I begin with the quote.

"At the core of fascism is loyalty to tribe, ethnic identity, religion, tradition, or, in a word, nation. —Jason Stanley"

Another place in the wiki speaks of "forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race".

The problem there is it claims it is mainly "far right" when the "left" uses the exact same tools. In otherwords ANTIFA is the FASCIST.

Banning people is a grey area too often being ABUSED. It falls under that "directly forcible suppression of opposition". This very construct is tribalism. It has been used as a WEAPON and not as a tool for balance. The "individual interests" here is to get the favorite candidate elected or if you don't support whatever ideology to the T, they CUT your windpipe.

Crushing people's voice boxes in the process of getting your point across is not the way forward. There's no balance. Let them speak. Let them boo or cheer. But freedom I say. This unchecked tribalism has poisoned a lot of people.

The cure is an antidote of freedom.

Freedom never sleeps. Freedom does not need to ask someone permission. It is free. To do whatever we need without impeding on others freedoms as much as possible.

Political party doesn't matter here. That censorship can get lost. Democrats keep hugging censorship lately. I'm party neutral at the end of the day. Everyone can be trash at the end of the day if they don't support FREEDOM.

I'm very party neutral. Don't care for anything that doesn't help humanity.

The censorship of people needs to stop. Republicans complain about "Kamala" until the cows come home, but when it's time for their candidate, they censor people.

I will indeed be judging my election choice based off your ban. Maybe people don't seem to understand actions have consequences.

I've had bad day with Democrats before. But today Republicans took the cake. Your not assassinating my free speech. It's a badge.

Some examples from the wingnut playbook:

• “millennial/stupid kid” as if the only ones sick of the Maga nonsense and culture war bullshit are young people and not a growing majority of Gen X and baby boomers 😆
• “living rent free in your head”
• “How does _____ look for you”
• “triggered much?”
• “Touch grass”
• “Chronically online”

Thankfully it is they who are the chronically online fringe minority and you rarely encounter these freaks in the real world.

Some examples from the bleeding heart playbook:

• “Old man shouts at cloud/get off my lawn/ok boomer” as if the only ones sick of the woke nonsense and social politics are senior citizens and not a growing majority of millennials and Gen Z 😆
• “Tell me you’re without telling me”
• “How does _____ look for you”
• “Are the _____ in the room with us right now?”
• “Touch grass”
• “Chronically online”

Thankfully it is they who are the chronically online fringe minority and you rarely encounter these freaks in the real world.

Is hate speech free as long as it doesn't promote violence?

I'm very party neutral. Don't care for anything that doesn't help humanity.

The censorship of people needs to stop. Democrats complain about "Trump" until the cows come home, but when it's time for their candidate, they censor people.

I will indeed be judging my election choice based off your ban. Maybe people don't seem to understand actions have consequences.

I've had bad day with Republicans before. But today Democrats took the cake. Your not assassinating my free speech. It's a badge.

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Conclusion:

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