question (pol subject)
what exactly is a crypto-fascist?
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re: question (pol subject)
@Felthry a fascist who tries to disguise their fascism in evasive, deniable language in order to make it harder to identify them and easier to vilify those who do as "calling everyone fascists".
https://itsgoingdown.org/cryptofascism-fracturing-alt-right-gop/ is very long but not bad; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4BVGPkdzk is Contrapoints and very much in her ironic and theatrical style but also not bad.