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Erika Kahn's avatar

Fluvia K. Robert you said it A plain spoken man, A decent , honest human being whom we needed right than, he appeared at the right moment . We were blessed with good luck , Lets appreciate him , Thank him .and follow his lead.

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Debbie Mytels's avatar

While I whole heartedly agree with all your points about the need to defend democracy, I would like to suggest that we NOT call Trump and his right-wing reactionaries "fascists."

Why not? Because the word "fascism" gets caught up in historical analogs and definitional confusion. People don't know what it means... BUT we DO know what "dictatorship" means. The meaning is right there in the word. Trump and his followers are looking to install a one-man rule dictatorship. We ought to start calling it that. The meaning would be clear, and written in plain English.

In using the word "dictatorship," we side step any arguments about "is or isn't it "the same" or "as bad" as Nazi Germany?", etc. Dictatorship is clearly NOT democracy -- and we don't want it. So let's use that word and make our meaning clear. Thanks for considering this suggestion.

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