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California Governor Gavin Newsom should be charged criminally for describing Stephen Miller as a "fascist," according to a Republican lawmaker.

On Friday, Newsom's press office posted this on X: "STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST!" MAGA accused Newsom of "trying to get Miller killed" with the simple comment on social media. Miller is currently the White House deputy chief of staff under Trump.

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[-] Lime66@lemmy.world 166 points 1 month ago

Arresting someone for calling a fascist a fascist is pretty fascist.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

Arresting someone for calling ~~a fascist~~ anyone a fascist is pretty fascist.

[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

True, but it's good to be specific.

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 21 points 1 month ago

ADL actually have a list of symbols of hate, Anti-Antifa is one of them. So irony.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

It's a shame the ADL threw away all of their credibility

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

Look, Steven clearly isn't a fascist, he just talks like a fascist, and acts like a fascist, and does fascist things!

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Whoa...good thing we didn't step in it.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yup, just dived headfirst into the cesspool

[-] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nazis: "Don't call me a nazi, or I'll harass, imprison, deport, or murder you in one of my many death camps!"

[-] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

That kind of honesty would be refreshing

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

At the rate they're going it'll probably be their party platform for the midterms next year

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago
[-] teft@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

3 months ago Gavin called temu goebbels a fascist cuck (which he is). Evidently calling him just a fascist is over the line though.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

I think they were hoping for a libel suit instead, so we could all watch Miller try to prove that he’s not a fascist.

[-] als 9 points 1 month ago

So about that first amendment

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

When the GOP has a felon leader they project furiously.

[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Oh I'd love to see that dead eyed weirdo try and prove he isnt fascist in a court

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Derrick, the guy calling for his arrest is literally calling an ex FBI member communist. You couldn't make it up. Genuinely shameless hypocrisy.

[-] Isa@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But … if it's true ^(edit: that he's a fascist)^? I mean, didn't one of the Ten Commandments declared explicitly, that “Thou shalt not bear false witness ^(edit: like denying, that he is a fascist, when it's clear, that he is one.)^ against thy neighbour”!?

[-] Aljernon@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The American Right, alone among Right Wings across the world, has long had an internal tension between Being Right Wing and the Conservative obsession with Tradition and National Origin Myths (which for us is the American Revolution, the Constitution, and buzzwords like Freedom and Liberty). The rise of Fascism has allowed alot of the American Right to be unapologetically Far Right and drop any pretense of caring about the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

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