For the last six months I’ve been writing a book as a form of therapy, to keep myself from having to accept the lies and hate coming from in Washington. Instead of reacting to each outlandish headline I’ve been systematically comparing Trump’s behavior to historical and contemporary fascists.

Best def of fascism from Robert Paxton's Anatomy of Fascism (2004). "Fascism ... a form of politcal behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humliation or victimhood ... in which a party of committed nationalist militants, working with traditional elites, abandons ...

"democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints, goals of internal cleansing and external expansion." (Paxton 2004)

Fascism is stoked by fear. Fascist leaders exploit deep seated, emotionally charged fears. They exploit racial hatred, fear of violent crime, fear of minorities and fear of otherness. They appeal to tradition by pretending things were better in the past.