Tag: Fascism

• Dogmatism is our enemy

  Dogma in the broad sense is any belief held with unquestionable certainty. Wikipedia America is being strangled by dogmatism. Happy yet? We’re awash with dogmatism and thanks largely to social media and more specifically Facebook, most of us are living in a dogmatic virtual reality. So dogmatism was driven in part by the dogma of…

  Mark

  November 1, 2021

  Politics 2021

  Dogmatism, Fascism, Republicans, Totalitarianism

• A time for courage and for antacids

  Five months from today we are likely to wake up and find that Joe Biden is our president elect. Donald Trump’s reelection seems increasingly unlikely, given that many polls now show Biden has a ten-point lead over Trump. Or maybe we won’t know. One factor in this election is that there may be a crush…

  Mark

  June 3, 2020

  Politics 2020

  Barack Obama, Bill Barr, Bill Clinton, COVID-19, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Fascism, George Bush, Insurrection Act, Mark Esper, Pope John Paul II, Posse Comitatus

• Republicans are going for a dictatorship

  Things have been keeping me up at night lately. The latest thing to wake me up in a cold sweat at 4 AM was, of all things, judicial nominations. In case you haven’t noticed, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell has been working at a breakneck pace to put Trump’s judges on the federal bench. It’s pretty…

  Mark

  May 15, 2019

  Politics 2019

  Abortion laws, Court stacking, Dictatorship, Fascism, Fugitive Slave Act, Hyatt decision, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, The Handmaid’s Tale

• The Republican Party is moving toward fascism

  It’s been clear to me for a while that Republicans are authoritarians. Of course, all political parties want their ideas implemented into law. In this country it’s supposed to be done through persuasion and an open and democratic process. But when I look at today’s Republican Party, I’m having a hard time convincing myself Republicans…

  Mark

  May 6, 2017

  Politics 2017

  Anti-fascists, Antifa, Authoritarism, Brownshirts, Christians, Fascism, Jimmy Carter, Republican Party, Republicans, Trump