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Why do Liberals call people who disagree with them Fascists? (lemmy.world)

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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Fascists" are people who have particular beliefs, and participate in politics in a particular way.

Those beliefs and practices disagree with a lot of beliefs and practices that are called "liberal".

(Mind you, "liberal" is a word that's used to mean a lot of different things. I'm okay with calling myself a "liberal", because people understand "liberal" a lot better than "progressive libertarian centrist" or "non-communist anti-fascist" or a lot of other things I could call myself..)

But if you happen to "disagree with liberals" in the particular ways that fascists "disagree with liberals" ... then you are in fact a fascist.

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