Proposing calling the Trump insurrectionists and Trump supporters in general neo-Confederates. I don't have a problem with somewhat imprecise terms. Just add neo which means new therefore implies changes, not just reprisal. Confederates were terrorists, racists, and slave owners.
We should not shy away from Neo-Nazi. I've noticed fascist is commonly used to describe people who probably don't call themselves fascists, but Neo-Nazi is infrequently used for people who don't call themselves Neo-Nazis. Why? If someone hates Jews, Black and Brown people, and
...Muslims, just call them Neo-Nazis unless you're calling them neo-Confederates instead because it fits better.
Also, I personally didn't learn anything about what the fascists did or believed in school, but did learn something about Confederates, slavery, and the Holocaust.
Also, I personally didn't learn anything about what the fascists did or believed in school, but did learn something about Confederates, slavery, and the Holocaust.
My in-school education was bad for all of it, but especially bad for fascism (as in non-existent), and perhaps that weak spot isn't an anomaly in the North. I think acknowledging the groups today who believe in Nazi and Confederate ideologies is good and the crimes associated
with those ideologies in history are obvious to even poor students of history like me: the Holocaust and slavery. Start calling people neo-Confederates and neo-Nazis and don't let anyone tell you that fascists are uniquely bad. You can still call bad people fascists though.
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