# Burn it down! (Republicans defund MO libraries)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 12, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-it-down-republicans-defund-mo-libraries/982576 "2023-04-12T12:54:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-it-down-republicans-defund-mo-libraries/982576/36 "2023-04-12T23:31:51Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> 1. It feels really good to attack political enemies as “fascists”.
> 2. It’s perceived as helping to rally those who already agree with you.
> 3. It feels _really_ good to attack political enemies as “fascists”.

You forgot an option:  
[4. These people are literally incipient fascists, engaging in fascist cosplay, sporting uniquely identifiable fascist symbology, and advocating fascist-like political views which are fundamentally based upon cultivating fear and hatred of marginalized people to consolidate their power base while undermining the essential democratic norms and subverting the judiciary, and then gaslighting everyone who questions them by claiming that it is all just errant nonsense by the liberal media.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazi-rune-as-cpac-stage-coincidence-or-not/933927/)

Stranger

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