We should probably stop treating fascism as some kind of remote possibility

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Margie ?@Loca2733Mc 19m19 minutes ago
Joe Walsh tweet before he deleted it. Threatening the president!! Hope secret service gives you a visit! Disgusting



Ken Klippenstein ?@kenklippenstein 36m36 minutes ago
we should probably stop treating fascism as some kind of remote possibility #Dallas

[merrily]

1. I never have treated fascism as a remote possibility.

Not any element of it.

1
often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

2
: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control <early instances of army fascism and brutality — J. W. Aldridge>


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism

[brewens]

2. I acknowledge that if I had been a kid in the 1930's in Germany, I could have been right there

in the Hitler Youth, wanting to be in the SS or something like that. Unless I had exceptional parents or teachers that taught me different, at high risk to themselves. If it happened then, it could happen here.

[BlueMTexpat]

3. What a sad sick human being

Walsh is! Unfortunately that label applies to 98% of GOPers.

[Hortensis]

4. Scott Walker may just reenter the race,

according to Still In Wisconsin. According to an analysis I read, Walker hits all 14 points of a common fascism scale, and he also is one the Koch alliance would be extremely happy to put in the White House. Or as emulatorloo in the Wisconsin Group describes him, "that dipshit Koch product."

The right has been pulling us toward fascistic government for some time. We'd probably be closer if the Kochs and others didn't imagine themselves "libertarian," but libertarian governments are too unstable to conserve wealth, the Kochs are clearly authoritarian, and whether you like to throw around that term, neoliberalism, or some other far-right jargon, the natural evolution is to a business-oriented fascism.

[Her Sister]

5. Ugh!

[Hortensis]

6. Deep breath. :) On the plus side, he shouldn't stand

national scrutiny any better than Cruz or Rubio.

Or even Kasich--if there were enough time to overset the phony "moderate" image he's created. Speaking of fascistic candidates and ugh!, I think Kasich only suspended his candidacy; he's still in the race.

What a nasty collection of scuzzes they have over there. That's just a short list.