Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things.

MacNCheezus@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

You ever heard the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

I kinda think that’s what’s happening here. Leftists and Liberals have been calling Republicans (and especially Trump) fascist since AT LEAST the 2016 election campaign, and they’ve been doing it consistently ever since. People just got tired of hearing it, I guess. Especially since he really didn’t do that much fascist stuff during his first term, and even ended up handing over the office (mostly) peacefully, which isn’t exactly something that actual fascists are known for.

I’m sorry to say this, but the term simply has been overused to the point of meaningless in the past decade. Perhaps it’s time to face reality and come up with a new plan, because this clearly isn’t working.

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