(01-17-2021, 07:09 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(01-17-2021, 02:05 AM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: That Trump has failed at fascism doesn't mean his intent isn't toward it. Firstly, he's incompetent and lazy. Secondy, he's unprincipled. Thirdly, he's hampered by our system of checks and balances. But make no mistake, he'll play a set of grievances he feels his hillbilly fan base will relate to. He cares not for them or their issues, but he will play their hero. It's like if a moron tries fascism. Wait, it's not remotely like that it, it's exactly that.

This is a terrible argument. Trump never made any fascist claims. The left just called him a fascist. Using your logic, conservatives can call Biden a Pedo, then when you point out they don't have any evidence for it, they can just say he's bad at being a pedo. That's how this works? 

I can't remember if it was posted on this board or not, but I believe a Vox piece asked scholars of fascism whether or not Trump was a fascist and almost all of them said no. Don't get me wrong, they made sure to say he was a terrible person. It's just that when people actually had to look at the facts, the accusation didn't hold up. You can believe what you want. It doesn't make your argument intelligent, though.

I'm not sure why you deny he fancies himself a tin pot dictator.  He labels press that disagrees with the enemy of the people. He even suggested at one point, that they should dealt with by force of government. He constantly denied reality in this last election in an attempt to reinstall himself as the dear leader again. But yeah, not fascist. 

I don't understand you guy's fealty to this sociopathic monster. He doesn't care about you or your ideology. He would take a giant crap in you and your family's mouth if it meant something better for him. Maybe he's a means to an end for you guys?

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