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It is definitely true that many people believe Trump has fascist tendencies, but it is worth noting that many people believe HRC has similar tendencies, and would also greatly expand the surveillance state. Some of these two groups (who distrust each candidate) overlap, while many distrust one much more than the other.

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> it is worth noting that many people believe HRC has similar tendencies

I disagree. Trump is the President-elect; she has no position in government. Also, depending on the definition of "many", I don't think it was true that 'many' thought that way. People widely called her corrupt and other things, but generally she didn't propose fascist policies, I don't recall seeing her called fascist, and I followed the election closely. If 'many' = 'some', we can find 'many people' who think anything.

I guess I just dislike relativistic statements, painting all sides as equal.

How do you feel about hot-button hyperbole intended to provoke unreasoning fear in place of thoughtful analysis?

What are you referring to? I don't see any of that in this sub-thread.

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