What is needed is some sort of popular documentary or movie about not only how the father of fascism – Benito Mussolini – came to power, but also what exactly fascism is, a government controlled by corporations, the military, the church and a powerful charismatic leader. Though I suppose it would not matter to his fans, after all, the new president of the Philippines is a fascist who enjoys killing people. How did that happen?
You know, when any of us deal with the Trumpism within our families, friends and acquaintances we soften it from “retarded bigots” to just a matter of “ignorance.” For I am sure graphs of the intelligence, education, gun ownership, talk radio and rurality of Trump fans can all be overlaid one on top of another without any lines showing through the others.
How powerful is Rush Limbaugh? It is now 28 years that he has been on over 600 radio stations (that is 12 per state) with over 20 million listeners per week, not only saying what Donald Trump says, but in the same bloviating bigoted manner. And then eight years later came along FOX NEWS playing the same tune for another 20 years. How much has that mattered in creating the monster that ate the GOP?