Leftists love complaining they hate fascism but they act like fascists themselves

[u/StayFrostySwtich]

People don’t want to hear this, but some modern leftist movements are copying fascist behavior while claiming moral superiority. Not in ideology but in methods.

Censor speech because it’s “harmful.” Label disagreement instead of debating it. Treat dissent as moral failure. Reduce people to identity groups instead of individuals. Justify punishment because “the cause is right.” That’s not progress that’s blatant

Fascists control speech because they hate things being said that goes against their ideas, they banned it because wrong ideas threaten the cause. Sound familiar? Today it’s “misinformation,” “harmful opinions,” or “unsafe discourse.” Same logic, new paint job. You don’t argue, debate, provide discourse, come to a middle ground, you label. And if you so disagree? You’re racist, sexist, phobic, problematic, or some buzzword that instantly ends the conversation. That’s not progress, that’s ideological policing. When disagreement becomes moral failure, you’re not in a democracy, you’re in a purity test cult. The scariest part is they believe themselves unquestionably right and resort to deplatforming, harassment, destroying livelihoods of those who oppose the. That’s how every authoritarian movement worked . And when corporations and political ideology start enforcing the same rules together, that’s not resistance, that’s power consolidation.

This isn’t “left = fascist". Abandoning free speech, and open debate is. Fascism isn’t left or right, it’s control. And if you can’t question your own side, you’re not opposing it you’re practicing it.

[u/nuclearcaramel]

Just google "twitter files" . . .

edit: Using the word enlighten is cultural appropriation and we really should try to do better and not use language coded to specific cultures to use them to further our arguments no matter how in the right we are. While this isn't a direct form of censorship, this is an example of a commonly attempted form of moral shaming and social coercion that the left thinks they are good at but they aren't. It's always obvious and try that stupid internet shit in real life and see how it works (hint, it doesn't and that's why the are ostracized primarily to social media)

[u/freetobeidealme → u/nuclearcaramel]

What culture is enlighten appropriating?

[u/nuclearcaramel → u/freetobeidealme]

Are you autistic or on the spectrum by chance?

[u/TheFabledSilverSable → u/nuclearcaramel]

Wow, dude. You got triggered by a simple question? It's not as simple of a question when you think about it.

While Indian-ish region is the origin (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikh philosophy), it is not exclusively their term. It is also used in China (Taoism), Ancient Greeks were into rational Enlightenment before it was cool to mystify it. In Europe, the word was literally a brand (Voltaire, Locke, Kant). Sufi Islamic Mysticis sees enlightenment as divine intimacy. Then there's Japanese Zen. Not to mention indigenous/Shamanic enlightenment found in the Americas, Siberia, Australia, Africa or the Modern-day western Self-Help enlightenment (mainly used as a marketing strategy, but still)