I started ringing this bell as Cheney & Dubya barfed Fascist language & the culture industry leapt into chorus. I was handed eyerolls & told that I call everything I don’t like Fascist (not true! I don’t like stupid and ugly things for different reasons!). Over the decades, I’ve gotten a LOT of mumbled apologies. It took TEN YEARS of this santorum before anyone with a voice started saying maybe it’s ok to use words to mean what they mean. I’m right next time, too. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/