Maybe the similarities are that they just don't like certain insinuations some journalists seem pretty keen about. Compared to media storms I think the support was genuine and I don't think many people have learned a lesson here. There were actually minorities that said pretty loudly that people leveling accusations don't speak for them.<p>You see these questionable alliance as an opposition towards certain media personalities. Personalities, not journalists. And there are still wounds that were inflicted. A test case is asking some authors involved about free speech for example. Or presumption of innocence. Very easy to get a rise out of some people with that. I think most would consider these fundamental to a democratic society.<p>Trump didn't create totalitarian or racist policies. This was and is completely devoid of facts. Yes, he got some people a tax break that probably wouldn't have needed it. Yes, he has an law & order platform. The rest only happens in the heads of some people. Most of them are just misinformed by articles like this, which I consider to be mostly lies.<p>To call it fascism just underlines the educational disadvantages of the writer.