Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has blocked quick approval of more than 300 top-level military promotions in protest of the Defense Department's abortion travel policy.
Apart from some people getting confused, it's Republicans who are calling everything fascist. Liberals for the most part are calling fascist things fascist, while people like Marjorie Greene are calling anything they don't like fascist.
I missed where those points talked about Hitler or Mussolini.
Do you want to provide a definition of fascism if you find Eco's inadequate? I'm sure you've done a lot more research into this than he did when he wrote the book.
Or is your objection based more on vibes than reality?
I missed where those points talked about Hitler or Mussolini.
Nudge nudge wink wink - we're not comparing anyone to Hitler just fascism - that's "COMPLETELY DIFFERENT(tm)".
My objection is to the over-use of "fascism" for everything liberals don't like. MAGA is a dangerous beast and has strong authoritarian leanings but it's not fascism. It can get worse. Much worse. Calling it fascism now is hyperbole that won't be taken seriously by people who aren't already in your circle-jerk.
It doesn't meet the definition. MAGA is heavily influenced by fundamentalism. Where is that in Fascism?
The very first one?
The cult of tradition. "One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements."