"Trumpism is what a specifically American, twenty-first century version of fascism looks like.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Trumpism is what a specifically American, twenty-first century version of fascism looks like. And in November, fascism is on the ballot.

Donald Trump’s closing pitch to the American people is rage, intimidation, and vengeful violence. He is threatening – or promising, if you ask his supporters – fascism."

~ Thomas Zimmer

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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/donald-trump-american-fascist

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

As Zimmer says, evidence keeps piling up that what Trump and Vance are offering is "a specifically American, specifically twenty-first-century version of fascism: their promise of a racial purge; their promise to deport 15 to 20 million people; their "vile propaganda" and lies and disinformation targeting immigrants, etc.

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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

With what the Republican party seeks to see the nation today, we are witnessing "the ugly face of American fascism. It is not new. It has a long domestic tradition. But it has never been so fully in charge of a major party."

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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

And through it all, there's "mainstream media’s eternal insistence on obscuring the nature of the Trumpist threat by applying the normalization and legitimization filter that will present plans for an unprecedented ethnic cleansing as a 'housing proposal.'”

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[wdlindsy@toad.social]

Wendell Griffen writes,

"Donald Trump is a fascist. He is also a sociopath who has no qualms about using fear, violence, and deceit to grab power and use it. However, Trump’s greatest fear is that we will not be bullied, frightened, or fooled, but will stand up to him."

So how do we respond? How can we push back? Wendell offers the following wise counsel:

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https://fierceprohetichope.blogspot.com/2024/10/this-is-how-to-defeat-trumps-fascist.html

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"So, keep in touch with people who will not be bullied, frightened, or fooled. Listen to them. Read what they write. You will be strengthened by doing so, and so will they. ...

Fight fear with courage, companionship, and solidarity with other brave souls."

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[thedefiant604@canada.masto.host]

@wdlindsy

It's seeping into Canada, too. The Conservative Party of Canada is echoing more and more Trumpism, and conservative voters are more and more like MAGAts.

It's getting scary in North America. Actually, around the world, thanks in part to Stephen Harper's ironically named International Democratic Union, pushing far-right agendas globally.

[pattykimura@beige.party]

@wdlindsy This means you and me, well-meaning people. You don't have to confront the bully, but you MUST boldly and publicly stand WITH the person WHILE they are being bullied and not silently abandon them to abuse alone, and not wait until it's safe for you to offer support - that's not allyship, that's self-serving self-justifying cowardice and collusion, imo. If we are in this together, act like it.

[piousunyn@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy Cogent accurate view on Trumps atrocities. Trump attacking the MSN, seems to be whining more than anything else. Though any media who is left of Trump can be a target, which means for sure the NYT is safe for now.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Piousunyn Yes, that wounds right to me.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@pattykimura Yes, I think that's Wendell Griffen's point in a nutshell.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@TheDefiant604 Yes, I hear alarming reports from my classmates (we studied together in Toronto) who live in western Canada. And you're right that this is a global push, to establish the hard right in as many places as possible.

[jpanzer@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy yes , and I hope that Harris’ new strategy will help focus mainstream media a bit on impending fascism, or at least compel them to give it a mention.

https://mastodon.social/@jpanzer/113317441620221682

[wdjorth@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy Fascists are narcissistic sociopaths. Trump is this as much as any previous fascist.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@wdjorth Well-noted and well-stated.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jpanzer Thank you for the good statement you make in your linked feed. I agree.

[pattykimura@beige.party]

@wdlindsy Sadly, I've experienced direct and unrelenting racial targeting while good progressive white people stood shocked and fearful saying and doing nothing, then coming up afterward, once the racist left, to commend me for my bravery in confronting racism alone. I thought "I wasn't alone, this was in public, and every single one of you self-identified "anti-racists" who witnessed it all stood perfectly still and silent and did nothing in the shelter of your shining white privilege."

Good thing I still believe in hope & change. But for gods sake people, Do Something.

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@pattykimura @wdlindsy

Well, seems the least that can be done, the very least, is to boost this superb post.

Thanks for your strength and optimism, and may we all do better in standing up for you, and for each other.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Harris has connected Trump’s essential weakness of character with his authoritarian impulses, his fondness for dictators, and his disregard for the Constitution. You get these threats with Trump precisely because he is a such a hollowed-out shell of a human. It’s a powerful reminder that fascism is a refuge for the weak and insecure, an argument that defuses the fear that Trump seeks to instill."

~ David Kurtz

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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/kamala-harris-ratchets-up-her-attacks

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

Chris Hayes says that General Mark Milley is right when he warns that Trump is a "fascist to the core," because "Donald Trump is running a straightforward fascist campaign at this point. It is becoming harder to ignore as threats of violence and racism become an increasingly central feature of his rhetoric in his rallies."

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