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You are the same as them, those actions will only be used to justify escalating retaliation.
It's definitely not the same. You can give no quarter to fascist ideology. It inevitably (by design) poisons all legitimate political discourse. It's insidious and it grows like a cancer until it destroys the host and spreads its poison like a virus to the rest of the world.
Fascism needs to be stamped out with prejudice. I don't personally like that it's the case, but we're already seeing what happens when you allow it to get even the slightest hold.
These people are extremely dangerous to the world order, and anyone who values free thought should be absolutely terrified of them.
I honestly agree with you, but the issue I see is that the MAGA crowd will say the exact same things when they, for example, think Biden isn't tough enough on the border In their reality, he is committing treason and should be thrown in jail.
Maybe I was too dismissive in my first comment so I want to be clear that Republicans deserve to be held accountable. It is troubling that in my point of view, half of the US population thinks politicians being held accountable for their fascism is actually fascism....
Edit: after rereading your response I feel like we are already past the point where the political discourse in the US has been completely poisoned. Is it even possible for us to induce ourselves when so much of the population has been brainwashed by this?
...he said to the stormtrooper as he was pushed into the boxcar
I deserve that. I tried to clarify my viewpoint in another comment but I want to be clear that I think the Republican party and Trump in particular deserve to be held accountable.