Saturday, June 24, 2023

If You’re Going To Use The Word ‘Fascism,’ Learn What It Means I & I Editorial Board

If You’re Going To Use The Word ‘Fascism,’ Learn What It Means I & I Editorial Board
President Biden accuses MAGA movement of "semi-fascism" while delivering a speech while deploying his own "fascist-lite" symbolism. Screen grab from 6ABC News, via YouTube.
"Acouple of days ago, we posted a satirical piece, call it a sati-torial, with a list of headlines we’re never going to see. 
One of them said “Democrats Realize They’ve Been Using The Word ‘Fascist’ Wrong For Decades.” There’s a lot of truth in there. 
The way the political left tosses around that word shows that they have no idea what it means.
Or maybe they do...
In a bizarre speech last summer heavy with Third Reich overtones, Joe Biden said “the entire philosophy that underpins” Trump-supporting Republicans is “like semi-fascism. 
His press secretary the next day said “It is very clear” that “what MAGA Republicans have done” fits “the definition of fascism.”...
Though they make their claims with a stomach-turning self-assuredness, never in their ravings do the accusers point out even approximately what fascism is, or what fascists do. 
But, for the record, here’s what fascists don’t do:
  • They don’t campaign on platforms that endorse tax cuts and deregulation – then once elected follow up tax-cut and deregulation agendas.
  • They don’t advocate for limited government.
  • They don’t support increasing individual liberty.
  • They don’t believe in free markets or property rights.
  • They don’t make law by fiat, using a “pen and phone” to bypass the constitutional process when it gets in their way.
  • Fascists don’t believe in giving parents and students choices in education, civil society nor open discussions...

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