minnow

They didn't "set themselves up as the only solution." We have First Past the Post voting, that's just how it works.

not everyone thinks that

Yes, obviously not everyone thinks fascism is an existential threat. Which is probably one of our greatest failures as a society, in terms of education.

No? No. Democracy, functional or not, has no direct determining power on what candidates cater to. What democracy does is select the winning candidate, regardless of who the candidate caters to.

We may be a flawed democracy with candidates that cater to the elites, but we're still a democracy and we still pick the winner.

Why not? Their leader just got elected President if the US, if that's not cause to take them seriously then what is?

Yup

You obviously don't understand what fascism is. I recommend Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism"as a good primer. Maybe read that before you make anymore ignorant comments like this one.

This may come as a surprise to you, but yes, in a democracy the people are to blame for who gets elected.

The Democrats could have run a turd as a candidate with the slogan "it'll be a shit show" and I'd still have voted for them with no regrets, because I understand that fascism is an existential threat. If the Democrats are to blame in any way, it's because they didn't try to get people to understand that OH WAIT THEY DID.

Should the Democrats have run a better candidate and a better campaign? Obviously yes. Is it their fault that voters were willing to let a fascist win? Not even a little.

I'm not telling you to stop using the word altogether, just trying to help you understand why some uses are inappropriate and will garner ire from others. It's fine if you want to say "well that's their problem" but alternatively you could try to have some empathy. Broadly speaking, being considerate of others rarely requires anything of you, and helps make the world a better place.

But if that's asking too much, I understand.

Edit to add: this applies to the usage of "males" and "females" equally. By continuing to use this terms inappropriately, you're not somehow promoting equality, you're just being stubborn about using hurtful language.

Edit 2: It's possible that your usage of "male" wasn't problematic, I'd have to see the post. But if it was problematic, and others didn't call it out, that's a failure on their part. I don't see why the hypocrisy of others should excuse your inappropriate usage of if certain words, that feels very... Whataboutism, perhaps? Anyway, I get why you're frustrated. Sorry you're dealing with that, but please don't be a bad person just to spite others. You're obviously smart and caring, and I think you can do better if you wanted to.

I'm not telling you to stop using the word altogether, just trying to help you understand why some uses are inappropriate and will garner ire from others. It's fine if you want to say "well that's their problem" but alternatively you could try to have some empathy. Broadly speaking, being considerate of others rarely requires anything of you, and helps make the world a better place.

But if that's asking too much, I understand.

Edit to add: this applies to the usage of "males" and "females" equally. By continuing to use this terms inappropriately, you're not somehow promoting equality, you're just being stubborn about using hurtful language.

There definitely are females out there

The use of "females" here is objectifying, and generally frowned upon. Here's a way to avoid this mistake in the future: replace "females" with the word "people" and if it works grammatically and in the context of what you're saying (eg, you're not talking about animals) then you should be using "women" instead of "females."

Completely disagree, a person doesn't have to understand what fascism is to be a fascist or indifferent to fascism, any more than they need to be an expert on dogs to not kick or oppose kicking one.