Zhi Zhu 🕸️"Historians & experts on #fascism were quick to raise red flags about Trump’s language. Timothy Naftali, a senior research scholar... about Trump’s speech: “The language is the language that #dictators use to instill fear. When you dehumanize an opponent, you strip them of their constitutional rights to participate securely in a #democracy because you’re saying they’re not human.” He added, “That’s what dictators do”"
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-can-it-happen-here-it-is
DancingUnikitty"Ruth Ben-Ghiat... a historian at New York University, said in “calling people #vermin was used effectively by #Hitler & #Mussolini to dehumanize people and encourage their followers to engage in #violence.”
...Jason Stanley, author of "How #Fascism Works... telling ABC News: "It doesn't echo 'Mein Kampf.' This is textbook 'Mein Kampf.'"...
What has been the response of #GOP leaders? Silence or even defense of Trump."
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-can-it-happen-here-it-is
"What adds to the concern that #Trump—& those who advise him—are consciously following Hitler’s playbook is because #Hitler came to power by way of #elections in a Republic. (The Weimar Republic.) They understand that #democracy can be used to end a democracy.
Does anyone actually believe that if Trump wins in 2024 he leaves the White House peacefully when his term ends? After all, Trump didn’t leave peacefully in 2020 after losing."
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-can-it-happen-here-it-is
"Please don't think #Trump supporters are not paying attention to Trump's quoting of #Hitler or his pledge of revenge against all those he deems the enemies of America. #MAGA gets it and they LOVE it...
This is not only our nation’s most important election, but it also very well could be our last."
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-can-it-happen-here-it-is
#GOP #Republicans #Fascism #authoritarianism #Politics #USPol #USA #News #NoPaywall