• rio [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    where he argues that trumpism constitutes a form of fascism

    This is a fucking lie though. Paxton explicitly argued against equating Trumpism with fascism even in the article where he calls Trump a fascist and if you had read the book you cited and then pretended to have read you would understand why he called it an anatomy of fascism.

    You are a hack.

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      No it isn’t. He also in the same breath where he points out that Trumpism has differences to traditional fascism point out htat Trump has differences to traditional fascism, but clarifies without making a distinction that the label is not only right but necessarily applied. It’s also of course right before he makes a specific comparison and equivalence between the fascist french veterans storming the parliament and the US protestors storming the capitol on January 6th.
      Insults are not a substitute for an argument.

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        The incitement of public violence is explicitly makes Trump a fascist, to Paxton, and that’s entirely consistent with his book that you pretended to have read and means you were a dishonest hack to present this as though Paxton’s definition of exclusions and attributes is somehow some washy “fascism is a vibe” thing.

        That’s not his definition at all, he’s all about line drawing, and he likes bright lines.

        And citing books you haven’t read and then pretending to have read them and then saying “I proved I know what I’m talking about” when all you’re proving is that you haven’t read the book you pretended to have read is what makes you a fucking wanker and a hack.

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          I don’t know how to respond to this except to say you’re just not arguing with anything I’ve said, and in the process you’ve said a lot of stuff that’s not true and quite obviously so?