Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Fascism is un-American

Kudos to the writer of the Jan. 17 letter “QAnon doesn’t act like patriots” for recognizing that President Donald Trump and the far-right conspiracy group QAnon detest antifa and that antifa is short for anti-fascist, which means Trump and QAnon are pro-fascist.

Fascism is authoritarianism, contemptuous of electoral democracy. It’s violently exclusionary and arouses popular enthusiasm by using propaganda.

Far-right extremism and fascism are antithetical to democracy. Far-right beliefs are simply far too wrong for a country whose constitution is built on principles of justice, fairness and equality.

We’re now rid of Trump as president, and hopefully we will soon be rid of these anti-democratic groups, so democracy can once again shine brighter.

In former President Barack Obama’s last book, he described President Joe Biden as decent, honest and loyal, having heart and caring about ordinary people.