Once again, I don't understand your fixation with the word "fascist" since you use it incorrectly.
Lets examine the definition of fascist:
2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control.
So explain to me how Arpaio is a fascist, when he arrests and incarcerates people who exercised complete free will & knowingly broke the law, he swore an oath to enforce? Explain to me how thats deemed "autocratic and dictatorial"? Explain to me how Arpaio is acting like a fascist when when he's simply doing his job, no more & no less. Sometimes I don't know where you libertarians conjure up these fantastic boogeymen. a smalltown sheriff in the middle of nowhere is suddenly the face for the new fascionista? Funny..
Okay. First off, don't tell me that I don't know what I'm talking about when I use the word fascist. I know exactly what fascism is. It is you who apparently are clueless and need to be educated so I guess I'm going to be the one to have to do it.
First, before I explain what Fascism is to you, Joe is not just "a small town sheriff in the middle of nowhere" he is an ex-DEA agent of 25 years. Before that he was a military policeman in France for the American government. Your catagorization of him as just "a small town sheriff in the middle of nowhere" exposes you as either uniformed and ignorant or a dishonest shill for Joe. He is a national drug war figure and a major go to guy for the media when they need a drug warrior on a segment. He does not just enforce the laws. He ACTIVELY campaigns for more laws and more police powers. He also shamelessly self promotes and shills for any nationalistic proposals that come out of Washington. If he just enforced the laws without pushing his own political agenda I couldn’t care less about him and neither would the rest of the country. Please don’t give me that shit about “he swore and oath”, he also swore an oath to protect the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. That doesn’t stop him from ripping it to shreds to crusade for his precious unconstitutional drug war.
Now on to your education. Ok, let’s examine fascism, the American system and how Joe fits into it all as a good little American fascist.
Fascism is a "right-wing" Hegelian socialist system that masquerades as a socially conservative "patriotic" movement with a "capitalist" veneer. As an economic system it is modeled after the German pattern of socialism called Zwangsvirtschaft or all around planning. It has 11 basic points.
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
The US Federal Government promotes powerful and continuing nationalism.
Joe does this. He has his own radio station that broadcasts "patriotic" music. Flags and authoritarian symbols decorate him and everything in his life.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights: Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
The US Federal Government has disdain for the recognition of human rights. Unless it can use human rights as a weapon to demonize a potential victim of its imperialistic foreign policy.
Joe could care less about his prisoners.
Keeping prisoners in 110+ degree temperatures.
Giving them spoiled food.
Stun gunning of prisoners. This is torture under the Geneva conventions.
A prisoner had his neck broken by guards who were seen on camera laughing while it was happening.
Deaths that have been covered up by lost evidence or phony investigations by Joe Arpaio himself.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause: The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
The US Federal Government does this.
This is Joe to the letter. This is why he demonizes illegals, uses the war on terror to get funding and pushes the federal governments line of xenophobia and nationalism every chance he gets.
4. Supremacy of the Military: Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
The US Federal Government definitely has this.
This is why Joe glamorizes his military and DEA service. He also required inmates in 2001 to register with the Selective Service System. This is a VERY militaristic man. He has spent his entire adult life in statist military style organizations.
5. Controlled Mass Media: Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
The US Government controls the media through the FCC.
This is why Joe has a national reputation. He is a go to guy for the pro drug war propagandists. This is also why he uses deputies to intimidate reporters who are investigating Joe and his jail.
6. Obsession with National Security: Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
The US Government is obsessed with national security.
Joe is VERY obsessed with national security. He uses fear ever chance he gets. Just go look at his website.
7. Religion and Government are Intertwined: Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
The US government does this as well.
Joe uses religious rhetoric.
8. Partnership of public and private institutions: The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite. The public and private sectors are merged into one power base of elites.
The US government most assuredly has a partnership of public and private.
Joe regularly brags about his relationship with the business community and couldn't fund his campaign without them. He also gets funding for his department from the fascist federal government for towing the statist line.
9. Obsession with Crime and Punishment: Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
The US government is very obsessed with crime and punishment. It also has multiple branches of its national police force. DEA, ATF, FBI, Dept of Homeland Security, US Marshals Service, etc.
Joe is also very obsessed with crime and punishment. It is his life’s work. He was also a member of one of the national police forces for 25 years, the DEA.
10. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption: Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability.
The US government is filled with rampant cronyism and corruption.
So is Joe's Sheriff's Dept. He protected guards from a murder investigation. Uses police info to intimidate elected officials and reporters. Has been protected by County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Special Prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik from investigation and prosecution.
11. Fraudulent Elections: Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
The US government most assuredly fixes election both here and in the puppet governments of our soviet style satellite empire. It uses assassination like the CIA killings of JFK, RFK, MLK Jr, Larry McDonald, Paul Wellstone and more. It uses legislation to control political district boundaries. It manipulates the media.
Joe participates in the sham of American 2 party politics.
There did that explain to you how Arpaio is a fascist. I wasn’t pulling a word out of my ass. It was a very accurate description of who and what the man is all about. I could explain the economic and political system of fascism further but I don’t want to waste anymore time on you. I’m not sure if you could understand anyways. You obviously need a real education and a lesson or two in humility. Then again I understand that it is easy for punks like you to be a condescending arrogant smartass on a message board. Still laughing?
