Authoritarians like The Proud Boys and ANTIFA, for examples, hate libertarians like Trump. You should know this.
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The Proud Boys adored Trump -- until they realized he did not have their back, and did not intend to declare martial law in an attempt to seize power.
As to ANTIFA being "authoritarian?" lol! Aside from the fact that there are probably fewer ANTIFA than there are Proud Boys.... that handful of gutter punks who like to beat up Neo-Nazis are... wait for it... predominantly
anarchists. I.e. it's pretty much impossible to be authoritarian, when you want to abolish all government.
Tin pot dictators hate libertarians like Trump, too.
lol... Well, Trump must be the shittiest "libertarian" that ever lived. He micromanaged corporations, including Carrier and NBC and GM and Ford and Boeing and dozens of others. He dramatically increased spending. For all his abject failures doing nothing about COVID, he still managed to spend massive amounts on vaccine development. He cozied up to theocrats. He opposed same-sex marriage. The list goes on.
Trump allowed the sedition-speak of the 'resistors' to the Trump presidency after the 2016.
lol... Oh, he "allowed" it? Was that before or after he demanded that athletes who took a knee before sporting events should be fired? Before or after he told the Squad -- whose members are US citizens -- to leave the US? And what do you think he could have done? Do you think he could have arrested AOC, perhaps?
Trump called both sides of the Charlottesville rioting good and bad.
Wow. That's your proof that he isn't authoritarian? Are you even remotely serious?
Here's just a few items he pulled from the Authoritarian Playbook.
He...
• Wants maximum power with minimum responsibility
• Deliberately undermines the legitimacy of the government, especially other branches
• Attacks the press
• Violates norms, constantly, to his advantage
• Exploits and widens political and partisan divisions
• Unleashes a firehose of lies and disinformation, on a daily basis
• Demands one-way loyalty from everyone
• Refuses to accept electoral defeat
• Tries to subvert judicial independence
• Proclaims he favors "law and order," while actually disregarding and subverting the rule of law
• Makes a big show of military trappings (remember when he wanted a Communist-style military parade?)
• Indulges in rampant corruption and self-dealing
• Encourages conspiracy theories and empower conspiracy theorists
Now, I will say that Trump is an
inept and lily-livered loser of an authoritarian. But just because he sucks at being authoritarian, that doesn't magically change who he is.
The authoritarians are the ones suggesting a limit on free speech.
Oh, you mean, like the Republicans? Who want to punish social media companies that don't moderate the way they demand? Yeah, gotta agree with you on that one.
The authoritarians are the ones who resisted the constitutionally held election of Trump as president in the 2016.
lol.... Yeah, they "resisted" by... voting for Democrats in 2018, and for Biden in 2020. Wow. What disrespect!!!
The authoritarians are the ones wanting to prosecute Trump for wining the 2016 presidential election because he doesn't succumb to their political beliefs.
Uh, no. They want him prosecuted for inciting an attack on Congress, and anything else illegal that he's done.
In short, you don't know what authoritarian means.
Coming from a guy who doesn't realize that anarchists can't be authoritarians, that sounds like a compliment.
