Re:Putin chillingly calls for ‘self-purification’ of Russia ...
by tamaharbor on Friday March 18, 2022 @09:59PM
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Don’t democrats in the US call republicans Nazis all the time also?
Re:Putin chillingly calls for ‘self-purification’ of Russia ...
by MrWiffles on Saturday March 19, 2022 @12:45AM
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Not really. It gets pointed out in the news a lot because it's so salacious, but it's not at all common really. 2016-2020 saw a bit of an uptick in that kind of name-calling though, as the Trump administration implemented various policies and emboldened those with a pre-existing preference for authoritarian societies/systems, in spite of their self-professed "love of freedom".
Source: self; former-Republican. Never again. America no longer has a conservative political party. What we have now is a nationalist authoritarian movement that borders on delusional, leveraging emotional contagion theory and group identity/identity politics to manipulate otherwise well-meaning (if gullible) people into supporting would-be tyrants.
Re:Putin chillingly calls for ‘self-purification’ of Russia ...
by IceMetalPunk on Monday March 21, 2022 @03:29PM
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No, people in the US call folks who embrace fascist policies and ideals Nazis. Because, you know, Nazis and fascism go hand-in-hand.
Not all Republicans are fascists, but there's far more overlap there than in any other major US political party.
Seriously, I feel like Vlad is in some weird liminal space between Hitler and a tantruming two-year-old with bombs. Did he think that old Baby Hitler skit was a motivational aspirations video?