#1

Should’ve started this earlier but whatever.

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  3. And a brief, sentence-long description of why this is part of our descent into fascism
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Jordan Peterson
#2

Media asks for Gary Linekar to be fired because he dared express public sympathy for refugess (see also: Lily Allen)

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#3

Sorry, gotta break your nochat rule here, as it’s better than starting a new thread for chat about this thread: This is all well and good but the last time I suggested something about UKIP (for example) was fascist I got a rap on the knuckles by the politics bros, so I’m not sure about joining in until we have a list of definitions about what is and isn’t fascism.

#4

Topped with a TV presenter with an actual conviction for abuse.

#5

Homeless people get fined for being homeless:

#6

I think what happened, if you’re talking about the thing I think you are, is that people were a bit uneasy about the ‘I hope he dies’ stuff going round when Stephen Woolfe was taken to hospital, rather than saying that UKIP weren’t (proto-)fascist

#7

No, there were definitely a couple of people trying to nit-pick over the idea that advocating fascist policies makes you a fascist.

#8

Oh right, missed that, sorry eo

#9

Yup, this is what Geoff said:

So Steven Woolfe is a fascist is he?

An ACTUAL fascist?

In response to me referencing fascist parties.

#10

No wucks. It’s a fine line.

As far as Woolfe went, I felt like he was sufficiently high enough up in the party structure that yes, you could blend the party and the man.

#11

I’m happy for this thread to stand (with all my powers!) For me, ‘rolling descent into fascism’ encompasses stories that, whilst not necessarily dictionary-definition fascist, are a sign of things lurching that way.

#12

Dammit, don’t care so much whether or not any specific person ‘is’ or ‘is not’ a fascist.

More interested in creating a running archive of moments in British society where the public / overton window moves more towards fascism. If we really want specific definitions, this is a really good guide - Umberto Eco’s 14 fascist features:
http://interglacial.com/pub/text/Umberto_Eco_-_Eternal_Fascism.html

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#13

Interesting, cheers for that.

#14

I can’t express how angry I am about this, it’s not like he’s written the Little Red Book for fucks sake. Just common human decency.

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#15

“She knew precisely what she was doing”

Press watchdog IPSO clears Kelvin McArseface from inciting hatred, then one of its board members gloats about it in the very same paper.

#16

Wait, did someone accidentally hold shift while hitting 4 and no editors pick it up, can’t see why there’d be a dollar sign in there on purpose

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#17

The Sun’s editors are too busy being the worst people in the country to notice things like that.

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#18

And no evidence was presented to support Steven Woolfe being an actual fascist either.

#19

And besides that at least a partial appeal about using terms like ‘fascist’ to describe UKIP because I think it actually emboldens them, rather than exposing them. Think it’s important to be careful with language here, is all.

#20

This is weird. Tabloid nutters are known for their excessive caps lock use - have they actually been pressing Shift the whole time? Do they not even know about caps lock?