Thread by @StrangeAlienSky

In the light of the hysterectomies being performed at ICE detention centers, this is weighing heavy on my heart today. Is Donald Trump a Fascist? A thread, using Umberto Eco's 14 Points from his essay Ur-Fascism. 1/15

#1. The Cult of Tradition

#2. Rejection of Modernism

#3. The Cult of Action for Action's Sake

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1170742727333568514?s=20

#4. Disagreement = treason

#5. Fear of difference

#6. Appeal to social frustration

#7. Obsession with a "plot"

#8. The enemy is both too strong, and too weak

#9. Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy

#10. Contempt for the weak

#11. Everybody is educated to become a hero

#12. Machismo and weaponry.

Grab her by the pussy, amirite?

#13. Selective populism

And finally, #14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak

Trump is a fascist, and these ICE camps are a fucking trial run for concentration camps.

Thanks for attending my TED talk.