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Derek Johnson

@derekjESQ

Managing Director, Research Collaborative. Young(ish) Leader, @MunSecConf + @FriendsOfEurope. Alum, @globalzero. Made in Iowa with parts from #Iran. he/him 🇦🇲

Washington, DC Katılım Haziran 2013
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“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
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The Venn diagram of people who want their own halftime show and people who want their own water fountain is a circle.
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What’s great about the rise of fascism in America is that it’s totally replaced my fears about a new nuclear arms race. Why worry about the future when I can focus on how bad right now is? Very present, very mindful.
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“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” —Clarence Darrow
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Derek Johnson@derekjESQ·
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
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Dr. Angela Rasmussen
Dr. Angela Rasmussen@angie_rasmussen·
I got so much shit from various sources when I used the F-word, but I have not been using it to be hyperbolic. It’s accurate. See this excellent thread for details 👇🏻
Derek Johnson@derekjESQ

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

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Adam Parkhomenko@AdamParkhomenko·
The president of the United States is a fucking moron.
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Jesse Lee@JesseCharlesLee·
The Roberts MAGA Court is just ripping up two centuries of precedent and starting from scratch to let Trump do whatever he wants. There’s no legal philosophy to it, they’re just corrupt partisan operatives.
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“I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” —Charlie Kirk, April 2023
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@derekjESQ Dude you have this completely wrong. Conservatives are fighting to preserve truth, freedoms. We reject and seek to reduce the power of the state not empower it.

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James Baldwin, in his deep wisdom, said it best: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” It begins with the courage to call fascism by its name.
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We already see the crackdowns on journalists, comedians, teachers. It’s an accelerating event the regime knows exactly how to exploit. More are coming. This isn’t hysteria or alarmism, and it’s not incitement to violence. It’s clarity in the face of real and escalating danger.
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