For almost 20 years now, I have
identified my politics as “antifascist.” Given the enormity of historic evil
that has resulted from fascism, that ought to be a noncontroversial position.
Any sane, decent human being should be antifascist.
But the Republicans have decided
to do to the term “antifascist” what they previously did to the terms “liberal,”
“entitlement,” “social justice warrior” and “politically correct.” Republican
propagandists like Frank Luntz and Karl Rove successfully demonized those terms
through their minions at Fox News and elsewhere. Their intent was to discredit
the very concepts of compassionate politics, earned government benefits, people
who fight for the rights of others and politeness.
The GOP is on a constant
propaganda mission to redefine language and make the better appear the worse.
As Jeffrey Martini observed, science and education are now described as
“liberal scams.”
The Republican Party has decided
to demonize the term “antifascist” for the obvious reason. The GOP is the
American fascist party, thriving in a dung heap of its own propaganda, screaming
in fury whenever it’s scalded by the cleansing touch of factual truth.
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