The important point is that we cannot discern what not-alive people believe but we do have access to their alive views. Brooks thought about questions like this in the same way as Bourgeois. They grant the premise of "fascism" and then suggest alternative strategies. https://twitter.com/Shialabeefsteak/status/1314299323849547779

The liability of this is that the actual character of the left and the left's politics are accepted and then laundered. Burgis and Brooks accept the premise, that we have nazis. I have no interest in protecting Aimee, or being mean online, but if I see what I regard as an

important political point I will certainly make it. You can disagree but you can't be outraged or inconsistently outraged. The question is about "fascism" and engagement with the left and it's views.

The other question is about whether you can talk about the views of public figures after they die.