Trump is a fascist.

[Jacob]

I don't think Trump is a Fascist by political science standards.

Are there a number of parallels that can be drawn between Trump's political direction and Fascism? Yeah, I think so. Are they useful parallels? Maybe, depends on context... probably not, in most cases.

I think it's possible to disapprove of Trump without calling him a Fascist.

[The Minsky Moment]

Trump is a loudmouth.

Assigning him a political worldview, even a really crappy one, is crediting him with more mental coherence than is warranted.

[Jacob]

Trump is a loudmouth.

Assigning him a political worldview, even a really crappy one, is crediting him with more mental coherence than is warranted.

But Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister says he's a self-deprecating intelligent sort of fellow in private.

[DGuller]

Trump is a loudmouth.

Assigning him a political worldview, even a really crappy one, is crediting him with more mental coherence than is warranted.

He's a loudmouth with very keen political instincts, and a loudmouth that happens to energize and validate an extremely unpleasant part of the electorate.

[alfred russel]

But Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister says he's a self-deprecating intelligent sort of fellow in private.

Somehow I'm not surprised that Dee Snyder is a Donald Trump fan. Snyder struck me as an ass, and I have never been able to figure out why anyone is a Twisted Sister fan. The music blows. Along with KISS, Twisted Sister's popularity is an enigma to me.

[jimmy olsen]

Oh, because Hitlary Clinton is soo not facists.

Of course she is but in a comfortable conventional manner we are accustomed to.

Elaborate

[jimmy olsen]

Okay here's something I find perplexing.  Trump claims he saw video of evil Muslims celebrating in Patterson, New Jersey  He is countered that that no such video exists.  He responds that he knows he saw it and that he has a good memory.  His supporters accept this, and believe it as well.  9/11 didn't occur to in the 1950's, if someone broadcast it, the video is somewhere.  It should be trivially easy to find.  I do remember some kids celebrating in Gaza, but that's not quite the same as New Jersey.

[jimmy olsen]

Trump is a loudmouth.

Assigning him a political worldview, even a really crappy one, is crediting him with more mental coherence than is warranted.

But fascism isn't really a worldview. It's intellectual incoherence is part of the appeal.

[Syt]

Okay here's something I find perplexing.  Trump claims he saw video of evil Muslims celebrating in Patterson, New Jersey  He is countered that that no such video exists.  He responds that he knows he saw it and that he has a good memory.  His supporters accept this, and believe it as well.  9/11 didn't occur to in the 1950's, if someone broadcast it, the video is somewhere.  It should be trivially easy to find.  I do remember some kids celebrating in Gaza, but that's not quite the same as New Jersey.

I prefer Göring. He was also more fabulous.

[Martinus]

Didn't these guys lose the war? Not exactly the most competent people to talk, now aren't they? 

[Martinus]

But seriously, don't the nazi quote memes sorta follow an implied premise: "you should listen to us because Goerring and Goebbels said the same"? 

[Monoriu]

Just because they were evil people that lost the war doesn't mean what they said couldn't be effective. 

[Syt]

But seriously, don't the nazi quote memes sorta follow an implied premise: "you should listen to us because Goerring and Goebbels said the same"? 

Next you're going to disagree with Hitler's assessment of Poland.

[Martinus]

Well, having met many Poles, I disagree with this assessment.

[jimmy olsen]

But seriously, don't the nazi quote memes sorta follow an implied premise: "you should listen to us because Goerring and Goebbels said the same"? 

Not really, the Goebbels quote was appropriate because Raz asked how people could swallow the Donald's outrageous lies.