


..peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard..
CH level perceptive right here. ^
https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherco ... dium=emailIn her discussion with host Anderson Cooper, Harris focused on the reiteration yesterday by Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff, retired U.S. Marine Corps general John Kelly, that Trump had spoken admiringly of Adolf Hitler and expressed a desire to have generals like Hitler’s. In an interview with the New York Times, Kelly said Trump “met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law.”
The ideology of fascism is associated with Italian journalist and politician Benito Mussolini, who articulated a new political ideology in the 1920s. Mussolini had been a socialist as a young man and had grown frustrated at how hard it was to organize people. No matter what socialists tried, they seemed unable to convince their neighbors that they must rise up and take over the country’s means of production. The efficiency of World War I inspired Mussolini to give up on socialism and develop a new political theory.
Mussolini rejected the equality that defined democracy and came to believe that some men were better than others. Those few must lead, taking a nation forward by directing the actions of the rest. They must organize the people as they had during wartime, ruthlessly suppressing all opposition and directing the economy so that business and politicians worked together. Logically, that select group of leaders would elevate a single man, who would become an all-powerful dictator. To weld their followers into an efficient machine, they demonized opponents into an “other” that their followers could hate.
This hierarchical system of government was called “fascism” after the bundle of rods tied around an axe that was the ancient Roman symbol of authority and power. Italy adopted it, and Mussolini’s ideas inspired others, notably Germany’s Adolf Hitler. These leaders believed that their new system would reclaim a glorious past with the ideology of the future, welding pure men into a military and social machine that moved all as one, while pure women supported society as mothers. They set out to eliminate those who didn’t fit their model and to destroy the messy, inefficient democracy that stood in their way.
But while today we associate fascism with this European movement, its foundational principle—that some men are better than others and have the right and even the duty to rule over the majority—runs parallel to that same strand in United States history. Indeed, Nazi lawyers and judges turned to America’s Jim Crow laws for inspiration, and Hitler looked to America’s Indigenous reservations as a way to rid a country of “unwanted” people.
For retired Marine general John Kelly to have spoken out against Trump before the 2024 election was a huge deal. As Secretary Buttigieg put it: “It’s one thing for some leftist group to call you a fascist. Quite another when it’s a fellow Republican. And absolutely astonishing when it’s your own chief of staff.” But Kelly was not alone. Former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told veteran journalist Bob Woodward that Trump is “fascist to the core.”
In tonight’s CNN town hall, Vice President Harris told Cooper that she agreed that Trump is a fascist. She noted that when a four-star Marine general comes out two weeks before an election to warn Americans that one of the candidates is a fascist, we should see this as “a 911 call to the American people.”
Trump is “increasingly unstable,” Harris said, “and unfit to serve…. [T]he people who know Donald Trump best, the people who worked with him in the White House, in the Situation Room, in the Oval Office, all Republicans by the way, who served in his administration, his former chief of staff, his national security advisor, former secretaries of defense, and his vice president have all called him unfit and dangerous. They have said explicitly he has contempt for the Constitution of the United States. They have said he should never again serve as President of the United States,” she said.
When Trump talks about “the enemy within,” Harris said, “ [h]e's talking about the American people. He's talking about journalists, judges, nonpartisan election officials…. And he's going to sit there unstable, unhinged, plotting his revenge, plotting his retribution. Creating an enemies list.” In contrast, she said, she would have a “to-do list” to work on the things that matter to the American people.
When Trump responded to Kelly’s claims, he appeared to confuse Kelly, who was retired when Trump chose him to serve as White House chief of staff, and Mark Milley, the active-duty chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump referred to four-star general Kelly, whose son died in Afghanistan, as “tough and dumb,” a “LOWLIFE, and a bad General,” but then went on to talk of him as active duty and to say he stopped seeking his advice in the White House.
Forced to comment on Kelly’s comment about Trump’s embracing fascism, Republican leaders are either ducking the question or acting as if it is not a big deal. On CNN this morning, New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu said the news that Trump has praised Hitler will not affect Sununu’s support. “If we can get a Republican mindset out of Washington,” he said, “we need that culture change.”
At a rally tonight in Macon, Georgia, Trump agreed with the audience as it chanted: “Lock him up.” “You should lock them up,” Trump said. “Lock up the Bidens. Lock up Hillary. Lock ‘em up.”
She's just as dumb as the people voting for her
doneOLD will try to defuse this by discrediting Kelly and others and he'll mention that the majority of his staffers still support him. The fact that so many don't and that many of those were in key roles is mind-blowing. The statements they've made when discussing DONEold's unfitness for office is mind-blowing.kalm wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:04 am For those offended at Trump being considered a fascist….
https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherco ... dium=emailIn her discussion with host Anderson Cooper, Harris focused on the reiteration yesterday by Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff, retired U.S. Marine Corps general John Kelly, that Trump had spoken admiringly of Adolf Hitler and expressed a desire to have generals like Hitler’s. In an interview with the New York Times, Kelly said Trump “met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law.”
The ideology of fascism is associated with Italian journalist and politician Benito Mussolini, who articulated a new political ideology in the 1920s. Mussolini had been a socialist as a young man and had grown frustrated at how hard it was to organize people. No matter what socialists tried, they seemed unable to convince their neighbors that they must rise up and take over the country’s means of production. The efficiency of World War I inspired Mussolini to give up on socialism and develop a new political theory.
Mussolini rejected the equality that defined democracy and came to believe that some men were better than others. Those few must lead, taking a nation forward by directing the actions of the rest. They must organize the people as they had during wartime, ruthlessly suppressing all opposition and directing the economy so that business and politicians worked together. Logically, that select group of leaders would elevate a single man, who would become an all-powerful dictator. To weld their followers into an efficient machine, they demonized opponents into an “other” that their followers could hate.
This hierarchical system of government was called “fascism” after the bundle of rods tied around an axe that was the ancient Roman symbol of authority and power. Italy adopted it, and Mussolini’s ideas inspired others, notably Germany’s Adolf Hitler. These leaders believed that their new system would reclaim a glorious past with the ideology of the future, welding pure men into a military and social machine that moved all as one, while pure women supported society as mothers. They set out to eliminate those who didn’t fit their model and to destroy the messy, inefficient democracy that stood in their way.
But while today we associate fascism with this European movement, its foundational principle—that some men are better than others and have the right and even the duty to rule over the majority—runs parallel to that same strand in United States history. Indeed, Nazi lawyers and judges turned to America’s Jim Crow laws for inspiration, and Hitler looked to America’s Indigenous reservations as a way to rid a country of “unwanted” people.
For retired Marine general John Kelly to have spoken out against Trump before the 2024 election was a huge deal. As Secretary Buttigieg put it: “It’s one thing for some leftist group to call you a fascist. Quite another when it’s a fellow Republican. And absolutely astonishing when it’s your own chief of staff.” But Kelly was not alone. Former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told veteran journalist Bob Woodward that Trump is “fascist to the core.”
In tonight’s CNN town hall, Vice President Harris told Cooper that she agreed that Trump is a fascist. She noted that when a four-star Marine general comes out two weeks before an election to warn Americans that one of the candidates is a fascist, we should see this as “a 911 call to the American people.”
Trump is “increasingly unstable,” Harris said, “and unfit to serve…. [T]he people who know Donald Trump best, the people who worked with him in the White House, in the Situation Room, in the Oval Office, all Republicans by the way, who served in his administration, his former chief of staff, his national security advisor, former secretaries of defense, and his vice president have all called him unfit and dangerous. They have said explicitly he has contempt for the Constitution of the United States. They have said he should never again serve as President of the United States,” she said.
When Trump talks about “the enemy within,” Harris said, “ [h]e's talking about the American people. He's talking about journalists, judges, nonpartisan election officials…. And he's going to sit there unstable, unhinged, plotting his revenge, plotting his retribution. Creating an enemies list.” In contrast, she said, she would have a “to-do list” to work on the things that matter to the American people.
When Trump responded to Kelly’s claims, he appeared to confuse Kelly, who was retired when Trump chose him to serve as White House chief of staff, and Mark Milley, the active-duty chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump referred to four-star general Kelly, whose son died in Afghanistan, as “tough and dumb,” a “LOWLIFE, and a bad General,” but then went on to talk of him as active duty and to say he stopped seeking his advice in the White House.
Forced to comment on Kelly’s comment about Trump’s embracing fascism, Republican leaders are either ducking the question or acting as if it is not a big deal. On CNN this morning, New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu said the news that Trump has praised Hitler will not affect Sununu’s support. “If we can get a Republican mindset out of Washington,” he said, “we need that culture change.”
At a rally tonight in Macon, Georgia, Trump agreed with the audience as it chanted: “Lock him up.” “You should lock them up,” Trump said. “Lock up the Bidens. Lock up Hillary. Lock ‘em up.”
I don't understand this as a campaign move. Whether Trump is a fascist or not doesn't in anyway help advance Harris's position as the candidate. It moves the conversation and attention to Trump, which is where he wants it, it invigorates his supporters who see collusion and conspiracy everywhere, and it pushes Harris and any ideas she may have out of the picture. When she should be making the closing arguments over abortion and women's health care, for instance, she's abandoning that to say that Trump is Hitler. It's a losing strategy and reeks of desperation. If you can't run on who you are then you won't get enough people to vote for you. It's a strange and likely defeatist approach in the last days of a campaign.
In that same way, biden inherited a mess from doneOLD.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:26 am in a way, Harris should be the one that has to clean up her own mess.... and it's a big ugly mess. Can this nervous wreck be the Commander and Chief? Biden has been wrong about everything foreign policy going back 4 decades and the bad guys of the world saw him for exactly what he was, a weak clown and they will certainly see Scamala as one. I've told my son to be prepared to deploy because something is going to break.
GannonFan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:18 amI don't understand this as a campaign move. Whether Trump is a fascist or not doesn't in anyway help advance Harris's position as the candidate. It moves the conversation and attention to Trump, which is where he wants it, it invigorates his supporters who see collusion and conspiracy everywhere, and it pushes Harris and any ideas she may have out of the picture. When she should be making the closing arguments over abortion and women's health care, for instance, she's abandoning that to say that Trump is Hitler. It's a losing strategy and reeks of desperation. If you can't run on who you are then you won't get enough people to vote for you. It's a strange and likely defeatist approach in the last days of a campaign.
As for the fascism, it's two questions, 1) is he, and 2) does it matter? As for the first one, sure if you want to bend the definition of fascism, which itself isn't even very well defined, you could tag him as such. But on the big things of fascism, i.e. government control of the economy, push for racial purity, and at least under Hitler, the systematic eradication/genocide of an entire race of people, the marshalling of the military to be beholden to the one leader, the desire to push beyond our borders militarily to expand our power, I don't see it. Is he a good guy? Absolutely not. Would he take on the mantle of a fascist dictator if he could? Maybe. Seems like a lot of heavy lifting for a guy not known for ideological pursuits. As for the second one, the beauty of this country, with our Constitution, with our rule of law, with our federalism (i.e. 50 states), with our volunteer and professional armed forces, and with our checks and balances, there really isn't a great possibility of someone ascending to dictator status. If Trump wins in a couple of weeks, come January 2029, he'll leave the White House and only ever come back on the public tour. Nothing he can do while in office will change that. While he's in power, just like his first term, he'll be limited by the scope of the office, and by the other branches of government, courts, and states, that limited him the first time. Heck, in two years the attention will shift away from the lame-duck status that Trump will have, made even more so by his advancing age, and we'll be talking about all the contenders for the office in the 2028 election. He may win in a couple of weeks, but the clock is already ticking on moving past Trump.
Does having a fascist leader “matter”?GannonFan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:18 amI don't understand this as a campaign move. Whether Trump is a fascist or not doesn't in anyway help advance Harris's position as the candidate. It moves the conversation and attention to Trump, which is where he wants it, it invigorates his supporters who see collusion and conspiracy everywhere, and it pushes Harris and any ideas she may have out of the picture. When she should be making the closing arguments over abortion and women's health care, for instance, she's abandoning that to say that Trump is Hitler. It's a losing strategy and reeks of desperation. If you can't run on who you are then you won't get enough people to vote for you. It's a strange and likely defeatist approach in the last days of a campaign.
As for the fascism, it's two questions, 1) is he, and 2) does it matter? As for the first one, sure if you want to bend the definition of fascism, which itself isn't even very well defined, you could tag him as such. But on the big things of fascism, i.e. government control of the economy, push for racial purity, and at least under Hitler, the systematic eradication/genocide of an entire race of people, the marshalling of the military to be beholden to the one leader, the desire to push beyond our borders militarily to expand our power, I don't see it. Is he a good guy? Absolutely not. Would he take on the mantle of a fascist dictator if he could? Maybe. Seems like a lot of heavy lifting for a guy not known for ideological pursuits. As for the second one, the beauty of this country, with our Constitution, with our rule of law, with our federalism (i.e. 50 states), with our volunteer and professional armed forces, and with our checks and balances, there really isn't a great possibility of someone ascending to dictator status. If Trump wins in a couple of weeks, come January 2029, he'll leave the White House and only ever come back on the public tour. Nothing he can do while in office will change that. While he's in power, just like his first term, he'll be limited by the scope of the office, and by the other branches of government, courts, and states, that limited him the first time. Heck, in two years the attention will shift away from the lame-duck status that Trump will have, made even more so by his advancing age, and we'll be talking about all the contenders for the office in the 2028 election. He may win in a couple of weeks, but the clock is already ticking on moving past Trump.
As for the tendencies:UNI88 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 10:03 amGannonFan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:18 am
I don't understand this as a campaign move. Whether Trump is a fascist or not doesn't in anyway help advance Harris's position as the candidate. It moves the conversation and attention to Trump, which is where he wants it, it invigorates his supporters who see collusion and conspiracy everywhere, and it pushes Harris and any ideas she may have out of the picture. When she should be making the closing arguments over abortion and women's health care, for instance, she's abandoning that to say that Trump is Hitler. It's a losing strategy and reeks of desperation. If you can't run on who you are then you won't get enough people to vote for you. It's a strange and likely defeatist approach in the last days of a campaign.
As for the fascism, it's two questions, 1) is he, and 2) does it matter? As for the first one, sure if you want to bend the definition of fascism, which itself isn't even very well defined, you could tag him as such. But on the big things of fascism, i.e. government control of the economy, push for racial purity, and at least under Hitler, the systematic eradication/genocide of an entire race of people, the marshalling of the military to be beholden to the one leader, the desire to push beyond our borders militarily to expand our power, I don't see it. Is he a good guy? Absolutely not. Would he take on the mantle of a fascist dictator if he could? Maybe. Seems like a lot of heavy lifting for a guy not known for ideological pursuits. As for the second one, the beauty of this country, with our Constitution, with our rule of law, with our federalism (i.e. 50 states), with our volunteer and professional armed forces, and with our checks and balances, there really isn't a great possibility of someone ascending to dictator status. If Trump wins in a couple of weeks, come January 2029, he'll leave the White House and only ever come back on the public tour. Nothing he can do while in office will change that. While he's in power, just like his first term, he'll be limited by the scope of the office, and by the other branches of government, courts, and states, that limited him the first time. Heck, in two years the attention will shift away from the lame-duck status that Trump will have, made even more so by his advancing age, and we'll be talking about all the contenders for the office in the 2028 election. He may win in a couple of weeks, but the clock is already ticking on moving past Trump.Calling doneOLD a fascist might be red meat to many in the progressive wing of the party but I'm not sure if it appeals to moderate/independent voters in the swing states. And I'm not sure it overcomes any reluctance by pro-hamas type progressives to get out and vote for harris.
As far as DONEold being a fascist. He definitely has fascist tendencies:
- wanting generals who are loyal to him not the Constitution
- threatening to use the military against American citizens/the enemy within
- dictator for one day
- many elements of project 2025
- weird focus on genetics ("we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now")
There is no doubt in my mind that he would take the mantle of a dictator if he could. I don't know if it would be a fully fascist dictatorship or just a cult of personality.
If elected, he will challenge those checks and balances and rage against them when they prevent him from doing what he wants.
Waiting on the list, as well as the probability of being able to do any of it.kalm wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 10:26 amDoes having a fascist leader “matter”?GannonFan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:18 am
I don't understand this as a campaign move. Whether Trump is a fascist or not doesn't in anyway help advance Harris's position as the candidate. It moves the conversation and attention to Trump, which is where he wants it, it invigorates his supporters who see collusion and conspiracy everywhere, and it pushes Harris and any ideas she may have out of the picture. When she should be making the closing arguments over abortion and women's health care, for instance, she's abandoning that to say that Trump is Hitler. It's a losing strategy and reeks of desperation. If you can't run on who you are then you won't get enough people to vote for you. It's a strange and likely defeatist approach in the last days of a campaign.
As for the fascism, it's two questions, 1) is he, and 2) does it matter? As for the first one, sure if you want to bend the definition of fascism, which itself isn't even very well defined, you could tag him as such. But on the big things of fascism, i.e. government control of the economy, push for racial purity, and at least under Hitler, the systematic eradication/genocide of an entire race of people, the marshalling of the military to be beholden to the one leader, the desire to push beyond our borders militarily to expand our power, I don't see it. Is he a good guy? Absolutely not. Would he take on the mantle of a fascist dictator if he could? Maybe. Seems like a lot of heavy lifting for a guy not known for ideological pursuits. As for the second one, the beauty of this country, with our Constitution, with our rule of law, with our federalism (i.e. 50 states), with our volunteer and professional armed forces, and with our checks and balances, there really isn't a great possibility of someone ascending to dictator status. If Trump wins in a couple of weeks, come January 2029, he'll leave the White House and only ever come back on the public tour. Nothing he can do while in office will change that. While he's in power, just like his first term, he'll be limited by the scope of the office, and by the other branches of government, courts, and states, that limited him the first time. Heck, in two years the attention will shift away from the lame-duck status that Trump will have, made even more so by his advancing age, and we'll be talking about all the contenders for the office in the 2028 election. He may win in a couple of weeks, but the clock is already ticking on moving past Trump.
Now let me go list many of the fascist things Trump and company have literally spoken and aspired to as proof!
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I can’t remember the details or exactly what year it was about the same thing happened to me
Not even close, we were going to eventually bounce back from Covid and Kamelas save America act only made inflation worse…UNI88 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 9:52 amIn that same way, biden inherited a mess from doneOLD.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:26 am in a way, Harris should be the one that has to clean up her own mess.... and it's a big ugly mess. Can this nervous wreck be the Commander and Chief? Biden has been wrong about everything foreign policy going back 4 decades and the bad guys of the world saw him for exactly what he was, a weak clown and they will certainly see Scamala as one. I've told my son to be prepared to deploy because something is going to break.
You should tell someone about it just a few days before the election. It helps to get it off your chest. You are braveCaribbean Hen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 11:05 amI can’t remember the details or exactly what year it was about the same thing happened to me![]()
Aren’t you someone ?Bobcat wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 11:08 amYou should tell someone about it just a few days before the election. It helps to get it off your chest. You are braveCaribbean Hen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 11:05 am
I can’t remember the details or exactly what year it was about the same thing happened to me![]()
You were oh so close to getting it at the time. I’m glad you eventually understood.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 10:32 amHey Clam Bake
We got your silly point but ignored it just to show you how dumb it was
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Well I don’t want close to any of it. It’s highly unlikely to see a Night of the Broken Glass or a burning of the capital building however a Orban style takeover is already being attempted through media and the courts.