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Oh look another "GOP are fascists" post! I get that you guys dont like those guys, but your group is more fascistic than there group.
How so?
They totally feel it to be true, and they've been told their feelings are more valuable and true than actual facts.
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For starters everything that happened with COVID.
I mean, you may have a point but you're being vague either intentionally or not I'm not sure.
Do you mean: vaccine mandates? mask mandates?
What exactly was fascistic about COVID?
I am referring to all the things that did that forced people to go along or be punish by the government or private government funded institutions.
There were no mask mandates federally I don't think. Most of those were instituted state-wide?
Vaccine mandates date back to 1800s in the US. However, I'm once again I'm left to my imagination.
I think I'd need some examples? Also, are those things fascist? Or are they government policies you disagree with?
The vaccine mandate that the president instituted using OSHA, would be the biggest thing of all, but the supreme court shot that down. Or that people couldnt work in most states due to the virus. That was done on the state level with guidance from the federal level, but was probably one of the most damaging things to happen in the country with no actual benefit. They took away all kinds of rights, and many times they well knew it was unconstitutional.
Hang on, so the president instituted a vaccine mandate but the supreme court shot it down. How's that fascist? I did mention that vaccine mandates aren't actually new.
If things are done at the state level isn't that dependent upon the state? How's that a blue thing? Were only blue states affected? Would you mind linking to any articles about this?
I mean I think removing Roe V Wade was far more damaging than any of that stuff. I thought seizing the supreme court was messed up.
He knew it wasnt legal but did it anyways. Forcing people to get a shot with no rational reason is forcing them to live how they do not want to. Lockdowns were not exclusively a blue thing, but were overwhelmingly done more in blue areas. Roe V Wade is the exact opposite of fascism because it decentralized power.
How do you believe the right is being more fascistic?
Yeah trump and his cult are actually fascists. Don't know about the rest of the party but trump is, and so are several other major right-wing figures who are gaining too much ground worldwide. Look up Mussolini. Also learn the definition of fascism (it's not just authoritarianism you don't like)