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Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts) Fri Feb 7, 2020, 09:47 PM Feb 2020

"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

Never thought my 72-year-old ass would live see it, but we're getting close. BTW, since it's been proven that Sinclair Lewis didn't make that prophetic statement, who did?

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"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." (Original Post) Elwood P Dowd Feb 2020 OP

I got it bdamomma Feb 2020 #1

Looks like he said something very close. Found this on one of the Google hits... Elwood P Dowd Feb 2020 #5

I started reading that book during the bush years and got depressed and stopped reading it kimbutgar Feb 2020 #2

I don't know who it attributes to... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #3

the author neglected to mention how obviously fake it would be 0rganism Feb 2020 #4

IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, 1936 Political Novel, Sinclair Lewis appalachiablue Feb 2020 #6

And sporting a fake tan and massive combover. SixString Feb 2020 #7

Way Too Close colsohlibgal Feb 2020 #8

Snopes could not pin it down to a specific person csziggy Feb 2020 #9

More like... wrapped in a combover and carrying a hundred extra pounds. tinrobot Feb 2020 #10

If they think they are gonna get away with it, they are and will be DEAD wrong. roamer65 Feb 2020 #11

bdamomma

(63,913 posts)

1. I got it

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 09:50 PM

Feb 2020

James Waterman Wise.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)

5. Looks like he said something very close. Found this on one of the Google hits...

Reply to bdamomma (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:17 PM

Feb 2020

. . . James Waterman Wise is telling an audience that Fascism is coming to America “not in the orthodox European guise, but wrapped in an American Flag.” In a ringing conclusion, Mr. Wise tells the crowd of 500 to beware “the super-Americanism of American Fascists.”

kimbutgar

(21,172 posts)

2. I started reading that book during the bush years and got depressed and stopped reading it

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 09:50 PM

Feb 2020

Now if I were to pick it up again it would be so prophetic it would be more scarier.

And the movie Idiocracy is a documentary of current times.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

3. I don't know who it attributes to...

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 09:51 PM

Feb 2020

But they missed on point:

"...it will be wrapped in the flag that is hugged by a shitfaced dotard who claims he is carrying a cross."

Just some creative license, there. However, our brand of Fascism does have that logo.

0rganism

(23,962 posts)

4. the author neglected to mention how obviously fake it would be

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 09:54 PM

Feb 2020

and how easily our fellow Americans would be fooled

appalachiablue

(41,165 posts)

6. IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, 1936 Political Novel, Sinclair Lewis

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:22 PM

Feb 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can%27t_Happen_Here

SixString

(1,057 posts)

7. And sporting a fake tan and massive combover.

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:26 PM

Feb 2020

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)

8. Way Too Close

Reply to Elwood P Dowd (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:33 PM

Feb 2020

2020 could not be more important, we have to show up and vote to begin taking our country back and punishing who needs punished starting with the despicable evil Orange One.