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Originally Posted by Itse
Hyperbolic predictions of doom have unfortunately been a part of political campaigning for as long as politics have existed. At least as far back as Ancient Rome.
Of course, the problem is not improved by people who want to tone down the rhetoric regardless of whether or not it's accurate.
Trump pretty obviously is racist, misogynist and possibly unhinged to the point of being genuinely dangerous. Sometimes those things are not hyperbole.
"Fascist" on the other hand does not IMO describe him. (It's one of those words that I feel Americans almost never use correctly. Then again it's a mostly European political movement, you luckily haven't really had that much literal fascism in your local politics.)
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This is a good point. North American politics have not yet reached the depravity of European politics. Man, you guys have some messed up stuff going on over there.