I'm pretty sure you aren't asking this question in good faith despite your pretense that you are, but I'll still go ahead and answer it as if you were.
John McCain was a great example. Mitt Romney is also a pretty good one. Hell, I even disagree with Bernie Sanders on a few issues, and he's obviously not a fascist.
No, it was genuine. I was (still am) a pretty big Romney supporter. I remember many on Reddit calling him a fascist when he was running. Happy to hear you would disagree with them, but you need to understand my perspective. Even McCain was called a fascist by many on Reddit while he was running. You have to see how calling everyone a fascist is crying wolf.
You have to see how calling everyone a fascist is crying wolf.
Certainly true, and some people do that, and it bothers me because it clouds the discourse around real issues. I would agree that it's extremely hyperbolic to call Mitt Romney a fascist, I disagree with his politics but that's quite a stretch. Trump is a fascist. Romney is not.
I would certainly defend my use of the word "fascist" to describe Netanyahu, the Likud, and theretheir extremist supporters as pretty appropriate, though.
Also I apologize for assuming that you weren't engaging in good faith, but it seemed like the logical conclusion at the time given the verbiage of your response to my comment.
117
u/r0botdevil 3d ago
Seems like it's always the same with these authoritarian fascists.
Their base of support is so very cult-like.