It should be a surprise to noone that red-fascist tankies are using the same arguments as Nazis - they’re ideologically similar enough that the Soviets and Nazis were allies until they started arguing over territory.

Myself? I prefer worker enfranchisement and class war to fascism and world war - but whatever it takes to stomp the murderous autocrats.

Yeah - not disagreeing, my dude - just pointing out that even the defence he’s fronted is dogshit.

Yeah - if your defence is “well it’s not illegal, soooooo…” it’s a pretty safe bet you’re being a piece of shit.

Fair enough - that makes a lot of sense.

I personally think they went through a meaningful shift from being evil but effective in their own way (in advancing their own agenda not in solving actual problems) to transparently stupid, and - genuinely unhinged Jewish space lasers, nuking tornadoes, drinking bleach, buying Greenland, and staring directly into the sun.

They’ve gone from cynically exploiting culture war nonsense to advance class war to believing their propaganda and losing the plot - I think the rise of the tea party was the inflection point.

That’s the problem with the modern GOP - it’s not compatible with having brains or principles.

…but if you like perpetually terrified dumb, bigoted culture war nonsense, have I got a bridge to sell you.

Are you implying that needing a cable more than 1m long is an edge case rather than the norm that should be covered by the standard?