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Trump has called his opponents fascists a million times.

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This word really means nothing at this point, like racist, it's so misused that it has lost its meaning.

Yes, and wasn't it silly of him to call his opponents Fascist?

It sure was but you were implying that this was a problem with the left.

So maybe the left should reduce their usage of the word? Especially if they want to win over some of the people that voted for Trump in this election?

Just a thought

Yeah, you all keep making that point. But I don't believe for a second that a single voter went with Trump because the libs had called them mean words.

Well your belief is wrong. The libs have spent years calling people of certain backgrounds, ethnicities and genders as fascist, racist, homophobic, sexist, transphobic, deplorable.

This behaviour culminates in what you're seeing.

I know that they have, but that's not why people voted for Trump. You just like to say that to try and make it look like something the libs brought on themselves.

And as you agreed, Trump does the same, more than anyone. So unless you are openly stating "the left should behave more decent than the right if they want votes", there is a problem in your logic as well.

Yes he has called people fascist in some of his speeches. Now compare that against everyone on CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Hollywood, etc etc etc relentlessly calling people names for nearly a decade. The difference is a thousand fold. There is no equivalence in quantity.

If this is really your perception, then you live in an incredibly well insulated bubble. If we are including media and pundits, I can assure you that the vitriol that has been coming from the right for well over a decade easily compares.

I'm asking people who don't like the result of the election to stop labelling everything Fascist. I'm trying to be helpful.

There is no right wing equivalent to the institutions I mentioned: CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Hollywood, not to mention schools, universities, tech giants like Google, Apple, Meta etc, all of whom lean left and have shown biases in their actions.

Please try to entertain the hypothesis that maybe I'm not the one in an incredibly well insulated bubble

Perhaps this might help you understand my point: https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-spells-are-spent-beaa675b

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