tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13622622.post8206505986428309551..comments2023-12-22T08:44:24.389-05:00Comments on threewayfight: Fascist revolution doesn’t turn back the clock: a reply to Alexander Reid Ross on TrumpMatthew N Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664330735255207352noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13622622.post-71681203640011991042016-02-25T13:26:38.635-05:002016-02-25T13:26:38.635-05:00Additional link for context
http://www.researchfo...<br />Additional link for context<br /><br />http://www.researchforprogress.us/topic/concept/fascism-a-theoretical-conversation/<br /><br /><br />The lessons of Germany's Weimar Republic also ring true.<br /><br />https://www.facinghistory.org/weimar-republic-fragility-democracy/readings/why-study-weimar-germany<br /><br />http://www.researchforprogress.us/topic/concept/trump-weimar-and-scapegoating/Bernardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13622622.post-29373861770154287502016-01-11T01:34:23.277-05:002016-01-11T01:34:23.277-05:00Intelligent & thoughtful mainstream news artic...Intelligent & thoughtful mainstream news articles now illustrate the many ways that the archetype of the "demagogue" is darkly projected onto Donald Trump.<br /><br />How exactly are the constructs of the “demagogue” and the “fascist” distinctly different? Both words are given many diverse meanings by the media when applied to Donald Trump. They are used pejoratively as a slur or insult to great effect. As in “Fascist pig” & “Incoherent demagogue.”<br /><br />Today, I put the words:<br /><br />“Donald Trump” + demagogue<br /><br />into a Google Search of the News:<br /><br />https://www.google.com/search?q=%22donald+trump%22+%2B+demagogue&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8<br /><br />Wow! “Donald Trump” + “demagogue” were found together in 380 recent news articles.<br /><br />(Similar search results were found for fascist + Trump.)<br /><br /><br />A cruel Arab Winter has now descended on the Middle East. Millions suffer and die.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Winter<br /><br />The far right-wing is making gains, especially in Europe.<br /><br />Donald Trump, at the moment, still leads the polls as the 2016 U.S. Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. But he has no clue.<br /><br />To the extent possible, the people of the world, and their governments, need to commit, or re-commit, to liberal democracy. Trump is not the leader for that.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_liberalismBernardnoreply@blogger.com