gueybana [any] to chapotraphouse • 2 months agoThe dorks are already running the weird shit into the groundmessage-squaremessage-square34 fedilinkarrow-up180
arrow-up180message-squareThe dorks are already running the weird shit into the groundgueybana [any] to chapotraphouse • 2 months agomessage-square34 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]hexbear45·2 months agoThe overton window has been pushed so far right in the USA that being called a fascist isn't even an insult it's just a state of being. link
minus-squareMarxMadness@lemmygrad.mlhexbear30·2 months ago"Fascist" has just been overused. If everyone on all sides is calling everyone else a fascist at the drop of a hat, it carries no meaning. linkfedilink
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]hexbear25·2 months agoYeah it doesn't help that the right has been making a push to call leftists "fascists" to muddy the term, Trump does it all the time. link
minus-squareMarxMadness@lemmygrad.mlhexbear31·2 months agoSee also all the "red fash" propaganda that long predates Trump. You can see the same watering-down with the overuse of "genocide," too. linkfedilink
The overton window has been pushed so far right in the USA that being called a fascist isn't even an insult it's just a state of being.
"Fascist" has just been overused. If everyone on all sides is calling everyone else a fascist at the drop of a hat, it carries no meaning.
Yeah it doesn't help that the right has been making a push to call leftists "fascists" to muddy the term, Trump does it all the time.
See also all the "red fash" propaganda that long predates Trump. You can see the same watering-down with the overuse of "genocide," too.