Re:Facebook documents show plans to sell access to user data...
by danans on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @12:39PM
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> You don't have to dig very far to find some stupid kids on Reddit
> Social media and regular media both contribute to this perception
3 of the 4 examples of right wing rhetoric I quoted were uttered publicly by right wing elected officials (including the highest current elected in the land), not by people entertaining themselves on Reddit. The fourth was shouted publicly by crowds in Charlottesville.
The difference between right and left rhetoric is one of kind, not degree. Ethnic nationalism is not a motivating factor on the left today.
Class tensions and frustration over the distribution of opportunity and wealth - yes, those are prominent left-wing issues and that rhetoric is often expressed via insensitive metaphors targeted at the very wealthy, but again, it's not even comparable to the rhetoric of ethnic nationalism.
Social media and regular media both contribute to this perception because everyone wants to forget about their own bad associations and focus on the bad associations of others. So, if you want to find out about nationalists you read left-leaning publications and if you want to find out about radical-to-the-point-of-silliness leftists you have to read right-leaning publications.