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This may be true, in the same way that most Americans agreed to get involved in WW2 after Pearl Harbour... Because they finally accepted that fascists could not be stopped from committing violence, promoting terrorism, continuing the propaganda to vilify and dehumanize their opponents, or implementing their dictatorship peacefully.
This is also propaganda, because conservatives answer is entirely dependent on whether or not conservatives are in control.
I hope it is true tbh, because it couldn't be more clear that the fascist party will continue escalating their own authoritarianism, terrorism, and violence, until they get it in response, so they can finally justify their goal of mass murder and military dictatorship.
I hope this doesn't come across as undermining, but considering how often I see the term "fascist" used to describe the people who are giving society a hard time, if I may ask, how does one actually define a fascist? What are the criteria (according to those who use the term today) where, if you fit the criteria, you're a fascist, and if you're not a fascist, it's because you don't fit the criteria?
As for violence, there are a lot of people who have been killed this year whose death everyone has been cheering but who doesn't have a history of violence (or even direct control over human life). I mean, when Kirk was assassinated, one of the people who got death threats in the aftermath was Joe Rogan. In terms of individuals on that side of the political spectrum, he's as mid as you can get.
Ever heard of a dictionary? Wikipedia? This "Just asking questions bro" shit went out of style like 10 years ago. It doesn't make you broad minded, it flags you as empty minded. Youtube exists, go educate yourself. Don't put it on everybody else.
I know how they'd define one, but the question in my mind when it comes up is specifically how the accusers would define one. Because along with there being a difference between going by a conventional definition and going by a modified one, there is also a difference between having your own modified definition and it just being vague.
It's why, when I criticize many of these people, I don't use the word "fascist". I just use the words that come to mind when I first think of what kind of individual they are. I don't even use the word "terrorist" half the time for the same reason, I just describe them based on direct adjectives for the act itself. "Mass murderer" seems completely fine.
The word terrorist is pretty functionally useless. One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist, but a fascist is a fascist. The word might be badly misused from time to time, but the but the whole MAGA enterprise is without question a fascist movement.
You mentioned Joe Rogan elsewhere. If Rogan is interviewing a fascist, then Rogan is a fascist. If Rogan is interviewing a socialist, then he is a socialist. He's just a mid-wit echo chamber who got captured by a right wing audience. I think he finally figured out that he fucked up, but can't figure out how to escape without losing his whole audience.
It might help if he had a co-host.
It's not like he couldn't afford one. He was just chasing the money. His listeners didn't want accurate facts, and neither did his sponsors.