) - An American fascist seeking power would not proclaim that he is a fascist. Fascism always camouflages its plans and purposes . . . Any fascist attempt to gain power in America would not use the exact Hitler pattern. It would work under the guise of ‘super-patriotism’ and ‘super-American- ism’…. [I]t is vitally important to learn to spot them [the fascists], even though they adopt names and slogans with popular appeal, drape themselves with the American flag, and attempt to carry out their program in the name of the democracy they are trying to destroy . . . In its bid for power, it is ready to drive wedges that will disunite the people and weaken the nation. It supplies the scapegoat — Catholics, Jews, Negroes, labor unions, big business — any group upon which the insecure and unemployed are willing to blame. They become frightened, angry, desperate, confused. Many, in their misery, seek to find somebody to blame . . . The resentment may be directed against minorities — especially if undemocratic organizations with power and money can direct our emotions and thinking along these lines. GD> Donald Trump is also correct when he points to Joe Biden's cognitive GD> decline. Donald Trump - 4 indictments, 91 counts. He'll understand what those numbers mean soon enough. GD> Additionally Trump is right when he speaks to how Joe Biden is not respected GD> by any World Leader or Nation State. Trump speaks high praise about his hero, Vladimir Putin. So I wouldn't give him much stock in anything else he says. But then, I am not a fascist. For Life, Lee -- From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb * Origin: news://eljaco.se:4119 (2:203/2) .