Welcome to aFa Final Jeopardy. I’m your host, aFrank Angle.
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Category: Leadership
Answer
Nationalism
Protectionism
Vilifying immigrants
Anti-Semitic
Ethnic identity
Controlling the press
Threatening, jailing, or killing political rivals
Autocrats praising other autocrats
Authoritarian
Aggressive
Anti-Socialism
Condemnation of independent media
Promoting lies
Hateful
Fighting the establishment
Championing for the oppressed and disenfranchised
Distaste for democracy
Denying themselves
Promoting fear and anger
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Question: What are the qualities of Fascist Leaders?
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A Frank Angle 
all of the above!
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Cindy,
Yes – they all go together as a collective.
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What do we hate most?
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Rose! … it’s been a long time!!! Hope all is ok with you.
Whereas some hate – many others love! … But so you know, I based his list on some European leaders in the 1920s-1940s.
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It’s ok, Frank.. thanks for asking 😉
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Yes, and the world gets scarier every day.
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Merril,
Ah ha … the historian is making numerous connections.
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Hahaha. It’s hard not to. (And you know how I love connections.) This morning reading about events in France, I was wondering if you-know-who thinks they’re very fine people.
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I know … sad and getting sadder.
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😦
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I did pretty well with my answer: Who/What is Donald Trump?
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Elyse! … good morning to you!!!! How are you?
SURPRISE – Actually, I based this off of the European Fascist leaders 1920s-40s.
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Ah, but if the shoe fits, and it fits like Cinderella’s glass slipper, wear it.
I’m fine, thanks, Frank. Hope you are too!
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Jeopardy is both my husband and son’s forte. Certainly not mine, no matter how easy the question. I blame the timer.
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Catherine,
LOL … well, now you will have to ask them the question and put the timer on them!
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What is dictator?
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Well …. Fascist leaders tend to be dictators.
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Yes, yes this is true. And they are also quite adept at dressing up the title so’s their minions mellow ain’t harshed by such a mean sounding word.
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In the words of another game show from the past (I Guess), “That would be true, Bill.”
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Ding! Ding! Ding!
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Do you remember “That’s true, Bill.”?
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I do not . . .
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Then, that would be true, Bill. … Maybe before your time … That would again be true, Bill. … Then again, it wasn’t Eye Guess (that’s true, Bill) … it was Three on a Match … True again, Bill.
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All Bills have officially come due . . .
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That would be true, Bill.
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I know Kill Bill.
I know the Fifth Dimension song “Won’t you marry me Bill” song.
But I am not familiar with “That’s true, Bill”
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Just explained more … show ran 1971-1974
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I didn’t get to watch much TV back in the day. I didn’t really start to watch TV on a regular basis until the late ’70s. The Bronx Zoo Yankees on Channel 11.
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Oh, I did watch Mr. Rogers. I just saw a wonderful doc on Fred Rogers. It’s on Prime, and if you haven’t seen it, you should.
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Do you know the title?
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Would You Be My Neighbor.
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Thank you.
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PS: Off topic … You will enjoy this local article … https://tinyurl.com/yxje2u4s
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Solid choice by Manfred. I would LOVE it if he changed his mind as per the first game of the year tradition. I get his need to widen the lens, so to speak, but traditions are what set the game apart. Once upon a time. You CAN have progress while sticking to certain traditions.
And I love that every team will wear the 150 patch in unison on March 28th, that’s very cool.
Great piece, Franks. Thanks for sharing!
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Knowing how much you appreciate baseball’s traditions, I had a strong hunch you would enjoy the article!
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Thank you!
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Dammit! Yes, of course! Fascism!
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Also, preferring governance by impulse over consistent policy.
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Jim,
That fits.
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Good game! Looking forward to more in future posts. I guessed right thinking you based the list on 1920s-1940s Fascist Leaders, but it scares me to think that supporters of those types of leaders today (one in particular) may understand the connection to your list – and LIKE IT!
Question: Am I right that you stuck in “Championing for the oppressed and disenfranchised” as an opposite meant to shine light on the rest of the list?
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Tim,
Not surprised you enjoyed the game and the list. However, I didn’t intentionally include the “championing” point in the list because that is a typical characteristic.
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Why does the world accept this kind of leadership (if it can be called leadership)? Haven’t we learned anything from history?
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The Spanish/American philosopher George Santayana, said in 1905, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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Sylvia,
I would add … especially if they haven’t experienced history – let alone know history.
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Otto,
Great point – but saddly, humanity has a difficult time with history. After all, there seems to be a continual presence.
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Sounds like a trick question to me. 😀
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John,
Nope …. not a trick question.
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Ha haha.
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Nice job. I narrowed my answer down to the single wanker in chief. You know…the orange one.
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Monika,
For the record, I didn’t create the list based on the now – but did on the past; primarily European history (1920s-40s).
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Talk about prophetic. And quite accurate.
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I did not understand. I thought I needed an answer to every answer, as opposed to an answer to all of the answers. Next time for sure!
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Resa,
Oh no … the list is simply a collective – a list of characteristics of Fascist leaders. At this end, it was interesting to put together.
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It’s a haunting and terrifying list, Frank. I would have answered the Jeopardy question correctly, but I had one particular face in my mind’s eye. And it gets more worrisome by the day. 😦
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Debra,
I think “haunting and terrifying” are both good descriptors.
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Thank you for providing the answer to my Final Jeopardy question:
Q: How do you abbreviate aFrankAngle correctly?
A: aFa
(I have been doing wrong all this time).
C-a-L
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C-A-L,
Now that is funny … and yes, aFa is correct.
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