Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said policy differences toward Israel between her and President Biden won’t stop her from supporting him in the November general election.

“Of course,” Omar said Tuesday, when asked by CNN’s Abby Phillip on “NewsNight” whether she would vote for Biden if the election were held that day, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “Democracy is on the line, we are facing down fascism.”

“And I personally know what my life felt like having Trump as the president of this country, and I know what it felt like for my constituents, and for people around this country and around the world,” Omar continued. “We have to do everything that we can to make sure that does not happen to our country again.”

    • @[email protected]
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      34 months ago

      I think you’re just calling everything outside of pacifism fascism. Here’s wikipedia on it:

      Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.[2][3]

      While in his long career Biden has done questionable things and made mistakes, he was accurately representing his constituents with them. This does not make him a fascist, just a flawed politician. You do not have to be the opposite of all things fascist just to not be a fascist, you know?

      • HACKthePRISONS
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        -24 months ago

        I definitely am not suggesting pacifism, and I challenge you to find me ever doing so.

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          34 months ago

          Well, you claimed our military responses in the GWOT made us fascist. The only alternative would have been to bend over and just take it. That’s pacifism.

          • HACKthePRISONS
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            -24 months ago

            i assure i was not advocating pacifism. i am advocating the abolition of capital, wage slavery, and the state. i don’t think anyone ever confused that with “pacifism”

          • HACKthePRISONS
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            there are a thousand other responses besides military adventurism. some of them were used along side of it, including increased surveillance of innocent people, criminalizing vast swathes of the populace, and restricting movement of people and money.

            you don’t need to “bend over and take it”. you could very well figure out whether maybe we did something to cause it, and fix the underlying issues.

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              34 months ago

              Sure, and I do think fixing those underlying issues is very important. But once attacked, it’s bombing time, not reflection time. Then, how do you fight an organization that tries to hide its tracks? There’s practical requirements. That doesn’t make it fascism.

              The GWOT was not Vietnam, we were attacked. People were warmongering hard, and so the government responded.

              • HACKthePRISONS
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                >But once attacked, it’s bombing time, not reflection time.

                please seek help.

                • @[email protected]
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                  34 months ago

                  So, let’s re-condense again.

                  Sorry, but to do otherwise is actually pacifism. When attacked and thousands die, you find and kill the attackers. I think that’s not fascism. It’s a far cry from the system Mussolini invented.

      • HACKthePRISONS
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        -24 months ago

        your wikipedia definition is the same one i’d use to support my case so maybe one of us is politically illiterate.