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Re:The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism by fiblye on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:28AM (#18740289)
You'll find an equal number of people on the right saying the same exact thing about the left.

There are extremists on both sides. Anyone living in a highly developed first world country using violence to "defend" their ideals is an extremist. They're only feeding extremism on the other side and it's why political divides keep growing deeper, despite the internet and social networks theoretically allowing more people of different beliefs to come together and discuss differences.

Re:The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism by KozmoNau7 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @09:15AM (#18740637)
The "both sides" claim is faulty, and lets fascists normalize their viewpoints. As we've seen countless times, the fascists want to "debate" people, because it gives them another platform and more exposure.

That's why "decorum" doesn't work. Fascism must be opposed at all turns, by all means. Otherwise they will succeed in moving the overton window even further to the right.

Re:The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism by jayko on Saturday December 22, 2018 @09:29AM (#18740696)
Isn't it very convenient though when you brand anything to the right of Marx as 'Fascist' so that you can silence those viewpoints by any means necessary? Even using violence?
Re:The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism by KozmoNau7 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:07AM (#18741095)
Nice strawman.

That's not what we're doing. We're not silencing anyone, only fighting back when they try to spread hatred and incite violence against minorities.

It is resistance, not aggression.

Re:The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism by jayko on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:55AM (#18741310)
That's not true though. There have been countless of instances where perfectly reasonable positions have been branded by leftists as 'Fascist' in order to justify themselves in initiating aggression - unprovoked. Then they perform Olympic level metal gymnastics to justify themselves on how they are not at fault but the other side's fault for 'spreading hate'. People are starting to see through authoritarians like those and have increasingly stop falling for that bullshit.