Let’s check out the fascism beat.
On Wednesday TFG happily “re-truthed”a call to violence:
It will likely get little to no attention today that the current front runner for the Republican presidential nomination just told his supporters to start arming themselves for a civil war to overthrow the government in the case he loses.
Just Trump being Trump! So quirky! pic.twitter.com/6BQounQaWU
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 2, 2023
Oh, you prefer fascism with a lighter bouquet? How about this instead?:
Rep. Tim Burchett told me there isn’t a scenario he’d vote to raise debt ceiling
"I voted to shut it down under Trump as well. I think we were reckless then and we’re gonna be reckless again and it will never stop.”
Burchett said he’s ready to go “over the cliff. Shut it down." pic.twitter.com/9JzndxEt6M
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 2, 2023
What better reason to suspend the government than a world-wide financial crisis?
Some people prefer heavier seasoning of sexism in their fascism:
Female student athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periodshttps://t.co/nFJcrnxSJA
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) January 26, 2023
Others prefer a more white bread approach:
College Board caves on AP African American history course https://t.co/i7YNQJL1EP pic.twitter.com/Sl0ZecyLNM
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) February 1, 2023
There’s always the traditionalist crowd:
Florida, what are we doing?
“I got an email from an art teacher who said they're making [the art teacher] get rid of [their] art books. They can’t even have their books in the classroom. Like they can't just, like, cover them up and put them to the side.” https://t.co/3yX8BjBOdV
— Chris Guerrieri (@ChrisinJax1) January 31, 2023
Ah, you gotta love the classics.
There’s even a sartorial spin available:
The MAGA Republicans in Congress have replaced their American flag lapel pins with AR-15 pins. pic.twitter.com/CMm0TVufYF
— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) February 2, 2023
On a serious note, this can’t be good.
What’s the media response to the authoritarian attack on public education?:
If DeSantis wants to destroy Florida's public universities, so be it. The people of Florida have a right to demand their state be an educational backwater. That's what going out of state, and private universities, are for. 🤷♀️
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 30, 2023
“Let them eat cake.” Nice.
Fascism is no longer creeping. I hope Woody’s right about the fascists losing:
Someone needs to remake Red Dawn as a movie in which the plucky Patriots of Idaho secede from the Union and defend their new Commonwealth with their single shot AR-15 and their hunting arms against a Combined Arms response from the United States. Just how many planes and tanks/APCs does the national guard have in Idaho compared to the rest of the US military?
i’m more afraid we’ll be watching that as the evening news.
And what passes for our liberal media (clears throat) platforms Never Trumpers like Nichols, never noting that they built the monster machine GOP with no off switch.
yes! and now they want to remake the Democratic Party.
Don’t look at the pink elephant! Don’t feed the trolls!
Maybe, just maybe if a couple of Democrats had just put on one of those stupid pins we would not have to be disgusted with Mr Whatever wearing one. When you tell everyone to look at whatnot you have fed the troll. Give them something else to look at.