• BringMeTheDiscoKing@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Hey yeah, I should stop picking on that Putin guy! 😁

    I said Trump was Putin’s pet. He’s a foreign agent only by happenstance and perhaps through manipulation.

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      9 months ago

      To people who feel deprived of a clear social identity, Ur-Fascism says that their only privilege is the most common one, to be born in the same country. This is the origin of nationalism. Besides, the only ones who can provide an identity to the nation are its enemies. Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged. The easiest way to solve the plot is the appeal to xenophobia. But the plot must also come from the inside: Jews are usually the best target because they have the advantage of being at the same time inside and outside.

      • Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascism
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          9 months ago

          Nazi’s blame all their problems on a grand Jewish conspiracy, BlueMAGA blame it on a grand Russian one. Ultimately they’re both fascists.

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            9 months ago

            Why do you think a conspiracy is necessary for Trump to be Putin’s pet?

            You seem to be convinced that I’m some kind of conspiracy theorist but I already told you I think Trump is a “Russian agent” through happenstance.

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              9 months ago

              Why do you think a conspiracy is necessary for Trump to be Putin’s pet?

              Blueanon is beyond parody.

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                  9 months ago

                  “I didn’t say anything about a conspiracy! I just said Biden is a puppet of George Sores!”

                  Least disingenuous fascist.

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                    9 months ago

                    I didn’t say anything about a conspiracy with Russia, and I certainly didn’t say anything about George Soros (I assume)

                    Are you okay?

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          9 months ago

          My favourite genre of post: present a strawman in the form of a question, then scoff at how ridiculous the strawman question is.

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            9 months ago

            How is it a straw man? It’s a clear implication of your words. Explain how else your position could be interpreted.

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              9 months ago

              It’s a clear implication of your words

              “You didn’t say it, but I have decided it’s what you meant” Totally not a strawman

              Explain how else your position could be interpreted.

              Try actually reading what I said, rather than trying to concoct some absurd, bad faith ‘interpretation.’

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                9 months ago

                I did. Twice now. Given the context, there is no other interpretation. Go ahead and downvote this too. It won’t make you right, but I bet it makes you feel like you won something.