Steve, allow me to make a minor and friendly editorial suggestion: “So we end up with a [fascist] Machiavellian, sadistic sociopath running for POTUS.” I realize that some in our midst object to the fascist pejorative, but it’s an accurate label nonetheless. As I recall, Jason Staley, during a recent Q&A, strongly stated that “fascist” i…
Steve, allow me to make a minor and friendly editorial suggestion: “So we end up with a [fascist] Machiavellian, sadistic sociopath running for POTUS.” I realize that some in our midst object to the fascist pejorative, but it’s an accurate label nonetheless. As I recall, Jason Staley, during a recent Q&A, strongly stated that “fascist” is appropriate when referring to contemporary fascists. It is, therefore, not limited to historical figures as some historians seem to prefer. In my opinion, not referring to DJT and his cabal as a fascists is like fighting a fascist knife wielding thug with one’s hands tied behind our back. I recognize that at times the pressure to conform seems to require that we go along to get along. I tend to think lay people may relate to “fascist” more than other esoteric euphemisms familiar to the more educated. BTW, I don’t necessarily disagree with your comment; I seldom if ever do, just miss what seemed to be your standard practice of naming fascists as fascist. On a personal, but public note, it’s good to see you back. Disclosure: I regret the apparent reluctance of this august platform to weigh-in re the American-Zionist-apartheid Israel fascist surge during the brazen escalated genocidal attack on Indigenous Palestinian people in occupied Palestine. As an outlier, I don’t blame you for avoiding being one yourself—if that’s the case. I do also fear the bipartisan support for Palestinian genocide maybe do more harm than good to the Harris campaign; as Norman Solomon has tried to warn, to no avail. Thank you for doing what you fo do well—truth telling.
Steve, allow me to make a minor and friendly editorial suggestion: “So we end up with a [fascist] Machiavellian, sadistic sociopath running for POTUS.” I realize that some in our midst object to the fascist pejorative, but it’s an accurate label nonetheless. As I recall, Jason Staley, during a recent Q&A, strongly stated that “fascist” is appropriate when referring to contemporary fascists. It is, therefore, not limited to historical figures as some historians seem to prefer. In my opinion, not referring to DJT and his cabal as a fascists is like fighting a fascist knife wielding thug with one’s hands tied behind our back. I recognize that at times the pressure to conform seems to require that we go along to get along. I tend to think lay people may relate to “fascist” more than other esoteric euphemisms familiar to the more educated. BTW, I don’t necessarily disagree with your comment; I seldom if ever do, just miss what seemed to be your standard practice of naming fascists as fascist. On a personal, but public note, it’s good to see you back. Disclosure: I regret the apparent reluctance of this august platform to weigh-in re the American-Zionist-apartheid Israel fascist surge during the brazen escalated genocidal attack on Indigenous Palestinian people in occupied Palestine. As an outlier, I don’t blame you for avoiding being one yourself—if that’s the case. I do also fear the bipartisan support for Palestinian genocide maybe do more harm than good to the Harris campaign; as Norman Solomon has tried to warn, to no avail. Thank you for doing what you fo do well—truth telling.