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Celia's avatar

For decades I've cautioned friends on the left not to describe everyone on the right as fascist - like the boy who cried wolf. But now, for the first time in my lifetime we have a genuine, growing fascist threat. This is no joke and this is not a drill. I always wondered how the Germans could have just let it happen, and watching the early stages in our own country is like a nightmare -- the kind where you keep wanting to wake up but know you can't. Listening to people I know, who used to be decent (even if politically wrong in my view) justify banning books or killing unarmed protesters or ripping immigrant children from their families or supporting bombastic liars who defile even their own previous held values -- it's chilling, even terrifying. People who flirt with fascist ideas or publications should be denounced, not 'tolerated.'

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Barbara Lipp / Baruška Lipski's avatar

Such such a good article.

“We will have the fight of our lives ensuring that fascists do not irrevocably change the system of governance in the United States.”

This is exactly what will happen if Trump wins again. I’m afraid that these indictments have occurred too late to keep him out of office. And it has galvanized his supporters. Let the fight of our lives begin!

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