The Defenses We Have Against Fascism

I wonder if there are defenses now where, you know, a former president, Donald Trump, sits with a neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier for dinner. And the defense now is, oh, it's sort of unserious. Trump is a bit of a buffoon. This guy, Fuentes is a sort of comic figure in a way. He grins and smirks. He's with Kanye West, he's black, therefore it can't really be fascism. These all defense mechanisms people have to not take fat, not recognize fascism, even when it's knocking on the front door. The cartoonish nature of the presentation and the dangerous nature of the appeal do not contradict