Calling Trump a Fascist Threat to Democracy is Not Inciting Violence—It’s the Truth. Nobody Has Done More to Bring Hatred and Violence Into the Political Arena Than the Republican Nominee for President.
Calling Trump a Fascist Threat to Democracy is Not Inciting Violence—It’s the Truth. Nobody Has Done More to Bring Hatred and Violence Into the Political Arena Than the Republican Nominee for President.
It stands to reason that when you keep calling someone an existential threat to Democracy and Hitler, someone is going to eventually try to do something about it, and violently.
If Republicans were always calling Democrats threats to democracy and then someone was inspired by that to commit violence towards Democrats, you’d all be pointing fingers at Republicans.
armchairmegalomaniac on
“I blame the Jews for making me fail.” – Donald Trump
I mean what do people need to see before they are willing to accept the obvious truth that Trump and his orbit are now pushing unvarnished fascism? A beerhall putsch? Jackboot thugs smashing windows? Internment camps? We’re fucking there already people.
penny-wise on
He’s vile, and the only way the MAGAs can win is to cheat, while blaming everyone else of cheating.
PositionBeneficial12 on
You know who I really hate? Trump. I despise him and his cronies with every fibre of my body.
Wide-Grapefruit-6462 on
“Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States and Canada to fuel instability and separatism against neoliberal globalist Western hegemony, such as, for instance, provoke “Afro-American racists” to create severe backlash against the rotten political state of affairs in the current present-day system of the United States and Canada. Russia should “introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social, and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics”.
“You turned them all against me! I hate you!!” Darth Anniken
“You have done that yourself” Obi Wan Kenobi
efequalma on
To be fair, the degradation of democracy has been a byproduct of bipartisan incompetence for years. Trump’s just the loudest, necrotizing symptom at the moment.
JoaquinOnTheSun on
The statement he makes multiple times a day highlights who he is, and what he stands for, we just have to highlight those statements. It is obvious to all who aren’t cultists who he is, what he stands for and why he should never hold office, again.
He created every narrative with his own actions, he doesn’t like being held accountable, because he never has in his life until November 2020, and finally his long overdue indictments, but everyone understands, when he loses bigly to use his phrase this November, the GOP can move on from this failed experiment, no matter how much authoritarian curious they have been, that he’s a loser that has been bailed out by the weaknesses of others, and the moment that hits home, it’s a thought that will never be shaken.
He loses on November 5th and both parties will be celebrating, just one a lil less publicly. That’s the truth.
VerifiedReal on
Not denoucing radical liberals is the problem. Left needs to start denoucing their own radicals for a start.
At first, I thought the picture was of a roast goose wearing a red hat.
PhilOfTheRightNow on
Trump is absolutely a threat to democracy, and saying that is not an incitement to violence because violence is *also* a threat to democracy. I want him to lose fair and square, not get shot.
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-assassination-attempts) reduced by 88%. (I’m a bot)
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> Suspicious packages, bomb threats, death threats, harassment, assassination attempts, and violence are consequences of the politics of hate, now emanating more ferociously than ever from Trump and his sycophants.
> Trump's campaign has circulated a list of so-called "Incendiary" remarks Democrats have made against Trump and posted video clips from top Democrats calling him a "Threat." JD Vance says "We cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist and if he's elected it is going to be the end of American democracy." Hello? Calling Trump a fascist and a threat to democracy is not inciting violence; it's telling the truth.
> Let's be clear: The most significant cause of the upsurge in political violence – including the two attempts on Trump's life – is Trump himself, along with his close allies Vance and Elon Musk, and other cranks and crackpots that have come along for the ride.
This is one reason why protecting a peaceful means of change is so important. If people don’t believe it’s possible to make change peacefully they will seek other means
Ornery-Ticket834 on
True.
donkeybrisket on
Hate is all he has, and hate is WHY he is still popular. There is a LOT of hate in America, but I think there is a lot more good. We will see in the fall which path America prefers: hate or joy. Fuck the GOP; Vote Harris
SBRH33 on
Chump dosent get to have his cake and eat it too.
amithecrazyone69 on
I really, really hate him and republicans
Ubi2447 on
The truth is that he is treasonous and an attacker. Stop speaking about him as though he’s going to do something and treat him like he already incited an insurrection, like he has already eroded our freedoms, like he has already targeted women’s and trans rights, like he is a criminal, a sexual predictor and is planning to assault us further.
It’s baffling to me how disconnected people are to what he’s already done.
SpookyWah on
I’m also just sick and tired of Republicans being absolute hysterical drama queens. It’s non-stop.
SleepyNorris on
Again it’s been republicans taking shots at MAGA. It’s a problem within their own house.
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The truth is mean and hurtful.
It stands to reason that when you keep calling someone an existential threat to Democracy and Hitler, someone is going to eventually try to do something about it, and violently.
If Republicans were always calling Democrats threats to democracy and then someone was inspired by that to commit violence towards Democrats, you’d all be pointing fingers at Republicans.
“I blame the Jews for making me fail.” – Donald Trump
I mean what do people need to see before they are willing to accept the obvious truth that Trump and his orbit are now pushing unvarnished fascism? A beerhall putsch? Jackboot thugs smashing windows? Internment camps? We’re fucking there already people.
He’s vile, and the only way the MAGAs can win is to cheat, while blaming everyone else of cheating.
You know who I really hate? Trump. I despise him and his cronies with every fibre of my body.
“Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States and Canada to fuel instability and separatism against neoliberal globalist Western hegemony, such as, for instance, provoke “Afro-American racists” to create severe backlash against the rotten political state of affairs in the current present-day system of the United States and Canada. Russia should “introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social, and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
“You turned them all against me! I hate you!!” Darth Anniken
“You have done that yourself” Obi Wan Kenobi
To be fair, the degradation of democracy has been a byproduct of bipartisan incompetence for years. Trump’s just the loudest, necrotizing symptom at the moment.
The statement he makes multiple times a day highlights who he is, and what he stands for, we just have to highlight those statements. It is obvious to all who aren’t cultists who he is, what he stands for and why he should never hold office, again.
He created every narrative with his own actions, he doesn’t like being held accountable, because he never has in his life until November 2020, and finally his long overdue indictments, but everyone understands, when he loses bigly to use his phrase this November, the GOP can move on from this failed experiment, no matter how much authoritarian curious they have been, that he’s a loser that has been bailed out by the weaknesses of others, and the moment that hits home, it’s a thought that will never be shaken.
He loses on November 5th and both parties will be celebrating, just one a lil less publicly. That’s the truth.
Not denoucing radical liberals is the problem. Left needs to start denoucing their own radicals for a start.
[Here](https://www.bremertonschools.org/cms/lib/WA01001541/Centricity/Domain/222/Fourteen%20Defining%20Characteristics%20of%20Fascism%20slides.pdf) are the characteristics of fascism. Ask yourself whether they sound like what Trump says. They do.
At first, I thought the picture was of a roast goose wearing a red hat.
Trump is absolutely a threat to democracy, and saying that is not an incitement to violence because violence is *also* a threat to democracy. I want him to lose fair and square, not get shot.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-assassination-attempts) reduced by 88%. (I’m a bot)
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> Suspicious packages, bomb threats, death threats, harassment, assassination attempts, and violence are consequences of the politics of hate, now emanating more ferociously than ever from Trump and his sycophants.
> Trump's campaign has circulated a list of so-called "Incendiary" remarks Democrats have made against Trump and posted video clips from top Democrats calling him a "Threat." JD Vance says "We cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist and if he's elected it is going to be the end of American democracy." Hello? Calling Trump a fascist and a threat to democracy is not inciting violence; it's telling the truth.
> Let's be clear: The most significant cause of the upsurge in political violence – including the two attempts on Trump's life – is Trump himself, along with his close allies Vance and Elon Musk, and other cranks and crackpots that have come along for the ride.
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This is one reason why protecting a peaceful means of change is so important. If people don’t believe it’s possible to make change peacefully they will seek other means
True.
Hate is all he has, and hate is WHY he is still popular. There is a LOT of hate in America, but I think there is a lot more good. We will see in the fall which path America prefers: hate or joy. Fuck the GOP; Vote Harris
Chump dosent get to have his cake and eat it too.
I really, really hate him and republicans
The truth is that he is treasonous and an attacker. Stop speaking about him as though he’s going to do something and treat him like he already incited an insurrection, like he has already eroded our freedoms, like he has already targeted women’s and trans rights, like he is a criminal, a sexual predictor and is planning to assault us further.
It’s baffling to me how disconnected people are to what he’s already done.
I’m also just sick and tired of Republicans being absolute hysterical drama queens. It’s non-stop.
Again it’s been republicans taking shots at MAGA. It’s a problem within their own house.
Robert Reich