Is Donald Trump a fascist? Experts, historians, and pundits have debated
the question for months. One thing has been certain for a while now: He
tweets like one. That’s why, last year, Gawker’s Ashley Feinberg
created a Twitter bot that would post quotes from the writings and
speeches of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, but with all
of them attributed to businessman and Republican presidential candidate
Donald Trump. This morning, he
retweeted that account.
Our Fascist bot was anything but subtle. It was, after all, directly named after Mussolini. The New York Times today swiftly
recognized that it was a parody account. At the time of the account’s
creation, Gawker Media Executive Editor John Cook expressed some concern
that the joke behind the account was far too obvious, and wouldn’t
trick anyone but a complete idiot.
Cont.
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