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Re:Reddit is still in turmoil by makomk on Friday July 22, 2016 @11:12AM (#12144017)
No, we're talking about applying the violence historically used against literal fascist marches against people online he's declared to be his enemies, because "the only things fascists respond to is violence". We're talking about an online culture where it doesn't matter if the targets are actually neo-Nazis or conservatives or anything else, because disputing any accusation against them no matter how trivially falsifiable marks you as supporting them. Our political discourse is in a dangerous place and I see no way out anymore.
Re:Reddit is still in turmoil by steveklabnik on Friday July 22, 2016 @02:06PM (#12145426)
I wasn't planning on jumping in on this thread, but I will leave one (and only one) comment here, just to make this crystal clear:

I have no advocated that anyone commit violence against "people online [I've] declared to be [my enemies]." In fact, in the thread you're linking to, right above the archived tweet, I say that I don't know what an anti-fascist movement in tech looks like. And today, years later, I still do not. But if you were ask me "hey Steve let's start a street fight with GamerGate, what do you think?" my first comment would be "what?" and my second comment would be "that sounds like a really dumb idea, don't do that."

Re:Reddit is still in turmoil by ptomato on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:39PM (#12146965)
Not advocating violence, but "100% okay with that"? Don't be disingenuous.
Re:Reddit is still in turmoil by steveklabnik on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:11PM (#12147136)
Okay, fine, one more comment. Last one for real this time, I think this clarifies something I was missing above.

You'll note that the subject at hand changed during this conversation: the parent I replied to suggested that I was suggesting something specific regarding the right wing in technology, but that response is about abstract antifa actions in France. It's also why I responded the way that I did: the equivalence between the two (European antifa and European fascist organizations) is laughable. But it's just Twitter; I'm not going to get into a debate about the details, I'm just going to say "okay" and move on.

But I did not and do not think, as I said above, that someone should go find tech fascists and cause them bodily harm. It's not something I did suggest or would support today.

Re:Reddit is still in turmoil by ptomato on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:16PM (#12147164)
Y'know what, fair enough, my bad. I read that tweet as applying to a hypothetical tech antifa, not as applying to actual EU antifa, but clearly I should've given a bit more thought to applying the principle of charity, and I'm sorry & apologize for that.
Re:Reddit is still in turmoil by steveklabnik on Friday July 22, 2016 @06:22PM (#12147200)
Thank you very much, no worries.