Anyone who didn’t see this with the rise of the “tea party” just wasn’t paying attention or was ignorant. Maybe not about us heading toward fascism (especially so quickly), but there was an increase in nazi bullshit even then - but with the rise of the sheer public racism that RUSHED out of the closet… we knew we were fucked.
Wow Atlantic…really hot take. Did you finally realize what we all knew years ago?
For the author, pretty much. He’s been spending his time on BlueSky arguing that what we are seeing isn’t really fascism.
Yeah this is a reheated take that should have been posted in 2015.
And nearly a decade late even then.
Anyone who didn’t see this with the rise of the “tea party” just wasn’t paying attention or was ignorant. Maybe not about us heading toward fascism (especially so quickly), but there was an increase in nazi bullshit even then - but with the rise of the sheer public racism that RUSHED out of the closet… we knew we were fucked.
we need more stating the obvious honestly because for some its not so obvious. the rebulicans want to pretend everything is all normal and hunky dory.