If reactionary politics have made the word 'fascist' overused and problematic, then how are we to respond when the actual fascists enter our spaces?
So, I'll repeat what I said to Eric Harris-Braun before we parted ways:
If we cannot have the courage or discernment to use the label 'fascist' for those who participate in hate speech and are directly connected to hate groups and violent radicals, then we have no hope of creating the better worlds we all know are possible.
When I made this choice of hashtag in publishing to the fediverse I added that
My intention in making it a verb and an alarm signal is that writing can be socially and linguistically adaptive as the situation unfolds.
Yes, the word 'fascist' causes alarm. Maybe @Spencer is right and its use will just lead to wars. Well, I am already involved in an organised war against my right to exist. I did not ask to be.
It seems in the OP I omitted evidence tying Moritz' podcasting partnership with Brett Veinotte to "The Free State Project", a libertarian political plot to take voting power in New Hampshire. Looks like Trump is going to win the New Hampshire primary. Looks like these people have aspirations to secession and covet the 'uncancelability' of #decentralization. Cool and normal.
Don't we think some alarm is warranted, if hate groups and individuals who participate in genocidal propaganda are being empowered with private, unstoppable and easily deployable communications tech to secretly organise and amplify their power?