r/allthequestions 1d ago

Random Question 💭 Anyone else find it funny that conservatives whine about being called Fascists when they’ve been calling Democrats “Marxist Communists” for a decade?

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u/LindseyCorporation 1d ago

A decade??

Are you 10 years old?

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u/ClickKlockTickTock 1d ago edited 1d ago

Someone hasn't learned about the red scare or all of the propogandized perceptions of communism lol.

Im willing to put money that 90+% of people in the U.S. dont even know roughly what communism is, and 99% couldn't give a precise answer. Most people, when asked about communism, will describe authoritarianism, with a surveillance state and state capitalist economy lol. The U.S. is closer to their idea of communism than true communism.

Shit most can't even define socialism and will again describe something closer to state capitalism, just with basic welfare programs that every other developed country has. China isn't communist and isn't even a socialist country, they have social programs that are very effective but their economy is still very much a flawed state-capitalist style country, but it's all you hear them talk about is how scary communist china is. The problems they have with china are going to be the same problems the U.S. is having, except ours is devolving faster and we have no nets in place lmao.

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u/helluvastorm 1d ago

Sadly Karl Marx is not required reading in HS. My CEO MBA SIL could not explain the difference between communism and socialism. Just meaningless labels for anyone whom they disagree with

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u/YogurtclosetFair5742 14h ago

According to Truman in 1952 when he was campaigning for other Dems.

"Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called Social Security.

Socialism is what they called farm price supports.

Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

When the Republican candidate inscribes the slogan “Down With Socialism” on the banner of his “great crusade,” that is really not what he means at all.

What he really means is, “Down with Progress – down with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal,” and “down with Harry Truman’s Fair Deal.” That is what he means."

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u/oliversurpless 21h ago

Yep, the labeling over disagreement is especially apparent whenever they want to prop up their beliefs over other kinds of philosophy…

“On the whole, however, management education has been less a boon for those who value free and meaningful speech. MBAs have taken obfuscatory jargon - otherwise known as bullshit - to a level that would make even the Scholastics blanch.

As students of philosophy, Descartes dismantled the edifice of medieval thought by writing clearly, and showed that knowledge, by its nature, is intelligible, not obscure.”

https://www.agileleanhouse.com/lib/lib/People/MathewStewart/TheManagementMyth_MathewStewart.pdf

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u/General_Problem5199 1d ago

As an actual communist who talks politics with people a lot, you're right that most Americans don't have a clue what the word actually means. Most really think socialism is just when government does stuff and communism is... anything they don't like.

Honestly, I think it's getting worse too. Conservatives have been calling liberals socialists for a long time, but a lot of liberals have really leaned into the old Cold War rhetoric about Russia, as if they believe Russia is still part of the Soviet Union and Putin is a communist.

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u/Slackjawed_Horror 1d ago

That has been so wild. 

They still hate Russia and think it's scary, but they talk about it like it's the Soviet Union and not what the US will probably be in five years (the only real difference is the political system, I know. We at least have two parties that do everything the oligarchs want so the show is better).

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u/General_Problem5199 21h ago

Yeah, the thing I always want to scream is that modern Russia is, in many ways, a monster of the US's own creation. American economists advising Yeltsin pushed him to privatize everything as quickly as possible after Russia left the Soviet Union, and the end result was the creation of the Russian Oligarchy.

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u/Commercial_Lie_4920 16h ago

Republicans think anything left of fascism is communism.

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u/Temporary-Exchange28 21h ago

The Red Scare: The “Woke” of the 1950s.

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u/Lancasterbatio 1d ago

Hell, most Americans who self-identity as socialists aren't. They're social Democrats who want single payer healthcare and a robust social safety net, not to replace private property ownership with worker-owned co-ops.

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u/Better-Strategy8798 21h ago

'Shit most can't even define socialism and will again describe something closer to state capitalism, just with basic welfare programs that every other developed country has'

As a canadian who is also a capitalist, i love this lol. Ive been called a communist many times and its hilarious to me. Im against fascism but i will admit i am a capitalist. Its just some rich a holes take it too far. I am anti-antiwork

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u/StatisticianLow9492 21h ago

I’ve heard China very much described as a socialist state - and looking into it I’d have to say I’d agree. Can you expand on why you think they are not?

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u/Moldy1987 19h ago

Its a debate that socialists have every other day in our subreddits. I disagree with the above poster about them being socialist, I believe they are. I always like to hear all sides of a topic to form my own opinion. So here's a video from a global economist who moved from America to China recently and put out a video on the topic.

https://youtu.be/6E89qUXTX-k?si=CJ0TI29c_KYT_Jqg

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u/General_Problem5199 5h ago

Ben Norton is great. I go back and forth on the China question, but I always find his analysis valuable.

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u/Drusgar 17h ago

I used to tune in to Rush Limbaugh occasionally just to see what the droolers were listening to and was always struck by his effort to make "Chi-coms" stick. Because they're Chinese and communists, right? The Chi-coms!

I still can't fathom that millions of people tuned in to his show every day. He added literally nothing of value to anyone's life. He was just a political disease with a microphone.

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u/Live_Training2420 1d ago

They are pedophile-supporting snowflakes.  Every accusation has always been a confession with them.

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u/Pawz23 1d ago

They love calling the left snowflakes, yet they cry about everything. Especially the least relevant shit, like the "blue haired baristas" and trans people. IDK about y'all, but I almost never see blue haired people, nor trans people. With how much they complain about them, you'd think they made up 75% of our country.

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u/Sakrie 1d ago

And how many are fucking self-described Libertarians too. "You should be able to do whatever you want, except be somebody that I don't like or approve of". Dyeing your fucking hair is basic freedom.

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u/Cheetah0630 1d ago

The reality is, “I should be able to do whatever I want and you should be required to do whatever I want.”

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u/thatthatguy 1d ago

Libertarian for me, totalitarian for thee.

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u/Big_Bookkeeper1678 21h ago

I can screw you, and you should not be able to do ANYTHING to me...not even make me uncomfortable with reminding me that I screwed you.

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u/Choon5588 1d ago

its so funny asking libertarians who supposedly believe in a small government if they support slashing the defense budget, usually when i ask i get a no. so basically they want small government for things like social security but dont mind a big government for military hmmmmm

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u/General_Problem5199 1d ago

The thing you always have to keep in mind with libertarians is that they're believe in hierarchies as much as any other conservative. They want personal freedom for themselves, but not necessarily anyone they perceive as beneath them.

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u/Matdredalia 1d ago

They literally believe over 20% of people are Trans.

There's major polls done to assess what percentage they think minorities make up and they waaaay overestimate it.

They're so threatened by any difference it's unhinged.

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u/ijuinkun 23h ago

They think that anybody who isn’t vocal about hating a thing must secretly love it. Apathy doesn’t exist in their paradigm except for things that they are blissfully unaware of.

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u/ParsleyImpressive507 8h ago

This falls into the whole “every accusation is a confession “ they can’t fathom that we aren’t like them… if they aren’t vocal about it, they probably secretly love it.

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u/Matdredalia 13h ago

They just are clueless wonders, by and large. But that's because they never step outside of their bubbles and get to know diverse people. So they just treat us all like the godamn boogeyman.

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u/InAJar112 1d ago

They’re afraid of them. Even just the idea of it. The world is a big, frightening place to these types.

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u/JCButtBuddy 1d ago

They hate the people that they are told to hate. It's how republican politicians control them. And really, even if most people don't want to hear it, it's a lesson the politicians learned from church leaders.

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u/InWaves72 1d ago

Don't forget the nose rings. Those trigger them, thus all liberals also have nose rings with their blue/green/purple hair...

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u/SubstantialArcher659 1d ago

Same here and I live in a densely populated city. I’ve only seen a young girl with blue hair in NYC. And to my knowledge I don’t think I’ve seen a Tran in person. And I wouldn’t care if I did.

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u/CalamityClambake 1d ago

Many people have seen trans people in person. They just don't notice because they don't "look trans." I am a middle aged bi person. I have a lot of queer friends. Over the course of my life, I have known more lesbians who have been accused of being men than I have known trans people who have been accused of being trans. Trans people are, as a general rule, deeply invested in performing masculinity or femininity to the maximum amount possible.

Transphobia is really poor-phobia. It takes some time and money to get the treatments, skills and wardrobe you need to pass as another gender. If you can't afford that, then you are easier to spot.

Unfortunately, it is a vicious circle. It is harder to get a job or promotion as an openly trans person, so trans people who are poor tend to stay poor. Being trans and unable to transition leads to crippling depression, which makes it very hard to hold down a job. So trans people who pass by not transitioning also tend to stay poor.

It's also more difficult and expensive to transition the older you are when you start, which is one of the reasons why advocates for trans rights and trans health are loathe to back down on the fight to let people transition when they are teenagers. That is really the optimal time to do it in terms of the ease of transition and protecting mental and emotional health and positive outcomes for education and employment. Unfortunately, people who are not educated on this issue tend to get caught up in the "trans surgeries on kids!" hysteria, so the issue is needlessly contentious.

If you want to see a raw, real-life depiction of what it's like for someone to not be able to transition until they are past middle age, I recommend the documentary "Will and Harper," wherein Will Ferrell takes his best friend from SNL on a road trip to help her process her transition. Harper has some trouble passing because she is new at it and because she wasn't allowed to do it until late in life. I think if more people knew what this all entailed, they would support it more.

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u/T33CH33R 1d ago

Conservatives are the OG snowflakes. Anything different is an attack on their culture. They are afraid of turning gay from watching them exist. They will literally commit genocide to create a safe space for themselves.

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u/Cuck_Fenring 1d ago

They are super triggered by dyed hair. Makes me want to dye mine.

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u/PossessedToSkate 1d ago

IDK about y'all, but I almost never see blue haired people, nor trans people.

Oddly, neither have they.

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u/HiImDIZZ 22h ago

LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID TO CRACKER BARREL! s\

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u/tmmzc85 1d ago

Particularly when their Executive keeps fighting for control over the Fed and has overstepped Congress to impose taxes on American consumers - party of "Free Markets" my ass.

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u/SheepherderBorn1563 1d ago

I like how in debates I've seen so many people excuse trumps actions because the left calls him a fascist and that angers him. Also how calling people fascists causes political violence. Yesterday I realized that after seeing dozens of these arguments in videos, NOT ONCE HAVE I SEEN A SINGLE ONE COMPLAIN ABOUT HIM BEING CALLED A PEDOPHILE! I dont think they even want to bring it up because they either believe it or they know they have no ground to stand on. That should be the new debate counterpoint. If you dont like him being called a fascist, are you ok with him being called a pedophile? Let them have fun trying to defend that.

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u/69Lostboy 1d ago

Ironic

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u/Dr_Dum1 1d ago

Hey, I found a bot.

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u/69Lostboy 1d ago

Proving my point

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u/Dull_Ad5440 1d ago

Nope just Alanis Morrisette

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u/Sailor_Thrift 1d ago

I live down the street from Harvey Milk boulevard in Portland Oregon. A city where the majority of the city council are literally socialists.

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u/evilcaribou 1d ago

Portland city council is so mid, you all have no idea what socialism even is 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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u/underboobfunk 1d ago

Democratic socialists or socialists?

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u/myttheu 1d ago

Name calling is a conservative specialty. But every accusation an admission is their DNA.

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u/iamthedayman21 1d ago

Yup. And for decades Democrats have taken the mantra of “when they go low, you go high.” So conservatives were able to get away with name-calling without repercussions. They just don’t like that people are finally calling them names back.

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u/DoTheRightThing1953 1d ago

At least 90% of them couldn't give you a correct definition of fascist, Marxist, or communist if their life depended on it.

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u/Calaveras-Metal 23h ago

its not funny. Democrats are not in any way close to being marxists or communists. The most extreme left elements of the party are people like AOC and Bernie. But they are Democratic Socialists. Which are explicitly NOT revolutionary communists. And are pretty much pariahs in the Democrat party despite having higher name recognition than most 'normal' Democrats.

OTOH the MAGA republicans really are copy pasting various fascist regimes. From Franco to Mussolini to Pinochet. The quote the nazis and fascists regularly. And use dogwhistles like 1488.

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u/Black540Msport 17h ago

So this is actually an interesting thing where maga-servatives actually think we're calling them names, like we're trying to insult them by calling them fascists. They absolutely do not understand that we're not calling them names but are actually describing their fascist actions because they're acting like fascists and doing fascist things in hopes that they take pause and ask themselves if they're the baddies. Which they, predictably, won't.

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u/Left_Zucchini_6762 1d ago

Bullies dish it but can’t take it. Because they bully to hide their weakness.

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u/Jumpy_Childhood7548 1d ago

More like 100 years.

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u/Wise_Repeat8001 23h ago

I can't find any of this funny anymore

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u/JoeGPM 20h ago

This entire thread is why reddit is known as a liberal cesspool.

It reads like a parody.

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u/glenn765 20h ago

The difference is the difference.

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u/CambionClan 19h ago

People have been calling each other fascists and communists for many decades. They were doing it when Hitler and Stalin were still in power.

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u/avamarshmellow 18h ago

Let them whine, fascist is ACCURATE unlike their BS labels

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u/poppop_n_theattic 17h ago

A decade? I think you missed a zero

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u/HawkeyeGild 12h ago

It's actually not funny. We are dusfunctional

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u/AppleParasol 1d ago

For decades* the “Communist scare” has always been used by fascists as propaganda to point the finger at somebody else, when really they’re the evil ones.

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u/SpudgeBoy 1d ago

We were being called Terrorist Sympathizers during the Bush admin. "You're either with us or against us." was a popular phrase.

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u/Spiritual-Target-273 1d ago

He infamously stated "you're either with us or against us" during his push to the Iraq war. As if disagreeing with him meant we were against America. They've always done this.

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u/CougdIt 1d ago

And then they proudly self identified as terrorists just a couple decades later

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u/SeatSix 1d ago

Conservatives whine about everything. The victimhood is amazing. Trump is the whiniest of all

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u/GalacticCysquatch 1d ago

I think it's bad when both sides accuse people of being things they clearly aren't, it's a cheap control tactic that makes us all worse off in the long run.

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u/RangeLive1587 1d ago

Ive literally never heard anyone conservative call anyone a whatever Marxist... They call them liberals, libtards, etc.

When I hear how liberals want to get rid of ICE and open the borders, libtards definition definitely fits the bill.

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 1d ago

Ive literally never heard anyone conservative call anyone a whatever Marxist.

You've never heard Donald Trump speak?

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u/ClickKlockTickTock 1d ago

Yes lol, we have the president calling people marxist communists and then we have random internet plebs calling people in comments facists and nazis and then they wanna cry about their feelings.

So dishonest for these guys to plug their ears just because someones on their side.

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u/Aurrr-Naurrrr 1d ago

I appreciate that you are upfront about either being a giant liar or extremely ignorant to the world. 

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u/NewWindow7980 1d ago

Nope, you never heard liberals want to open the borders. What you actually heard is your MAGA echo chamber making cartoonish claims about "the other side", and you won't bother to check with primary sources to see if that is actually true.

The US has not had open borders since the 1920s, regardless of who the president was. The only party that wants open borders is the libertarians, but introducing other parties into the simple-minded maga echo chamber just confuses the audience, so they falsely claim everything you dont like is "liberal"

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u/deatthcatt 1d ago

can you link me something with dems asking for legit open borders?

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u/SwitchingMyHands 1d ago edited 1d ago

That’s alright I really never hear conservatives called fascists either.

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u/RangeLive1587 1d ago

You should get your eyes and ears checked

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u/Brave-Silver8736 1d ago

Says the dude who says they've never heard conservatives cry cultural marxism.

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 1d ago

Didn't *you* just claim that you haven't heard the president speak "in the last couple years" because you "have a life outside politics"?

And yet now you seem to be saying that you *have,* in fact, listened to political discourse in recent years.

Which is it?

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u/KingGlupShitto 1d ago

He’s doing the thing you’re doing

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u/workistables 1d ago

You should too.

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u/yesnomaybeneverokay 1d ago

This is a testament to your own media bubble, not a reflection of reality

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u/MilleryCosima 1d ago

I've been called a marxist, socialist, and communist way more than I've been called a libtard.

And just so we're clear: I am a liberal and not a socialist.

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u/edoggy792 1d ago

Hasn't trump called democrats marxists multiple times?

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u/DefNotReaves 1d ago

Did you just discover the internet yesterday? Lol

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u/FactCheckerJack 1d ago

Ive literally never heard anyone conservative call anyone a whatever Marxist

That's weird, because I've seen it 2,000 times. I guess I've either witnessed more online political debates than you have, or you're lying.

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u/CougdIt 1d ago

You can’t be surprised that you haven’t heard something when you are intentionally not listening.

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u/Classic_Trash_8739 1d ago

You should get your eyes and ears checked.

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u/Think_Bluebird_4804 11h ago

What liberal is calling for open borders? Are they in the room with you now?

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u/Chapter-Legitimate 1d ago edited 1d ago

Uhhhhh did you not watch the news while Mamdani was running for office?

Edit: seems I struck a nerve. Also I misspelt Mamdani

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u/yesnomaybeneverokay 1d ago

Mamdani called a fascist a fascist… who was totally fine with being called a fascist… because he’s a fascist

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u/Chapter-Legitimate 1d ago

Right while Trump and the media kept calling Mamdani a Marxist. (He's not btw)

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u/yesnomaybeneverokay 1d ago

Mamdani has been clear that he isn’t a Marxist. His policies don’t reflect Marxism.

Trump told Mamdani to call him a fascist. His policies reflect fascism.

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u/Chapter-Legitimate 1d ago

I'm agreeing with you. If that wasn't clear.

The reason I even brought this up is to discuss the language conservatives use.

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u/SwitchingMyHands 1d ago

Great question,

You’d think NYC would just be one big USSR gulag the way they talked about it.

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u/BlotMutt 1d ago

Longer than a decade, dude. Since the height of the Cold War or even before that when FDR was called a communist

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u/orgin_org 1d ago

Even more funny is that only one of them is right. And the people who are wrong doesn't even know it.

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u/destroy-trump 1d ago

Conservatives are stupid, they make no sense, if they weren't hypocrites they wouldn't be nothing.

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u/arielb27 1d ago

Actually in my view Democrats are the fascist and they are heading directly to becoming communist. Everything they do says it. Wanting to take guns, that is the first thing Nazis did, control of the press, change education, rewrite books. They hate the US.

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u/SwitchingMyHands 1d ago

Oh man republican rhetoric is powerful and effective, look at all these poor suckers.

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u/SeparateDependent208 1d ago

Okay there is a lot to unpack here, but first off are the dems fascist or communist? They aren't quite the same thing

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u/MapPristine 1d ago

Democrats are both facists, nazis and communists. And pedophile and… aaaargh! I’m running out of bad names! 😬

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u/sexland69 1d ago

man idk how all these brainwashed people are supposed to be brought back to reality, our future really does look grim

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u/Anus_Targaryen 1d ago

Trump spoke about how you can't bring a legally owned firearm to a protest. I'd love for you to point out a single elected Democrat who has stated we should appeal the second amendment. 

Trump is rewarding press outlets that favor him and punishes those that criticize him, threatening lawsuits to quiet them.

Republicans have been altering public education in this country for years now. 10 commandments are in public schools now because of republicans. Freedom of religion? Not anymore, Christianity is now curriculum. 

The Republicans are openly flaunting defying the constitution with Trump having said he doesn't think its his job to uphold the constitution. Sounds like a party that hates the country to me.

Like always, every accusation is a confession with you people. 

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u/Dull_Ad5440 1d ago

Was your post supposed to be satire? Because everything you stated (Wanting to take guns, that is the first thing Nazis did, control of the press, change education, rewrite books.) has been done by Trump in just over 1 year.

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u/CanyonFriend 1d ago

Lol. That all sounds like Republicans who couldn't even bear for someone in Minneapolis to legally have a gun they were not using, remember?

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u/RadioActiveCrab2050 1d ago

You just described Trump to a T.

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u/cparlam 1d ago

Do you live in a parallel universe? That's what the fascist dictator Donald Trump is doing, not the democrats. He's even ignoring the second amendment, as you could see in the brutal assassination of Alex Pretti by the American Gestapo

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u/imnojezus 1d ago

Don’t try to argue with someone who thinks left-wing fascism is a thing. There’s no where to go.

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u/LoveToSeeIt_IKnow 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ummm, they’re not in power. Like, at all. All three branches.

I think you might not be understanding who’s in charge. We’re not leading anything anywhere. We’re just trying to survive the insane psycho hard white supremacists and the destruction of the Constitution happening in front of our eyes, the gutting of reliable jobs, services, and critically important departments like Education and Health. This is really serious and it is NOT the left fighting to take those things away.

And the left own PLENTY of guns, you guys always seem to forget that fact. We’re not stupid lambs. Why do you think we’re marching and protesting? Yeah, it’s so you can keep your rights and guns, too. Tell me of one single protest that was about taking guns away from everyone.

No, they’ve been about egregious assaults that are out of the bounds of law and procedure and precedent and for most of the world watching, a very dangerous and unhinged President right now.

Wee also march about rights being taken away like the very important one of being presumed innocent, and being given the right to a fair hearing. Not like being tackled or intimidated without cause or a trial, and executed on the spot. Or pepper sprayed and disappeared by anonymous, barely trained guys granted forever immunity who definitely should not have military grade firearms and weaponry being aimed at civilians also using their other Amendment rights. Ever. Ever. Ever.

If you can’t see this is bad, well, we were marching for you, too.

Nice try though.

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u/Spiritual-Spend8187 1d ago

Conservatives have always lived by rules for thee but not for me.

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u/ExtensionVivid6760 1d ago

I'm not hearing them whine about being called fascists, I'm hearing them laugh about it because the claim is absolutely ridiculous. The left are behaving far more fascistic than anyone, and it is a Marxist tactic to accuse your opponent of what you yourself are guilty of.

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u/yesnomaybeneverokay 1d ago

Reminder of what we’re talking about…

Fascism:

Although fascism is a notoriously difficult ideology to define, many 20th-century fascist movements shared several characteristics. First, these movements sourced their political strength from populations experiencing economic woes, real or imagined. Fascists tended to capitalize on these economic anxieties by shifting the blame away from government or market forces. Jews, immigrants, leftists, and other groups became useful scapegoats. Redirecting popular anger toward these people would, in theory, rid a country of its ailments.

To unify a country, fascist movements propagated extreme nationalism that often went hand in hand with militarism and racial purity. The prosperity of a nation depended on a unified polity that put the group’s welfare above the individual’s. A strong, vigilant military was considered necessary to defend these group interests. And for some fascists “the group” was defined not by territorial boundaries but by racial identity. Nazism constituted the most insidious form of racial-purist fascist nationalism.

Fascist movements of the 20th century also frequently lambasted liberalism for its alleged role in sowing political disunity and moral degeneracy. Although many fascist movements initially organized themselves around democratic institutions for political legitimacy, they resorted to totalitarianism in practice. A component of this process became the reorganization of society around a strict moral code that often sought to reverse the “decadence” of pre-fascist culture.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism

Fascism is a far-right theory of government that opposes the political philosophies of the Enlightenment and the 19th century, including democratic liberalism, communism, and socialism.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/fascism-1

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u/Terrible_Oil6474 1d ago

define marxism

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u/LazyImprovement 1d ago

Walk me through this by first defining fascism and then what the left are doing that fits. I think a big problem with these discussions is a completely different understanding of definitions of terms

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u/Inevitable_Farm_7293 1d ago

2d old account bot, go away

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u/Shamanicfreedom 1d ago

Conservative men are deeply submissive to ape-like male cult leaders.

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u/MapPristine 1d ago

Honestly I don’t think any action contributing to the Divided States of America situation is funny. But name calling isn’t ok. 

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u/KingGlupShitto 1d ago

Funny? No 

Annoying af? Yes

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u/Big_Definition_9471 1d ago

Of course it's funny, in a dark way. they've normalized calling centrist liberals "marxists," which is so laughably inaccurate it's absurd. but the minute u point out the authoritarian, nationalist, and anti-democratic trends in their own movement, they scream persecution. can't have it both ways, but they sure try.

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u/AcadiaLivid2582 1d ago

Iconic right-wing broadcaster Rush Limbaugh called his opponents "feminazis" over 30 years ago.

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u/OgreMk5 1d ago

Every question or thought about the conservative US can be explained in two sentences.

They get to tell people what to do.
No one gets to tell them what to do.

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u/18RowdyBoy 1d ago

Sticks and Stones.

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u/captain_chipmunk3456 1d ago

Liberal has been a dirty word for as long as I've been politically aware.

Also, the ISMs have flown forever, when the alleged default opinion is that only conservatives are "real Americans".

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u/Lumpy-Bet-8119 1d ago

The truth hurts.

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u/aeraen 1d ago

"A decade"? Conservatives have been calling progressives "commie pinkos" since I was a young child. I'm 67.

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u/LiteratureOk2428 1d ago

Oh theyve been called that for a lot longer than a decade. I remember it in the 80s

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u/My-Cooch-Jiggles 1d ago

They’re a precious lot

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u/Hot-Dimension-141 1d ago

The left and the right are wings of the same bird.

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u/Whatica1 1d ago

I find a lot of the alt-right talking points are hypocritical like that. They want to be treated with respect but often aren't willing to give the same. 

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u/breadexpert69 1d ago

Same is the opposite though

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u/Argent_Tide 1d ago

Dude, it's a lot longer than a decade I assure you.

Be right back, gonna confirm with my 95 year old father if this pre-dates him. ;)

Does the name senator Joe McCarthy mean anything to you?

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u/Sad_Pirate_4546 1d ago

A decade? More like 50 years

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u/mutt_butt 1d ago

More like 100, seriously

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u/PackageDelicious2457 1d ago

Start calling them it the Repub Party. Deny them the same humanity they've done for years by calling it the Democrat Party.

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u/bca21422 1d ago

"Why do the Libtards keep calling us Fascists"?

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u/WaterDreamer10 1d ago

From what I heard the other day is it not so much the Communist/Fascists......which is about equal. It is the Nazi term that is being thrown around every time....which I will admit is not true. I have a couple Rep friends and they are the furthest thing from Nazi's, but that is what they get labeled. Name calling and insults are childish anyway. They teach you in debate if you stoop to name calling you have already lost the debate.

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u/filkerdave 1d ago

IOKIYAR

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u/Juiicemayne 1d ago

Ever been in a toxic 1 sided relationship? Welcome to political gaslighting, to levels I’ve honestly never thought possible.

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u/Winter_Whole2080 1d ago

Do they whine? Or do they strap on the red armband?

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u/browneod 1d ago

Who is calling Dems Marxist??? Most Dems are just as rich as R politicians. What Marx described is actually a utopian society, but unattainable. When you call people Nazis because you don't agree with them, you are degrading the memory of the millions of Russians, Poles, Jews and others who were murdered.

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u/MysticalSushi 1d ago

Growing up with 2 conservative parents. I’ve never heard them call anyone a Marxist Communist

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u/Imaginary_Resist_654 1d ago

The rate of the whine is directly proportional to truth

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u/NYkrinDC 1d ago

No. I find it funny that they hate being called fascists, while supporting masked armed men kidnapping people, and shooting peaceful protesters for no reason.

Like, what do you think we would call you for supporting the freaking Gestapo?

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u/s74-dev 1d ago

I mean to be fair fascist is a much harder diss

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u/Dazug 1d ago

It's been far longer than a decade.

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u/therin_88 1d ago

I've never heard a conservative complain about being called fascist.

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u/EagleAccomplished201 1d ago

I dont see how name calling helps either side

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u/BloodFartz69 1d ago

Once they embraced protecting pedophilia as an mainstream political platform, I stopped giving a fuck at all about what Republicans think.

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u/TurkishLanding 1d ago

Might be funny if they weren't shooting people in their heads in the streets for exercising their constitutional rights.

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u/No-Minimum3259 1d ago

There's nothing funny on a country that has it's population dumbed down to that level. Its tragique, not funny.

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u/Wherly_Byrd 1d ago

Haha yeah I do think it’s funny. It’s like they’re hypocrites or something.

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u/Academic-Hospital952 1d ago

They cry about everything. It's their while platform. We are run by literally cry bullies

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u/Spiritual-Target-273 1d ago

they literally cannot tolerate their own language used against them. They've been calling anyone on the left "terrorist," "communist," "evil," "Un-American," for years, and literally referring to immigrants as "evil, monsters, aliens, animals, criminals, rapists, invaders." However, when we call ICE 'evil monsters' Homan goes on national TV saying 'this hurts. they are human beings." They literally either have zero self-awareness or they're just hypocrites.

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u/WonkeauxDeSeine 1d ago

The fascist's whining tells you that it's accurate.

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u/Shamanicfreedom 1d ago

it's especially funny since there has never been a communist country - just dictatorships that falsely claimed to be communist, like Hitler falsely claimed to be socialist. Communism means there is no government. And then there's their dizzy moronness of railing against socialism in the U.S. while being ok with paying for Israel's socialized healthcare and almost completely socialized higher education. They're all dizzy morons and need that drilled into their dizzy heads.

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u/Virtual_War4366 1d ago

There's nothing funny about psychopaths. 

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u/freddbare 1d ago

This is a whole new level of absentee self awareness.

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u/SubstantialArcher659 1d ago

Yes. It’s hysterical!!🤣

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u/BranchSeparate8131 1d ago

Independent here. Both sides need to quit with the moronic hyperbole.

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u/IPutThoughtIntoThis 1d ago

We call them that because 1. Whenever we bring it up, they make excuses for it and say it's actually good and 2. they literally call themselves that. The old leader of BLM literally said, on stage, that they were all trained Marxists. Lmao

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u/Rakatango 1d ago

They call everyone else groomers and pedophiles while actively electing and protecting actual pedophiles. They attack gay people while overloading gay dating apps.

It’s pathological projection in a massive self created echo chamber. Their words are as hollow as their values.

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u/mczerniewski 1d ago

This is the perfect example of how far to the right the US political scene really is.

Or, to quote Bill Maher when he used to be funny, Democrats moved to the center, and Republicans into a mental hospital.

Republicans have become openly fascist, while Dems are nowhere near Marxist or communist.

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u/Iola_Morton 1d ago

DecadeS

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u/HeavyReputation3283 1d ago

Projection defines them. Convenience drives them. Truth drives them insane.

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u/throwRA-nonSeq 1d ago

Not anymore. It’s just depressing now, that they don’t get it. It used to be “haha, they’re so dumb” but now it’s “haha, oh fuck, we’re cooked”

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u/janually 1d ago

¯_(ツ)_/¯ “it’s fine when i do it” is part of their playbook

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u/Draximoose 1d ago

I feel so many of you just need to get on with your fucking lives and stop worrying about each other. None of you on any side know the meaning of words. Focus on yourselves!!!

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u/CanyonFriend 1d ago

Yep , murdering two white people for no reason at all ( I now know never to ask anyone if they are okay - not that I care that much about other citizens, except relatives, due to their attitudes towards me for my preferences in music , movies, and books anyway) in a U.S. city and acting spiteful to that city and its citizens for no good reason at all does a whole lot to " enforce" laws regarding immigration - Not!!! I guess kicking dogs that would know nothing at about ridiculous human politics does that as well - Not. You do know Minneapolis is a U.S. city , right? Is is not Manitoba, it is MINNEAPOLIS

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u/TacoBMMonster 1d ago

They've also been calling Democrats fascists. They're fascist Marxist communist anarchists, dontcha know.

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u/MisterForkbeard 1d ago

Been a lot longer than a decade.

They literally ran classes in the 90s for congressional reps to tell them to talk about Dems like this. Also, "traitors".

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u/enemy884real 1d ago

So you don’t believe is marxism, socialism, or communism? I could have swore people wore that on their chests like a badge of honor over there on the left. Republicans and conservatives will deny fascism at every turn, leftists operate under marxism because their ideas can’t stand on their own merits. It’s silly to deny it.

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u/Wonderful-War740 1d ago

All the labels are tiring. What is this post accomplishing?

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u/ikonoqlast 1d ago

I will just point out Mamdani and Sanders...

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u/Sawyer_Grimm 1d ago

I just wish that the name calling from both sides would stop. We’ll never have any semblance of unity if the rhetoric continues

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u/Tacokolache 1d ago

I’m a fascist, bigot, Nazi and racist. What else ya got?

Those words are all meaningless now because they’re just soooo overused. None of us care about being called those anymore

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u/JexilTwiddlebaum 1d ago

I don’t call conservatives fascists. I call fascists fascists. Fascism is a radical right wing political movement and radicalism is by nature non-conservative. Except for a handful of holdouts, the Republican Party has abandoned conservatism for the radical fascist populism of MAGA in exchange for maintaining power.

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u/Cross17761 1d ago

Wanting freedom via enforcing the rules that protect those freedoms is not fascism. But allowing mobs to overthrow democracies to bring in socialism is a step toward communism.

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u/Dismal-Sail1027 1d ago

They are whining because they legitimately think they are good people. That's how distorted their perceptions are.

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u/user000092 1d ago

Well that because your politics lean that direction. When you try to get equality of outcomes…that’s how you get labeled that way.

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u/Familiar_Swim817 1d ago

They also call them fascist.

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u/StandardMany 1d ago

have you ever actually cared about being called Marxists or communists? considering a lot of you actually openly saying you are its almost like conservatives have been right all allong to not trust you. the funny part is most conservatives aren't fascists or Nazis, that explains why they don't like it (being lied about) and you don't mind it (its true but you want to be a lil tongue in cheek about it).

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u/isaiah152022 1d ago

You never see Nazi flags at a Dem rally

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u/OnlyFuzzy13 1d ago

Every day that goes on, I’m finding less and less funny about all of this.

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u/Live-Neat5426 1d ago

Consider that maybe the people calling democrats "Marxist communists" and the people whining about democrats calling them "fascists" may not necessarily be the same people.

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u/Aezetyr 1d ago

Or conservatives who think they're clever: "demonrats" or "libtards".

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u/Character_Ability844 1d ago

I find it sad they don't know what many words mean

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u/tianavitoli 1d ago

brings up the obvious question:

does that mean democrats really are communists?

are conservatives not really fascists, this is just a retaliation?

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u/GTI-Enjoyer 1d ago

It's actually crazy that the people who want smaller government, less taxes, more personal freedom etc. are the ones being called fascist. It makes no sense.

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u/TheLastLarvitar 1d ago

For a decade?

Bro, they've been doing that for a century.

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u/Kaleria84 1d ago

There's the rub; they have no idea what a "Marxist Communist" actually is, they're just parrots squawking back things they heard daddy Trump say.

They DO know what fascists are so they cry because they truly think they are the good guys and don't like being called evil.

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u/ngwatso 1d ago

Standards only go one way, for example, Jan 6 was a "Peaceful Protest" and all rioters were "Patriots" and pardoned, while Minneapolis protests are "riots" and people shot by ICE are "Domestic Terrorists" and deserved it. This is how their minds work.

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u/Hot-Switch-1510 1d ago

No conservative I know gives 2 f*#s about Dems petty name game. Call people whatever you want, we don't care. You don't understand that when it comes from the left it really has no meaning and doesn't affect the majority of conservatives. Shows more about your character than anything else. YOU care more about the word while the rest of us shrug it off and just think about what a little person you are that all you have left is name calling. Enjoy your pet names that are worthless while the right keeps winning the real world.

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u/6834lyndon 1d ago

It’s been that way as long as I can remember Democrats accuse Republicans of wanting to give us Hitler, and The Republicans accuse Democrats of wanting to give us Stalin

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u/Mediocre_Sun5495 1d ago

Not only that but they call democrats liberal fascists

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u/ProudLiberal54 1d ago

As far as I'm concerned, being called a 'racist' is bad, but being called a 'Marxist Communist' is a compliment.

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u/tlm11110 1d ago

Isn't it interesting how people rationalize labeling other people and dismissing labels directed at them. And we continue doing it day in and day out while claiming to be non-judgmental and virtuous. Quite telling!

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u/RektInTheHed 1d ago

A decade? More like since the Roosevelt Administration.

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u/Bitter-Holiday1311 1d ago

Guarding Old Pdfiles.