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Lessons from an asylum hotel counter-protest: calling our opponents ‘fascist’ doesn’t work
(www.theguardian.com)
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if you're whining about immigrants having shelter you ARE a fascist.
Telling this to the domestic population living under a regime where homeless is on the rise is tone deaf.
and yet they'll vote for the people who caused it because it's easier to blame minorities.
are we gonna put them into camps or what?
i mean the government is putting refugees and migrants into camps
The people who don't vote how you like
Fascism is inherently nativist, but people who complain about immigrants being housed in hotels might be concerned about the cost. For those (many - I'm not downplaying this) that are simply anti-immigrant, fascism also is inherently opposed to democracy and in favour of the creation of a militarised police state. Where do you get that from "whining about immigrants having shelter"? I don't think you can.
I think you're identifying that fascists are anti-immigrant and that fascism has some currency as a negative term and so want to bash anti-immigrant people with the label even though it doesn't apply.