Liberal fascist ‘guilt’

Re: “Liberal fascism arrives”, ( PostBag,

Dec 12).

My jaw dropped in disbelief when I read the second paragraph of Michael Setter’s letter. What world is he living in? He writes, “Yet there are no verified ethical problems associated directly with President Trump.”

I suppose boasting that his “star” status enables sexual assaults on women with im- punity is not an ethical problem. He admitted making the statement originally, but now it’s coming back to haunt him he’s calling it “fake news”. Not an ethical problem?

Mr Trump’s falsehoods are numerous and well documented, far too many to list here. Some of them may be trivial or careless exaggerations intended to further inflate his own inflated ego, rather than outright lies, but they are still falsehoods, and their frequency reveals a man who has no regard for truth. Facts are rather inconvenient things that he’ll ignore when it suits him.

Not an ethical problem? He prevaricated in connection with demonstrations by white supremacists and neo-Nazis, one of whom murdered a counter-protester. Not an ethical problem?

I would like to know what counts as an ethical issue for Michael Setter. I’m afraid he is the naive one (extraordinarily naive), not Kuldeep Nagi. On the basis of his past record it is wise to doubt anything that Mr Trump says and check the veracity first.

Most of the time it’s Mr Trump who is the purveyor of fake news, not his accusers or the mainstream media.

As for me, if my absolute abhorrence and intolerance of the likes of President Trump make me a liberal fascist, then I plead guilty.

ANDREW STEWART