Remember When We Worried Trump Might Be Fascist? Good Times!

From 2018, when The New York Times asked "Should we be worried?" about Trump and fascism.

Good times, good times.

GOP Nationalism Shows George Orwell Is More Relevant Than Ever (video)

"As we confront a rise in nationalism, he reminds us nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism," CNN correspondent John Avlon said.

In John Avlon's Reality Check segment, he talked about why George Orwell is more relevant than ever.

"For a guy who has been dead for nearly 70 years, George Orwell has never been hotter. The sales of his dystopian novel 1984 surged to the after President Trump's inauguration. With alternative facts and fake news, Orwell raises his head again. 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command.' Sound familiar?

What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening.

‘Unite against fascism’: Fearless women battling ISIS memorialize Heather Heyer

The female members of the anti-ISIS YPG militia in Syria were already badass enough — but their response to the killing of Heather Heyer by neo-Nazi James Fields, Jr. solidified their status.

“As women who have suffered at the hands of Daesh [ISIS] we know well the dangers that fascist, racist, patriarchal and nationalist groups and organizations pose,” read a statement from female fighters from the Yazidi religious minority. “Once again men of this mind-set, this time in America, have martyred a woman, Heather Heyer, who was resisting against the division and destruction of communities.”

Like the Kurdish militias they fight with, Yazidi women are targeted specifically for their difference by ISIS. Their stories of sex slavery are brutal — and makes their solidarity with Heyer and the counter protesters in Charlottesville all the more poignant.

“We believe that Heather Heyer’s struggle is our struggle and that the fight against fascism is a global battle,” the Yazidi women’s statement continued. “For this reason, we are calling on women around the world to unite against fascism and put an end to terrorist groups like Daesh and those made from the same cloth that kill women like Heather.”

Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump's Bigotry Not As A Muslim, But As An American (video)

I'm posting this because its applicable not only to America, but the world at large where governments and politicians have used similar language to incite hatred and bigotry simply because one practices a different religion or belongs to another ethnic group. The most recent examples are the Balkan wars in the early 1990's and Rwanda in 1994.