President Trump is a fascist, but you probably knew that by now. The only question is, what did he do this time?
Well, he started revoking security clearances as political retribution against people who criticized him.
Yes, that is fascism, or at least one component of it.
So apparently our home-grown Nazis tried to have themselves a rally in D.C. today, or something? I can’t tell with all the hordes of counter-protesters blocking the view.
This is glorious. The fight isn’t over, but today was a good day.
Now that Facebook has actually banned Alex Jones’ InfoWars, there are quite a few “conservatives” out there crying censorship, including the “libertarian” kind. I put the word in quotes because they only espout libertarian values when it’s convenient for them, and this is not one of those times.
I thought the problem with “illegal immigration” was that these troublemaking immigrants just don’t obey laws. If only they’d get in the right lines, fill out the right forms, they could stay! It’s the integrity of the law that’s at issue here!
Then why is the United States Attorney General trying to ignore court orders and forcibly deport asylum seekers before their court dates?
Protesters crashed the wedding of a cop who shot Stephon Clark in the back. They yelled “murderer!” They asked, “if you started planning your wedding before you killed Stephon Clark or after?”
Well, this is what happens when you reject and punish peaceful protest. You invite non-peaceful protest. That’s on you. You chose this, America.
I’ve seen this go around lately:
Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed.
That word is “Nazi.” Nobody cares about their motives anymore.
George Takei shared it. It’s a quote by Julius Goat from his reaction (in January 2017) to Trump’s impending inauguration.
The Nazis from last year’s Charlottesville rally are planning a comeback. But this time, apparently, they won’t be marching in Virginia.
They’ll be marching in front of the White House, thanks to a permit from the National Parks Service.
This should end well.
A picture is worth a thousand words:
You should also read their coverage of what’s going on.
Edited to add: George Takei has some pretty strong words today also.
Fascism creeps, slowly. It doesn’t just start with people being led into gas chambers, that’s the end state. It starts with little things, small ways to gradually erode democratic principles. If you spot fascism here, you have a chance of killing it in the cradle. By the time you have mass concentration camps it’s too late.
So, allow me to make a big deal out of Trump violating a rule prohibiting early disclosure of employment data.
So, the NFL’s owners have collectively adopted a new policy affecting football players during the national anthem. The policy doesn’t directly apply to players, but it does fine a team if any players on that team kneel or otherwise protest during the the national anthem.
This is fascism.
Yes, I know the NFL is a private company (actually it’s 32 different companies, with the league itself as a 33rd). And I know that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to employers, not normally anyway.
However, this is not normal.
