Will the Fake News Fascist-Mongers Ever Shut Up?

I have published at least a dozen columns saying that America’s slide towards Fascism is overpronounced, particularly because Fascism has always become the basis of governmental authority through the use of massive, armed force, So, it figures that the Fake News Fascist-mongers would come out with some new way of promoting the idea that far-right politics and armed violence is increasing throughout the United States.

I’m referring to an article in yesterday’s Failing New York Times which draws upon work published by an outfit in England, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, which found that in 700 demonstrations in the United States since 2020 where people were allowed to walk around with guns, more than three-quarters of these events attracted gun-carrying schmucks from various alt-right groups.

How many of these gun-toting putzes actually fired even one shot during these public events? Ready? None. How many times did one of these armed jerkoffs actually threaten a demonstrator with a gun? Ready? Zero, as in zilch.

But like Kenny’s mother once said about the possibility that a cow would attack a child who tried to pet the cow’s nose at a petting zoo, “There’s always a first time.”

Meanwhile, if you take the trouble to dig down into the really excellent data aggregated and…