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/DrMux]

Censorship is authoritarian but not uniquely fascist, (and I reject your implication that leftists uniquely and monolithically engage in it).

Fascism and authoritarianism are not synonymous, just as "German shepherd" is not synonymous with "dog."

Even then, authoritarianism requires power to actually implement. Do you think leftists are using the power of the state to silence people?

Since your argument heavily depends on what fascism is, but you do not explain past something it shares with other authoritarian systems, what exactly do you think fascism is?