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Captain Starlet wrote:
Cannot and will not give any support to lying Nazis and Fascists. He's achieved nothing apart from breeding hate and ignorance on an almost global level. Those who support him seriously need to check their moral compass!
Labeling Trump and his supporters "Nazis and Fascists" is about as accurate as when rightists call Obama and his supporters "communist." It would behoove both sides to exhibit some common sense and refrain from hysterics. Perhaps we should all read a few more books on political theory? And perhaps also learn to distinguish rhetoric from results?

I've already listed some of Trump's accomplishments. It's hard to see how easing tensions with North Korea, trying to mend ties with Russia, winding down US involvement in Syria, and weakening neoliberalism overall is "breeding hate and ignorance." Unless one is criticizing Trump from an anarchist position ("All politicians are shit, and Trump is just as bad as the rest"), it's ideologically inconsistent to oppose war and imperialism and not recognize that - based on results - Trump is doing a better job at challenging the Empire than any other major Western politician in memory.

I agree that we should all check our moral compass. We must repeatedly question our biases and be on guard least our "leaders" deceive us. Only through such sustained critique can we ever hope to arrive at The Truth.

For balance then: championing of fossil fuels over renewable sources, withdrawing from international agreements on climate change, public support for climate change deniers, continuing support for the NRA, children in internment camps, blanket ban on travel from Muslim states with no record of terrorist attacks on the US, endorsement of Israel militarism and the move of the US embassy to Jerusalem, public attacks on the judiciary, passing legislation that reduces women's rights to chose what to do with their own bodies.

When you see people spout rhetoric akin to Hitler they're Nazis. When you see people doing nazi salutes, they're Nazis. When you see people adopt the same ideologies of hate, racism and ignorance, they're nazis.

Stop pretending its not happening, that's how it happened the last time!