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QAnon is categorized as an American Fascist movement. However, there is little to indicate a following of Fascist beliefs and principles as laid out by Fascist philosophers other than Nationalism. They haven't spoken in favor of Fascist figures like Mussolini or even Hitler. They may certainly be a far-right movement but definitely not a Fascist movement. Hence, the category American Fascist movements ought to be removed.
Listenhereyadonkey (
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22:49, 7 June 2024 (UTC)reply
They often side with Trump, so there's that.... There are numerous RS that connect him with fascist ideas, values, and rhetoric. Here's
an interesting thesis. BTW, he, of course, has no clue what fascism really is. He just uses the word to attack left-wingers, even though it's a right-wing ideology that best describes him and his most die-hard followers. --
Valjean (
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01:01, 8 June 2024 (UTC)reply
Fascism isn't necessarily either left or right, and in regard to economics, it's actually more left wing. Trump's ideology, while there are parallels to be drawn to Fascism is not a Fascist ideology. The only two shared characteristics are Nationalism and strong man leadership, neither of which are inherently Fascist or exclusive to it and can apply to a multitude of ideologies. Trump's ideology is just Right-Wing Populist Nationalism. It isn't even remotely similar to actual Fascism as it was envisioned and practiced by Fascist philosophers like Gentile, Mussolini, and D'Annunzio, among others. Fascism emphasizes state control, national unity under a powerful government, big government, collectivism, and a Nationalist directive. There's a very distinct philosophy there centered around collective nationalist unity. It's almost a spiritual philosophy that again is very different from Trump's ideology. To be Fascist means to follow a very specific ideology and to call anyone who is a nationalist or an authoritarian or is far-right a fascist based solely on those characteristics that would be gravely inaccurate.
Listenhereyadonkey (
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01:28, 8 June 2024 (UTC)reply
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Listenhereyadonkey You are new so it is understandable you don't understand that article talk pages are not a forum for discussion of the subject of the article. We go by sources, not our opinions. And our article
Fascism makes it clear that Fascism if far right, that is not up for debate here - if you want to discuss it at
Talk:Fascism by all means do so with your reliably published sources.
Doug Wellertalk07:07, 23 July 2024 (UTC)reply
@
Doug Weller yeah but there's more that makes someone a Fascist besides being "far-right" this isn't my opinion, if you've ever studied the philosophy of Fascism that'd be clear. I'm not here to debate what Fascism is or isn't. I'm here to say Trump is not a Fascist, and that isn't my opinion. That's an objectively true statement. Fascism is an ideology that can be objectively defined, and if Trump does not meet the definitions (which he doesn't), then he is not a Fascist, it's as simple as. If there're any reliable and unbiased sources that say he is a Fascist and can definitively prove that he is, then they should be cited.
Listenhereyadonkey (
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19:00, 24 July 2024 (UTC)reply
I know about the philosophy. It’s irrelevant because the meaning of words often change over time and that’s happened here. Again, you don’t understand how Wikipedia works. In particular our policies on sources and their use. If you are getting advice from another user by email it’s not good advice. Don’t bother to reply to me, this discussion needs closing as it’s not going to go anywhere.
Doug Wellertalk19:38, 24 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Unless there are reliable sources explicitly identifying QAnon as fascist, I'd be inclined to remove the category. It is unquestionably a far right conspiracy theory. And has been so labeled by numerous sources. But I haven't run into any calling it fascist. Trump's allegedly fascist inclinations are neither here nor there. See
WP:SYNTH. -
Ad Orientem (
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03:11, 8 June 2024 (UTC)reply
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This sentence needs amendment:
One in four Britons believe in QAnon-related theories, though only 6% support QAnon.
The source is from 2020 (things have likely changed since then), and it's a single survey, not a combined review of multiple surveys. Please change it to:
According to a 2020 survey, one in four Britons believed in QAnon-related theories, though only 6% supported QAnon.
Regarding the movement's developments since 2022 and Q's brief return, I'm considering whether to use
this article and
this one. But I'm wondering if these are acceptable sources for such a subject. The Vice.com seems ok, but I've seen so much bad content from this outlet that it has made me cautious. Pastemagazine.com is a magazine about music, as far as I know, so I also wonder.
Any thoughts ? Thanks.
Psychloppos (
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07:29, 26 July 2024 (UTC)reply
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Question: Where exactly in the article is this material located?
Left guide (
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05:53, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Done