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Media Coverage of the Trump Movement is Missing Vital Context

2023/11/29
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Brooke Gladstone:本期节目讨论了对特朗普运动的媒体报道中存在的缺陷,特别关注了其对法西斯主义和政治极端主义的描述。报道中提到特朗普在退伍军人节的讲话中将政治对手描述为国内的威胁,并呼吁清除共产主义者、马克思主义者、法西斯主义者和激进左翼分子。 Jeff Sharlet:Sharlet 认为特朗普的叙事模式(殉道者、受迫害的群体、神秘的外部群体以及暴力言论)是法西斯主义的标志。他分析了共和党成员对特朗普的辩护言论,指出其中一些言论对于普通读者来说难以理解,并解释了这些言论中隐藏的含义,例如“周边探测”、“1/50000”和“了解你的桥梁”等军事术语,以及其与民兵运动和白人至上主义的联系。他还指出,特朗普的支持者中存在着美国法西斯主义运动,其成员包括一些有影响力的政治人物。 Sharlet 进一步分析了特朗普对指控的回应,指出其强化并建立了美国法西斯主义运动的一些特征,例如末日论和暴力修辞。他认为特朗普的言论中充满了暴力和末日论的修辞,并声称只有他能阻止第三次世界大战。他还指出特朗普的言论中包含反犹太主义的元素,他将所有敌人都描绘成共产主义者、马克思主义者或全球主义者。 Sharlet 还指出,特朗普的支持者将他视为殉道者,并利用这一形象来巩固其权力。他分析了阿什利·巴比特的故事,指出其被用来创造一种叙事,将特朗普的支持者描绘成受害者。他还讨论了法西斯主义的美学特征,包括对越轨行为的刺激和兴奋。 Sharlet 认为美国正处于一场缓慢的内战之中,其特征是暴力、极端主义和政治两极分化。他认为将特朗普运动描述为法西斯主义比将其描述为民主危机更准确。他还指出法西斯主义运动在美国的影响力广泛,但并非占据多数。他认为法西斯主义运动并非处于危机状态,而是持续存在并以各种方式运作。最后,他指出特朗普并非法西斯主义运动的核心,而是利用该运动来巩固其权力。 Jeff Sharlet: 特朗普的言论中充满了暴力和末日论的修辞,他声称只有他能阻止第三次世界大战。他的支持者将他视为殉道者,并利用这一形象来巩固其权力。他将所有敌人都描绘成共产主义者、马克思主义者或全球主义者,其言论中包含反犹太主义的元素。美国正处于一场缓慢的内战之中,其特征是暴力、极端主义和政治两极分化。将特朗普运动描述为法西斯主义比将其描述为民主危机更准确。特朗普并非法西斯主义运动的核心,而是利用该运动来巩固其权力。法西斯主义运动在美国的影响力广泛,但并非占据多数。法西斯主义运动并非处于危机状态,而是持续存在并以各种方式运作。

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Trump's Veterans Day speech and his ongoing rhetoric are analyzed for their impact on American politics, highlighting themes of fascism, martyrdom, and internal threats.

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In his Veteran’s day speech a couple of weeks ago former President Donald Trump said this about his political enemies;

*TRUMP: the threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous and grave than the threat from within. We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. *

Jeff Sharlet), author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War), argues that Trump's narratives of martyrdom, a persecuted in-group, a mysterious out-group, and a rhetoric of violence are all hallmarks of fascism. Brooke spoke with Sharlet in June about what the rhetoric, aesthetics, and myth-making of Trump and the movement he rode to power can tell us about a rising fascist movement in the United States, and why Sharlet argues we're in the midst of a slow civil war.  

This is a segment from our June 16, 2023 show, *Indicted (Again)). *

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