• 20th Century Fascists

    From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to All on Sunday, June 02, 2019 15:43:28
    Hello Everybody,

    God help the Queen when the Trumpster visits the palace.

    The Mayor of London calls Donald Trump a 20th century fascist -

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/01/donald-trump-like-20th -century-fascist-says-sadiq-khan

    Donald Trump is like a 20th-century fascist, says Sadiq Khan

    Toby Helm and Mark Townsend

    Sat 1 Jun 2019 23.57 BST First published on Sat 1 Jun 2019 21.30 BST

    The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has compared the language used by
    Donald Trump to rally his supporters to that of “the fascists of the
    20th century” in an explosive intervention before the US president’s
    state visit to London that begins on Monday. Writing in the Observer,
    Khan condemned the red-carpet treatment being afforded to Trump
    who, with his wife Melania, will be a guest of the Queen during his
    three-day stay, which is expected to provoke massive protests in the
    capital on Tuesday.

    Khan said: “President Donald Trump is just one of the most egregious
    examples of a growing global threat. The far right is on the rise
    around the world, threatening our hard-won rights and freedoms and the
    values that have defined our liberal, democratic societies for more
    than 70 years.

    “Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Matteo Salvini in Italy, Marine Le Pen in
    France and Nigel Farage here in the UK are using the same divisive
    tropes of the fascists of the 20th century to garner support, but with
    new sinister methods to deliver their message. And they are gaining
    ground and winning power and influence in places that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.”

    Khan, who has had a feud with Trump since becoming mayor in 2016, adds:
    “This is a man who also tried to exploit Londoners’ fears following a horrific terrorist attack on our city, amplified the tweets of a
    British far-right racist group, denounced as fake news the robust
    scientific evidence warning of the dangers of climate change, and is
    now trying to interfere shamelessly in the Conservative party
    leadership race by backing Boris Johnson because he believes it would
    enable him to gain an ally in Number 10 for his divisive agenda.”

    (snip)

    --Lee

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    Our Nuts, Your Mouth

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Lee Lofaso on Tuesday, June 04, 2019 18:37:14
    On 02 Jun 2019, Lee Lofaso said the following...

    Hello Everybody,

    God help the Queen when the Trumpster visits the palace.

    The Mayor of London calls Donald Trump a 20th century fascist -

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/01/donald-trump-like-20th -century-fascist-says-sadiq-khan

    Donald Trump is like a 20th-century fascist, says Sadiq Khan

    Toby Helm and Mark Townsend

    Sat 1 Jun 2019 23.57 BST First published on Sat 1 Jun 2019 21.30 BST

    The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has compared the language used by
    Donald Trump to rally his supporters to that of “the fascists of the 20th century” in an explosive intervention before the US president’s state visit to London that begins on Monday. Writing in the Observer,
    Khan condemned the red-carpet treatment being afforded to Trump
    who, with his wife Melania, will be a guest of the Queen during his three-day stay, which is expected to provoke massive protests in the capital on Tuesday.

    Khan said: “President Donald Trump is just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat. The far right is on the rise
    around the world, threatening our hard-won rights and freedoms and the values that have defined our liberal, democratic societies for more
    than 70 years.

    “Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Matteo Salvini in Italy, Marine Le Pen in France and Nigel Farage here in the UK are using the same divisive
    tropes of the fascists of the 20th century to garner support, but with
    new sinister methods to deliver their message. And they are gaining
    ground and winning power and influence in places that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.”

    This is so simple even Foghorn Leghorn could understand it, Boy.

    Liberalism is dying.

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