A Quote by Morgan Parker
There's something about us using the word fascism and thinking about, "What is it? What does it mean, and what are the tenets of it?" I've been thinking a lot about folks denying what has happened in history, or just not acknowledging it. I think there's something that's fascist, and something that I think we could probably learn from, in terms of the energy in the world right now.
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There's something about us using the word fascism and thinking about, "What is it? What does it mean, and what are the tenets of it?".
I've been thinking a lot about folks denying what has happened in history, or just not acknowledging it.
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