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Biden Finally Addressed Fascism
I can’t be the only one who’s been writing President Biden letters about fascists ever since he became president. Here’s a letter I wrote him today.
Thank you for finally calling out fascists and fascism.
Since the 2016 election, I’ve been reading anti-fascist and anti-racist books and calling fascism fascism online and in person. I’ve been very open about it. I have white privilege, but I’m a Pagan, queer, and feminist woman who’s part Ashkenazi, so of course I haven’t felt safe in this country since the 2016 election. Many of us lost any sense of safety. White supremacist patriarchs are against anyone who isn’t a cishet white male Christian.
Republifascists are fascists. They’re not “semi-fascists” just because the Democrats are partially in power. We even had that sexual predator neo-Nazi narcissistic sociopath dictator-wannabe in the White House for four years — a nightmare — emboldening fascists as soon as we received the 2016 election results. Back in 2017, I made a protest sign that said, “Donald Dump emboldens fascist bigots” and I carried it during at least one march or rally.
Dump wanted to become dictator and maybe still does. The fascist governor of Florida, DeSantis, is a similar threat.
Meanwhile, mainstream media and Democrats keep not calling fascism fascism. You have no…