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[+] -67 points 10 months ago (13 children)
  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Right, the guy who rants about immigrants having "bad genes" and lies about them eating people's pets as a way to dehumanize them is totally not a fascist.

    The guy who attempted a putsch to secure power outside of democratic channels is certainly not a fascist.

    The guy trying to provoke his neighbors into a territorial dispute and threatening to "annex" countries for natural resources is totally not a fascist.

    The guy who is enriching his corporate cronies while they consolidate power for the regime is definitely not a fascist (nor is the guy doing Nazi salutes at his inauguration).

    The guy rounding people up with a secret police force and sticking them in camps can't possibly be a fascist.

    The guy demonizing anything to the left of white nationalism as communism/socialism isn't a fascist.

    No way the guy who was denounced by his own VP as "America's Hitler" is a fascist.

    And therefore the people who support him can't be fascist!

    That's a pretty smart take you've got there.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    That's kind of close for me. Everyone who's racist or othwise bigoted, nationalist, authoritarian, oligarchic, theocratic, hyper-militant, etc., is going to be someone whose behavior I dislike.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I will tolerate everyone but the intolerant. I don't care what colour your skin is, what car you drive, which team you support, who you sleep with*, what clothes you wear, what gender you are. I care if you make other people's lives miserable because of those things or for any other bigoted reason I haven't mentioned.

    *as long as they are consenting adults.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I think this is the metaethically appropriate response to the paradox of tolerance.

    Only slightly related, but there are two things in the world I can't stand: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch.

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