DeSantis Derangement Syndrome and the Return of Mass Panic

The fascism debate is back. It will never go away, because people need it.

It had been a merciful few months. I had forgotten that there were a substantial number of liberals who were obsessed with using the word “fascist” as a catch-all epithet. I wasn’t online as much, and I generally try to avoid following the news, for reasons Sarah Haider helpfully explains here. It was nice to not be attacked (except that one time I went viral for g…