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Title: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: CC27 on January 21, 2026, 09:59:27 AM
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lastlib (27,642 posts)

I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon

When I made a statement that the Jan 6 Traitor was a fascist, this guy said, "Well, you shouldn't call him a fascist just because you don't like him."

I looked at him and responded, "I was a Political Science major in college, I've *studied* fascism. I've read Hannah Arendt; I've read Ernst Nolte; I've read Robert Paxton, Lawrence Britt, and Ruth Ben-Ghiat. If it walks like a duck, flies like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a duck. Donald. tRump. is a. F'ing. Fascist. Pee-Ree-Odd." He shook his head and walked away. IDK if I convinced him, or just made him mad, and really don't care. I used the term in an academic sense, not just as a pejorative. IOW, I stated a provable fact; he couldn't deal with it.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220953086

Something else that never happened...
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: RonE on January 21, 2026, 10:14:15 AM
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"I was a Political Science major in college, I've *studied* fascism.
So, you work at Applebees?
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: 67 Rover on January 21, 2026, 10:49:31 AM
Trump is a fascist because he did not "forgive" my $140,000 student loan debt that I still owe on my useless Political Science major. ::)
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: FlippyDoo on January 21, 2026, 11:54:03 AM
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lastlib (27,642 posts)

I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon

When I made a statement that the Jan 6 Traitor was a fascist, this guy said, "Well, you shouldn't call him a fascist just because you don't like him."

I looked at him and responded, "I was a Political Science major in college, I've *studied* fascism.

I'd like this lying piece of filth to explain how it and so many others are able to freely publicly attack a "fascist" leader with no fear of "disappearing". If this DUmbAss really did study anything resembling fascism, it should know that one of the things that fascist leaders do is "disappear" their vocal opponents.
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: SVPete on January 21, 2026, 12:16:15 PM
An appeal to non-existent authority. :rotf: :tongue:
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: ADsOutburst on January 21, 2026, 12:28:53 PM
Name-dropping a bunch of authors does not prove anything.
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on January 21, 2026, 12:30:43 PM
Oooooh, I studied fascism! You cited sources you've supposedly read but you failed to explain what fascism means. If you did, you would realize the President Trump is the furthest thing from fascism around. Zorhan Mandami is clearly a fascist, for example.

Pompous jackass, negative three bongs.
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: Muddling 2 on January 21, 2026, 12:43:11 PM
Name-dropping a bunch of authors does not prove anything.

https://youtu.be/hIdsjNGCGz4 (https://youtu.be/hIdsjNGCGz4)

(https://youtu.be/hIdsjNGCGz4)
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: 67 Rover on January 21, 2026, 02:27:50 PM
Oooooh, I studied fascism! You cited sources you've supposedly read but you failed to explain what fascism means. If you did, you would realize the President Trump is the furthest thing from fascism around. Zorhan Mandami is clearly a fascist, for example.

Pompous jackass, negative three bongs.

I wonder if they happen to mentioned Socialism or Communism in that class?
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: CollectivismMustDie on January 21, 2026, 02:29:31 PM
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... I've *studied* fascism.



By looking in the mirror every morning.
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: Airwolf on January 21, 2026, 02:47:26 PM
I'd like this lying piece of filth to explain how it and so many others are able to freely publicly attack a "fascist" leader with no fear of "disappearing". If this DUmbAss really did study anything resembling fascism, it should know that one of the things that fascist leaders do is "disappear" their vocal opponents.

If trump was the bad guy, they have been claiming his is then why is DU still online in the first place to let those loons put out the garbage they post every day. The only ones stifling their speech or "Disappearing them" is EarlG and his minions that run that dung heap. 
Title: Re: I had a discussion with a right-winger last night about The Felon
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on January 21, 2026, 04:09:53 PM
I wonder if they happen to mentioned Socialism or Communism in that class?

Only in the most glowing and positive terms.