Why is everything normal called fascist?

What's up with the "everyone I don't like is Hitler" phenomenon? It's strange but not incomprehensible. Post-war liberal zealotry (combined with leftist antifascism) coded a lot of things as "far-right" and made them taboo, including some important things that we need in order to understand political and human life well. That's the argument of this video.

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[fo]

One thing that shocks me most with my predominantly left-wing friends is that if you defend someone's freedom of opinion you're automatically accused of having that same opinion - for them, freedom of speech only applies if you think what they think.

[Lancersilva]

I was called a fascist for saying that I prefer small government, increased individual liberty, and hating taxes. I’m no political scientist but I’d say I’m a fascist’s polar opposite.

[rightwingsafetysquad]

A history professor called me a fascist because i asked her to define fascism.

[stephenoverdorf]

I was called a fascist by a teacher as a freshman in high school….the first of many in those four years. I simply stated that a mother’s place was with her children….

[hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

I was called a racist fascist when a guy was literally caught by me stealing things from the store I worked at. He said he'd call a lawyer. Okay, I said, please sue us for being racist fascists for not letting you steal hundreds of dollars of merchandise.

[emailsucks]

Being called names in 2024 is an honor . Those words mean nothing to someone with conviction and dignity . Sticks and stones ...

[MalachiWhite-twhl]

Because they wore out "racist" and "sexist"?

[DeadEndFrog]

"When I am Weaker Then You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that is according to my principles."
Politics in a nuttshell

[Don-dsdy]

Literally seen a dude call nuclear families "fascist" like dude that's just how humans survived and existed for the last 600k years.

[I_am_Raziel]

They use it as a weapon to silence their opponents.

[Zayli]

I've been called a fascist for being ex-Muslim and criticizing Islam publicly

[Nesher]

I was called a fascist for arguing that the cultural traditions of your country should have a more prominent position than those of some immigrants.
Namely how I (an agnostic) am not in favor of muslims praying in front of catholic churches in Italy. This act is disrespectful and it has an obvious subtext religious conquest which is not acceptable anymore in my country.

[wohargRadu]

Because it is meant to be an insult.
It is used by intellectually limited people who are unable to argue rationally with people who don't share their opinions.
It can be translated as "Errr ... I don't like what you say but can't explain why."

[Nick-tezj]

You get the most flak when you’re over the target. Western culture is to be appreciated. It was we who freed the slaves, who conquer disease, and who fight against tyranny. I will never apologize for the noble culture from which I come.

[seamusdoherty]

The people calling everyone fascist have become fascist themselves.

[Masqued]

I got called a Fascist by a woke male feminist because I supported Tulsi Gabbard! Now I'm reading Nietzsche and Evola so I guess I'm a "Super Fascist" ha, ha.

[remusbrotherofromulus]

In my university classroom my lecturer and the majority of the classroom said that I had internalised fascism for stating that a disabled person would have a more difficult life than a non-disabled person if all else is equal. People who hold normal values should forgo non-necessary education. We ought to study the classics in our own time while we take formal education in engineering, architecture, medicine, or a trade.

Fantastic video btw, you got a new subscriber for life 👍👍

[gfrpsn]

"Left wing violence is considered free speech. Right wing free speech is considered violence." Redeemed Zoomer YT channel

[fancyelk]

I remember I was chatting with the lady cutting my hair at the barbershop and mentioned I was planning to get a Norse runic tattoo, because I love Norse mythology. And she said without missing a beat “if I didn’t already know you were normal I’d have called you a white supremacist for that.” I was pretty stunned. Can’t even enjoy mythology without it being political these days.

[Veedon]

Forty years ago I was called a fascist by my political philosophy professor because I said I believed in an unseen numinous world. My communist uncle called me a fascist because I dared to rebuke him for stealing family property . .And recently I found I was being touted as a fascist because I played an excerpt from Julius Evola's "The Metaphysics of War " to a friend. Its obviously a badge of honour