Texas Senate candidate James Talarico informed us in 2023 that when conservatives try to put the Ten Commandments in schools, ban abortion, or stop underage kids from getting their junk rearranged, it “stem[s] from this Christofascism movement, which essentially… is just using faith to exercise raw political social and economic power. I think it’s dangerous to all of us, but particularly to those who are marginalized and oppressed in our state.”

So let’s check the scoreboard.

Wanting to stop children from being torn limb from limb in the womb = fascism.

Wanting to stop confused minors from having their private parts surgically removed or chemically canceled = fascism.

Wanting kids to hear “don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t lie, and try to love people” on the wall next to the fire-exit map = fascism.

Cool. Got it. The people saying “maybe don’t murder babies and maybe don’t castrate the confused ones” are the brownshirts.

The people who think the Ten Commandments are more dangerous than a fifth-grade gender-affirming mastectomy are the resistance?

I’m a little foggy on the actual definitions now. Apparently fascism is when you don’t want the state to subsidize the dismemberment of the unborn or the sterilization of children who can’t legally buy cigarettes. Fascism is when you prefer “Thou shalt not kill” over “Thou shalt affirm whatever the guidance counselor read on TikTok last night.”

Words have meaning.