• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    2 months ago

    Sure, but I miss the days when I could just disagree with conservatives instead of fear them trying to push fascism.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      2 months ago

      Bush was a fascist as well. Post 9/11 any dissent was crushed for years, which is how they got to push the Iraq war through.

      • Birch@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        12
        ·
        2 months ago

        People tend to forget just how hard the propaganda machine was swinging then. Remember freedom fries? And how the start of the war was timed for primetime television?