cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/78177

President Donald Trump bragged that his administration “took the freedom of speech away” from protesters who burn the American flag during a rant against anti-fascists on Wednesday. While speaking about “antifa-inspired terror” in a meeting on the anti-fascist movement, Trump touted his recent executive order instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi to find ways to prosecute people who burn the…

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  • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I wonder how many people will eventually realize they became fascists. I wonder how many people will ever feel bad about it. I wonder about the world. I really do.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      As an American: a truly depressing proportion of my countrymen treat our (deeply fucking imbecilic) politics like (American) football teams. The players and coaching may change, but they will ALWAYS support “their guys”. It’s so fucking stupid and it’s probably going to kill us all. I suppose the silver lining is that it’s going to kill the stupid people too.

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          Problem with Naziism is you eventually run out of outsiders to murder and you have to close ranks every now and then to push a few people out.

      • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com
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        It’s 'Murica

        It’s not surprising at all

        Quite a few people were rather fond of Hitler, but that gets conveniently ignored

          • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works
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            Yeah, I’ve been listening to some history stuff recently and while I know the whole idea of nations had shifted since the 1930s it’s still surprising just how much people were willing to put up with and how far the Nazis got before they encountered real global resistance. Also how many incidents went right for them that could have maybe broken the regime.

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      There’s historical precedent, although I’ve never looked into how many Nazi supporters after WWII convincingly claimed they regretted what they did, if any.

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      Not many. At best if the movement is destroyed they will move on and just not think about it anymore.