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This may be true, in the same way that most Americans agreed to get involved in WW2 after Pearl Harbour... Because they finally accepted that fascists could not be stopped from committing violence, promoting terrorism, continuing the propaganda to vilify and dehumanize their opponents, or implementing their dictatorship peacefully.
This is also propaganda, because conservatives answer is entirely dependent on whether or not conservatives are in control.
I hope it is true tbh, because it couldn't be more clear that the fascist party will continue escalating their own authoritarianism, terrorism, and violence, until they get it in response, so they can finally justify their goal of mass murder and military dictatorship.
I hope this doesn't come across as undermining, but considering how often I see the term "fascist" used to describe the people who are giving society a hard time, if I may ask, how does one actually define a fascist? What are the criteria (according to those who use the term today) where, if you fit the criteria, you're a fascist, and if you're not a fascist, it's because you don't fit the criteria?
As for violence, there are a lot of people who have been killed this year whose death everyone has been cheering but who doesn't have a history of violence (or even direct control over human life). I mean, when Kirk was assassinated, one of the people who got death threats in the aftermath was Joe Rogan. In terms of individuals on that side of the political spectrum, he's as mid as you can get.
I've seen a lot of people called fascists who don't fall under those criteria, which is the issue. An obvious example now might be Donald Trump (arguably, due to immigration crackdowns, power assertions, espionage, and marginalization of people with autism), but people such as Joe Rogan or Vladimir Zelensky? And you have people nobody is calling a fascist who nevertheless fit in that criteria, like Kim Jong-un and Emmanual Macron.