Fascists! Tweety Twump definitely has fascist tendencies.
1"Donald Trump is America’s Silvio Berlusconi"
Laughing at a buffoon won't stop him from having an impact on politics.
By Rula Jebreal
September 21, 2015
My conclusion: Tweety Twump is NOT Hitler-like, not even close. More likely Tweety Twump studied Silvio Berlusconi, and has copied him for his campaign.
"Berlusconi presented himself as Italy’s strongman, speaking like a barman, selling demonstrably false promises of wealth and grandeur for all. He made the electorate laugh while stoking fears of communists and liberals stripping privileges and increasing taxes. Presaging Trump, the Italian media mogul cast himself as the only viable savior of a struggling nation: the political outsider promising to sweep in and clean up from the vanquished left and restore the country to its lost international stature. “I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I sacrifice myself for everyone,” Berlusconi said."
"Trump’s crude attacks on female candidates and journalists — such as characterizing Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly as having “blood coming out of her… wherever” and attacking presidential candidate and opponent Carly Fiorina’s appearance — are reminiscent of Berlusconi’s history of misogyny. He once dismissed opponents as “too ugly to be taken seriously” and insulted a fellow European leader during a conversation with a newspaper editor, referring to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as “an unf—able fat bitch.”"
"Is Donald Trump a Fascist?"
Yes and no.
By Isaac Chotiner
"How fascist is Donald Trump? There’s actually a formula for that."
"Grading the billionaire on the 11 attributes of fascism."
By John McNeillPostEverything
October 21John McNeill is a professor of history at Georgetown University.
"Add all this up, and you get 26 out of a possible 44 Benitos. In the fascist derby, Trump is a loser. Even Spain’s Francisco Franco and Portugal’s António de Oliveira Salazar might score higher. While there is a strong family resemblance, and with some features an uncanny likeness, Trump doesn’t fit the profile so well on those points where the use of violence is required. Projecting an air of menace at rallies, uttering ambiguous calls for assassinations, tacitly endorsing the roughing-up of protesters, urging the killing of terrorists’ families and whatever else Trump does — while shocking by the standards of American politics — fall far short of the genuinely murderous violence endorsed and unleashed by authentic fascists.
In a more nuanced approach, we might weight the various traits of fascism differently, but it’s not obvious how best to do so. Hyper-nationalism, for example, is more consequential than the youth fetish and perhaps ought to be taken more seriously. But it is also less distinctively fascist, being common to many types of political regimes. A longer list, too, might add refinement and complexity. But Trump does not do nuance. A crude, quick and flippant assessment is what he deserves. He is semi-fascist: more fascist than any successful American politician yet, and the most dangerous threat to pluralist democracy in this country in more than a century, but — thank our stars — an amateurish imitation of the real thing."
"Don’t compare Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. It belittles Hitler."
One was a psychopath who believed his raving rants. The other is a con man.
By Shalom AuslanderPostEverything
September 13, 2015
Shalom Auslander is the author of the best-selling "Foreskin's Lament" and the critically acclaimed "Hope: A Tragedy" and was the creator/writer of the Showtime series "Happyish."
This is an excellent article. If you read, read it. The bottom line is this:
"Are we that terrified? Are we that hateful? Are we that frightened, that cowardly, that selfish, that helpless, that cold-hearted, that dumb, that easily manipulated, that easily provoked? Are we so bereft of answers, so pathetically hopeless, that all we can come up with is easy scapegoating and blind fealty to Our Great Leader? Are We The People really going to fall for the dumbest, oldest, easiest trick in the book?
Because if we are, then we won’t need an Adolf Hitler to embrace that darkness. Even a two-bit con man like Donald Trump will be enough."
The BOTTOM LINE:
"But he’s no Hitler. Not even close."
"Sure, call Trump a Nazi. Just make sure you know what you’re talking about."
The inventor of "Godwin's Law" about Hitler comparisons on the Internet says they're not always inappropriate.
By Mike GodwinPostEverything
December 14, 2015
"huck·ster"
ˈhəkstər/
noun
noun: huckster; plural noun: hucksters
1. a person who sells small items, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store.
synonyms:
trader, dealer, seller, purveyor, vendor, salesman, salesperson, peddler, hawker;informalpusher
"the hucksters along the boardwalk"
a mercenary person eager to make a profit out of anything.
North American
a publicity agent or advertising copywriter, especially for radio or television.
verbNorth American
verb: huckster; 3rd person present: hucksters; past tense: huckstered; past participle: huckstered; gerund or present participle: huckstering
1. promote or sell (something, typically a product of questionable value).
Hope for value from Tweety Twump in the years to come.
Be aware! Beware!
