Source: Astral Codex Ten
by Scott Alexander
The following three things can’t all be true simultaneously: 1. Many Americans are fascists 2. Fascists are an acceptable target for political violence 3. Political violence in America is morally unacceptable (at the current time) … I thought about this while following the Twitter spat between Democratic hopeful Gavin Newsom and Trump advisor Stephen Miller. Newsom called Miller fascist; Miller accused this of being a call to violence which placed ‘a target’ on him. Miller is hardly sympathetic here — he’s called people fascist himself in the past, and later suggested Newsom should be arrested for his speech (if only there were a word to describe the sort of person who supports that kind of thing …) Still, I found myself able to see things from both perspectives.” (10/10/25)
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/fascism-cant-mean-both-a-specific