The truth is that all of these fascists sound like morons and clowns. They’re buffoonish and stupid in how they read to anyone with an education (formal or informal). But then they gain power. And it’s not funny what they do, even though it’s the same moronic, buffoonish stupidity they’ve been saying and doing all along. Go back and read about the early Nazi party. People thought they were stupid clowns. And they were. And then they won on a technicality. And they were still stupid clowns. But with the power to do unbelievably horrible things.
So it doesn’t matter what you think of these people. It just matters what you do to them.
And the only thing to do with clownish buffoonish stupid people who want power is to make them know they are unwelcome in public wherever they are.
Absolutely, we can't just sling insults at fascists and try to unmask them for who they are.
Think of some of the far right Christians you might know. With any bet, many of them are buffoonish and hokey and deeply confused and kind of embarrassing people to be around. Making fun of them is fun, but it's not enough alone. Fascism requires its followers to put that embarrassment aside and lionizes them for being that way. It tells them that the things that others ostracize them over are strengths that will let them subjugate those that don't like them.
The proper response is and always has been the kind you can't advocate for any more in online spaces. Education is for prevention of fascists, but once you have the infestation you need to act fast.
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u/No-Bet-9591 Jan 31 '25
On Fox it's easy to say. On the world's stage they know how stupid they sound. These people must be remembered by the stupid things they say and do.