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In reply to the discussion: If you vote for a fascist are you a fascist? [View all]Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)25. I also felt that McDonnell was a good reform-minded sheriff.
Much need relief after the Baca-Tanaka disaster in the LASD.
While the office is non-partisan, I got the impression that McDonnell was likely a Republican (at the sane-end of the spectrum, but I may be wrong about that) and I was in no mood following Trump's election to vote for a moderate conservative over a person endorsed by the Democratic Party and Democratic affiliated groups and unions.
Every one of the Democrats I know (who are many) deeply regret that vote. Literally the only vote of my long carrer voting (I never miss an election) that I'd take back.
Many of us Democratic loyalists got this one wrong. And honest mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.
I will be voting for Luna and hoping this skunk is gone soon.
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and those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary in 2016,are fascist enablers.
JohnSJ
Sep 2022
#1
Orwell said if you hamper the efforts of one side you inevitably help the other side.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2022
#4
No. I voted for a fascist named Villanueva for sheriff along with thousands of other democrats
ColinC
Sep 2022
#3
The fact a person knows he or she is a voting for a fascist is implied in the question.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2022
#5
And I think it's safe to assume that most* voters fo fascists do not actually know they are voting
ColinC
Sep 2022
#10
Most of the 47% of Americans who voted for Trump knew they were voting for a fascist.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2022
#21
A lot of people have authoritarian personalities and are unaware of them
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2022
#30
Voting for Villanueva for LA Sheriff is probably the only vote I've taken in my entire life
Just A Box Of Rain
Sep 2022
#16
Lol, it does. Or a rare kindly schoolmaster. Here in our blood-red GA district,
Hortensis
Sep 2022
#20
This is spot on. Those who knowingly vote for fascists are at minimum "fascist enablers."
Just A Box Of Rain
Sep 2022
#19
One doesn't have to take goose steps or favor putting their opponents into ovens to be a fascist
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2022
#32