r/subredditdrama melts down over user of r/gaybrosgonemild posting a picture of himself in front of a trump flag

We gotta spell it out again, don't we?

Being MAGA isn't a matter of "political opinion." It stopped being a matter of "conservative vs. liberal ideology" a long, long, long time ago. It's not about "how tax dollars are spent," "foreign policy," or "immigration." Heck, it's not even about the broad strokes of civil rights like the right to choose or the finer points like reparations. Those opinions, no matter how diverse and varied, still fall under the umbrella that is American democracy; as flawed and fallible as American democracy is, it is STILL democracy. MAGA isn't about democracy. MAGA is fascism, period. So you can't defend MAGA with the same tired arguments used in the past, in this case "you are intolerant of a different opinion." It's not a matter of "different opinion." It's a matter of fundamental definition - "is America a democracy, or a fascist state?" This is what MAGA doesn't get when they want to blame Biden and Dems for inflation, or immigration, or gas prices, or whatever else they want to rattle the pots and pans over; those things really don't matter in this discussion. Because while those things are all legitimate discussions when it comes to policy, we're not talking about policy anymore - we're talking about something much more fundamental, "is America a democracy or a fascist authoritarian state?"

TL, DR: Save the "so much for the tolerant left" bullshit, MAGAts

You’re using a word you clearly don’t have a good definition for other than “people I dislike”. Trump is not a fascist.

First of all, yes he fricking is what the frick are you talking about?

Second, many experts on fascism disagree with you - even some that were extremely hesitant to call him a fascist changed their minds after 1/6. For example, while renowned historian on Eastern Europe in WW2 Timothy Snyder has plainly said for years that Trump is a fascist, it wasn't until after 1/6 that renowned political scientist and historian studying fascism Robert O. Paxton concluded that Trump is a fascist.

And even the ones that still refuse to call him one usually do so by saying he's too incoherent to count as having that kind of strategic vision (both Roger Griffin - historian and political theorist studying fascism - and Stanley Payne - historian studying European fascism - have made such arguments) or that he's simply too personally corrupt to be viewed as having the actual dedication to nationalism rather than personal gain (Thomas Weber - a German historian studying Nazi Germany - has made such an argument), not by saying he doesn't closely resemble a fascist in practically every way.

Please gas Redditors.