Is Trump a Fascist?

Brody Reifenberg
Jul 25, 2017 · 3 min read

The Facebook page “Occupy Democrats” regularly discredits itself by posting factually incorrect memes full of absurdities. A parody page, “Occupy Democrats Logic”, regularly refutes the former’s posts. I won’t spend much time criticizing this meme, but I wanted to go down the list and briefly evaluate these claims, to put things in perspective.

  1. Though there has been a rise in the focus on nationalism during the 2016 election cycle, the U.S. is no where near the uniting nationalistic fervor of Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy under Mussolini. I mean, Trump lost the popular vote against Hillary Clinton…
  2. I don’t even want to know what “Occupy Democrats” define as “human rights” but, I’m assuming they are mostly referring to the accusations from the left that Trump is racist, misogynist, anti-immigrant, etc. Now, Trump is certainly one of the more pro-LGBT presidents in recent history. He even made references to universal healthcare during the primary campaign as a way of fixing Obamacare. I realize the left considers everything and anything a human right, but it’s pretty clear that Trump isn’t against human rights by any means.
  3. I’m guessing that illegal immigration is what they had in mind when they made this statement. Besides the fact that Mexican people aren’t being round up and thrown in concentration camps (like FDR and the Japanese-Americans…), there isn’t much unity on this issue in the Republican camp.
  4. Trump did speak about rebuilding the military, but during the election cycle, he did express sentiments about not getting involved so much overseas. Of course, there aren’t huge military marches being led by Trump through the streets of D.C. like Hitler in Nazi Germany.
  5. Allowing Ivanka to be as involved as she is should be a clear indicator that men are not being treated superior to women under the Trump regime.
  6. Trump has been adamantly opposed to CNN and other mass media. The mass media (though giving him massive attention for ratings) has always been opposed to Trump.
  7. I think the whole paranoid left-wing conspiracy about Russia is a greater display of obsession with national security than anything Trump has done.
  8. Let’s not pretend Trump is religious…
  9. Corporate power was notably protected under FDR’s New Deal as well as with the institution of Obamacare.
  10. If they mean by leftist attempts to increase minimum wages…
  11. Because of the PBS defunding? Get over it.
  12. He was a little obsessed with punishing Hillary for her crimes. Can’t say I blame him.
  13. The deregulation we have seen so far, as well as opposition to trade deals seems to indicate a move toward less cronyism and corruption. Though I’m sure there is plenty of cronyism and corruption going on. This is business as usual for government.
  14. RUSSIA!!! But seriously, there have been voting corruption issues going back years and years.

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Originally published at www.lessonsinliberty.net on July 25, 2017.

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