We are WAY past debating what the definition of fascism is… we are now living it.

We are way past wondering what would be “too far” for our cowardly conservative cohort- what could this president do that would make those that supported him recoil….

They will support and defend ANY atrocity that is done in their name. They whored their conscience and their souls to this creature, and whey will NEVER allow themselves to question their decision.

The LAST thing they can afford to do is to take a look at what they have become… its far more pleasurable for them to punish those they are told to hate, cage and kill their children, hurl racial epithets without guilt or shame… self-reflection is a luxury they cannot afford- it might well kill them.

“Suddenly it all comes down, all at once. You see what you are, what you
have done, or, more accurately, what you haven’t done (for that was all that
was required of most of us: that we do nothing). You remember those early
meetings of your department in the university when, if one had stood, others
would have stood, perhaps, but no one stood. A small matter, a matter of
hiring this man or that, and you hired this one rather than that. You remember
everything now, and your heart breaks. Too late. You are compromised
beyond repair.

“What then? You must then shoot yourself. A few did. Or ‘adjust’ your
principles. Many tried, and some, I suppose, succeeded; not I, however. Or
learn to live the rest of your life with your shame. This last is the nearest there
is, under the circumstances, to heroism: shame. Many Germans became this
poor kind of hero, many more, I think, than the world knows or cares to
know.”

-THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE, Milton Mayer

None of the conservatives that used to post on the zone will show the recognition of their responsibility and shoot themselves, nor will the dare allow themselves to feel shame for their actions- they will all take the second path outlined above:

Or ‘adjust’ your principles. Many tried, and some, I suppose, succeeded

That is a suicide of sorts- one that does far more violence to the soul than a bullet, and one that results in more atrocities against the innocents… It is a suicide of conscience, an annihilation of the core values you once claimed to hold- the suicide of cowards that cannot bring themselves to admit what they have done.

It is an externalized suicide, where all the violence and suffering is directed at others while telling yourself ‘THEY HAD IT COMING’ so your mind can avoid guilt, or painful questions…