• Flying Squid
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    2 months ago

    True. I don’t know you. However, I do know you didn’t live through Mussolini’s Italy unless you are an extremely old man.

    Umberto Eco did. He experienced fascism directly. You’re now acting like you know about it better than he did. That’s quite silly.

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      -12 months ago

      Are you an extremely old man? Who are you to pretend to know it better than anyone else? Texts help people understand the times, but don’t encapsulate the experience or the nuances involved. I’m referring to what America, myself included, is going through now. Democrats didn’t have to lose this election. Their choices are why they lost. And I stand by what I said, many of the characteristics of fasicsm in the link you posted sound an awful-lot like the Democratic party, admittedly not as radical as those of the Republicans.

      • Flying Squid
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        22 months ago

        Well I must admit I’ve never met someone who is arrogant enough to claim they know more about fascism than someone who lived through Mussolini’s regime. I suppose you also know more about the Holocaust than a survivor of Auschwitz.

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          If you want to refer to fascism only as it relates to Mussolini’s regime, then 99% of people using the word in America have no concept of the word. I’m referring to modern day fascism here in America.

          Nor do I claim that I know more. I’m giving my perspective and opinion on the matter as people online frequently do, and sometimes they turn out to be accurate. I wouldn’t want corporate news as they frequently do to say, “Here we have a survivor of Auschwitz, the sole authority of Nazism to tell you why Kamala is a Nazi. Everything they say must be true and you can’t question it.”

          Would you want that?

          • Flying Squid
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            12 months ago

            No, you’re referring to being butthurt because some of your posts got deleted which means fascism.

            Which is such a privileged position that I am honestly astounded.

            • John Richard
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              12 months ago

              Is Trump a fascist to you, and if so why did you help him get elected? Do you think when you censor other people online and berate them, especially when they want progressive policies and peace, that it somehow helps you?

              • Flying Squid
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                22 months ago

                Please explain exactly how I helped Trump get elected. Specifically what did I do?

                • John Richard
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                  02 months ago

                  No, you’re referring to being butthurt because some of your posts got deleted which means fascism. Which is such a privileged position that I am honestly astounded.

                  Again, I ask…

                  Do you think when you censor other people online and berate them, especially when they want progressive policies and peace, that it somehow helps you?

                  You indicate that Trumpism is fascism. The concept of attacking people that help you because they’re not blindly loyal is one of the elements of fascism in the link you posted, and one of the reasons Kamala lost. Are you saying you never did that? That you welcomed third parties and showed them that you were willing to push for Kamala to change her positions up until the election?

                  • Flying Squid
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                    2 months ago

                    Are you saying you never did that?

                    You tell me. You are the one pointing the finger. Show your evidence. Or was it a lie?

                    That you welcomed third parties and showed them that you were willing to push for Kamala to change her positions up until the election?

                    Why is that my job? I was not part of her campaign and I am not a member of her party.

                    Now, let’s see your evidence.