LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: Thump Really is a Bloody Fascist

“If you wish the sympathy of the broad masses, you must tell them the crudest and most stupid things…. By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell — and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed”. Adolf Hitler

“A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends”. Henry Wallace, Vice President (under FDR)

“Fascism, unlike democracy, is not a system of government. It is a collection of tactics meant to give one man the absolute power to solve a nation’s ‘problems’ and restore it to ‘greatness.’ It is a political philosophy that has historically caused national suffering and worldwide disaster whenever it succeeds…. Those who desire government by dictatorship attempt to create a ‘fascist reality.’ This reality does not pursue or depend on provable facts…. Targeted propaganda repeats the leader’s lies as many times as necessary to make those lies sound like the truth…. Republican politicians still actively push the Big Lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. This was the basis for the January 6, 2020 attack on the United States Congress. Trump publicized various forms of the Big Lie even before the 2016 election. Repeatedly, he claimed any election he didn’t win was rigged…