Will Hopkins

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Call it what it is: fascism

Donald Trump is a fascist. He and his rogue's gallery of a cabinet, family, and circle are uniformly unfit to hold office. Everyone in the Republican Party is a fascist at this point—you cannot belong to the party attempting to overthrow democracy and still claim to be anything but part and parcel of their fascist takeover.

As fellow-Will Will Bunch eloquently put it in the Inquirer, we cannot allow Trump to stop us from naming fascism when we see it. And so, even if there are eventually some consequences from the fascists for doing so, I'm stating it plainly here: Donald Trump and all his cronies are fascists.

I am an anti-fascist. I am also a Quaker, a pacifist, pro-immigrant, and an aspiring socialist. I do not condone violence of any kind, which I do not say to protect me from the fascists (they won't care) but to make it clear to those aligned with me. I am not in favor of violence, but I am in favor of resistance and supporting our communities.

All I want is a society that supports everyone thriving in harmony, and I don't believe that's impossible for humanity. That's my ideology 🤷