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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by golergka on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:50PM (#21600083)
There's only one political party in the US right now that routinely uses labels such as "racists", "Nazis" and "white supremacists" against their opponents to dehumanize them and justify physical violence. Haven't seen anything like it from the other side.
Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by zapita on Thursday November 21, 2019 @05:06PM (#21600230)
Does it bother you that the same could have been said in defense of the actual Nazi party?
Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by golergka on Thursday November 21, 2019 @05:11PM (#21600272)
No, because 99% of the time these labels have no basis in reality and those who use these labels don't bother to even try to prove these accusations. They became just fighting words for dehumanization, used without a second thought.
Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday November 21, 2019 @05:16PM (#21600324)
I don't think it could have been said. The Nazis were, from the start, clearly and enthusiastically in favor of violence against their political opponents. Their first attempt at a violent coup happened only a couple years after they were founded.
Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by Mountain_Skies on Thursday November 21, 2019 @06:55PM (#21601105)
They didn't go as far as Antifa does but the TEA Party certainly was guilty of many of the same things. Lots of threats to bring "Second amendment solutions" to political disagreements. They certainly engaged in dehumanizing their opponents. Seems like whoever is out of power does this and each cycle it gets ratcheted up another notch. It's worrying what the reaction in some quarters might be if someone like Bernie Sanders, who openly calls himself a Democratic Socialist, wins the presidency.