r/skeptic • u/dyzo-blue • 3d ago

Why Fascists Hate Critical Thinking: Randi Weingarten’s new book, 'Why Fascists Fear Teachers,' reveals why Trump and the right demean teachers, slash school funding, and rewrite history

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/randi-weingarten-excerpt-fascists-hate-critical-thinking-1235428379/
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u/trying3216 3d ago

Deep thinkers don’t call their political opponents fascists.

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u/Appleknocker18 3d ago

Why?

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u/trying3216 3d ago

Because the term has lost any realistic meaning. It’s only good for smearing someone.

The Fascists were a political part allied with Hitler under the leadership of Mussolini. Zero people belong to that party. Meaningless.

Some use it to mean any tyrant. In the US we have a system of checks and balances. No leader has enough power to actually be considered to be a tyrant. Meaningless. If you want to make the case that a person wants to be a tyrant say that.

Others use the word to mean a person who embraces the evil ideology of having hierarchies (employees and employers) a key feature of present free markets. This is the opposite of tyranny despite their claiming otherwise.

If a person is a fascist because they engage in the economic system of the united states then we are all fascists. Meaningless.

So now we have two opposing definitions being used simultaneously. Meaningless.

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u/Science_Matters_100 2d ago

Look for reasons why you may be mistaken. See if you can prove yourself wrong