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Re:Ask HN: Is HN Pro-Fascist? by PaulHoule on Thursday July 17, 2025 @09:26PM (#44600231)
"Anti-fascists" were saying things like "Keir Starmer is a Fascist" (sci-fi writer Charlie Stross) or that "My local police department is Fascist" or "White people are Fascist"

If you know your 'Pataphysics or Chaos Magick you know that's a magic spell to put fascists in charge.

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Re:Ask HN: Is HN Pro-Fascist? by queenkjuul on Thursday July 17, 2025 @11:47PM (#44601004)
So you can't call fascism fascism because some idiot called not-fascism fascism?
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Re:Ask HN: Is HN Pro-Fascist? by PaulHoule on Friday July 18, 2025 @12:45PM (#44606879)
You can but people won’t listen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

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