Republicans Dance With Fascist ‘Joyful Warriors’ Moms For Liberty
Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and fellow Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at the event, with DeSantis doubling down—his wife Casey also spoke.
A Moms for Liberty chapter recently had to apologize for quoting Adolf Hitler approvingly in its newsletter, and the national organization was described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-government organization spreading “messages of anti-inclusion and hate.” But that didn’t stop the group from drawing top Republican presidential candidates and favorable media coverage as it held its big conference in Philadelphia.
US Corporate Media Accused of ‘Normalizing the Hate Group’ Moms for Liberty
“Moms for Liberty is linked with the Proud Boys, a chapter quotes Hitler, they are behind book bans, they are funded by right-wing groups and… ABC News calls them ‘joyful warriors,'” wrote one observer. “The whiteness of it all is exhausting.”
via CommonDreams.org
~
WBW
They Didn’t Like The Rule of Law or Constitutions, Either. Until, Of Course, It Was Their Rules and Laws
Posted here 2022-09-07
During his recent prime time speech outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 1, President Joe Biden revived his campaign mantra – ‘Battle For The Soul of The Nation’.
But on that warm Thursday evening in Philly, Biden went beyond campaign slogans, quickly getting to the soul of the matter; the most dangerous threat to the United States of America: The rise of fascism within our own borders.
As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault. We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.
For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us.
And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people.
About a week earlier, in obviously a warm up for the Independence Hall speech, President Biden called the ‘MAGA Republicans’ semi-fascists, which set off almost comical responses from Republicans and their right-wing media outlets and pundits.
How dare he, they ranted. How dare he call insurrectionists, domestic terrorists, instigators of violence, election-deniers, anti-democracy sycophants, hucksters, hacks and hypocrites, ‘semi-fascists’!
You know, I agree. How dare he call them ‘semi’. These people are full-on fascists; there’s nothing semi about them.
If one were to take a good look at their playbook it soon becomes quite clear it has been copied from a time not that long ago.
~
The Playbook Reads Familiar
Posted here 2021-03-29
~
America 2020. Or, America 2024
Posted here 2020-11-10
Ain’t History Something…
“In 1930, Germany is a liberal democracy. Just four years later, democracy is dead, Germany’s leader is a dictator and the government is in the hands of the Nazis.”
~
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image – 3
Posted here 2019-04-14
Propaganda machines in all totalitarian countries habitually depict the dictator as the saviour of his people from some danger real, or more usually imaginary, and as the man of action who decides what is best for his country with clarity of mind and singleness of purpose, and can always rely on his orders being carried out with devotion and meticulous care by an army of well-disciplined robots. So it was with Hitler.
~
Chaos, Crisis And The Collapse Of Democracy
Posted here 2018-09-18
Propaganda seeks to create in the public a chronic sense of crisis, which in turn justifies the expansion of executive power and the secrecy surrounding it.
The executive then asserts his “presidential” qualities by conveying his determination to rise to crisis, whatever the crisis of the moment happens to be… .
##
