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I don't want to be fair to fascists but the current social context does align leftism with labeling the fascists/GOP as "fascists".

Similarly to how 15 years ago someone shouting "let's go, Brandon!" would make you check that hadn't been teleported into the middle of a little league baseball game versus now where you just check how close the nearest exit is.

Edit:

We know who the fascists are. They know they're fascists. There's no reason to act like this was some Rube-Goldbergian word trap that caught out a hidden impostor. This just tripped up an idiot who probably hasn't mastered walking and using slurs at the same time yet. Their masks have already been torn off ages ago. If y'all think playing coy with fascists is some great, newsrag "SLAM" then have fun.

Riegel could have done better here; his comeback isn't really that smart. See, this same script works exactly the same in reverse:

• right winger: "Down with pedophiles!"
• left winger: "Down with JK rowling and "
• right winger: "I just said down with pedophiles. Telling that you took that as an insult to your politics."

Probably hot take, but from the point of view of a conservative the "fascist" OOP just mentioned is a strawman and a very unpleasant one to be associated with at that, so no wonder they would attack the very idea of association after everyone starts spreading it.