Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl...
by ben0x539 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:53PM
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Why is excluding the far-right a thing associated specifically with the far-left? Would politically moderate people not also want to exclude eg. Nazis?
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Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl...
by khawkins on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:35AM
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Because the definition of Nazi is applied so liberally that Winston Churchill himself would receive the label from those who use it in today's discourse.
Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl...
by amanaplanacanal on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:35AM
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I don’t think the fact that some people call everybody nazis should lead us to decide that actual nazis are now OK.
Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl...
by khawkins on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:15AM
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I don't trust that your definition of an "actual nazi" isn't significantly colored by your own prejudices. That we could actually agree on who are the extremists in society who are equally damaging.
Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl...
by albedoa on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:14PM
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The comment you are replying to does not even attempt to make that judgement. Use your own definition if you'd like.
Re:Cabal: A peer-to-peer, off-grid, community-first, hackabl...
by vmception on Sunday January 10, 2021 @09:36PM
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> Would politically moderate people not also want to exclude eg. Nazis?
They do.
But I would say take a look at dating apps in California, for example, and see just how many people are telling Moderates and Independents to stay the hell away from them.
Being in the middle is great for lobbying because your ideas are bipartisan and nothing else is getting through Congress, but for real life right now, its extremes only.