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highplainsdem

(48,975 posts) Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:35 PM Sep 2022

Seth Abramson on the difference between Trump and DeSantis as wannabe fascists

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Seth Abramson on the difference between Trump and DeSantis as wannabe fascists (Original Post) highplainsdem Sep 2022 OP

I wish I could recommend this 1k times. Geechie Sep 2022 #1

Thanks! highplainsdem Sep 2022 #3

DeSantis should not get all the "credit" for agingdem Sep 2022 #2

Oof. It's an important distinction. crickets Sep 2022 #4

Geechie

(865 posts)

1. I wish I could recommend this 1k times.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Sep 1, 2022, 12:49 PM

Sep 2022

highplainsdem

(48,975 posts)

3. Thanks!

Reply to Geechie (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 1, 2022, 01:30 PM

Sep 2022

agingdem

(7,849 posts)

2. DeSantis should not get all the "credit" for

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Sep 1, 2022, 01:04 PM

Sep 2022

turning Florida into a global joke...anyone remember Bush v Gore?...and what about Matt Gaetz, resident pedophile???..but then again, anyone who takes on Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck is pretty much a joke onto himself...

crickets

(25,969 posts)

4. Oof. It's an important distinction.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Sep 1, 2022, 02:42 PM

Sep 2022

Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

In fairness, I think this was true before DeSantis. But it’s far worse now. Trump is a would-be authoritarian because he’s a malignant narcissist and career criminal who requires absolute power to avoid accountability. DeSantis is *conventionally* fascist.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/desantis-anti-riot-law-united-nations-rcna45623
DeSantis has officially turned Florida into a global embarrassment
A United Nations committee released a report voicing concerns about racist discrimination facilitated by Florida's anti-protest law, House Bill 1.

12:12 PM · Sep 1, 2022

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