Re:Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab
by common_crow on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:24PM
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Both far left and far right regimes have resulted in chaos, murder, and repression.
If you're skeptical that leftism can cause violence, the wikipedia list of recent far-left terrorism groups may convince you otherwise: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism
And of course, there's the more classical examples: Maoist struggle sessions, the Red Terror, the Cambodian Killing Fields.
Extremism is dangerous. And it's concerning to me that this has become a debatable point.
Re:Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab
by rbanffy on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:23PM
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It's noteworthy that these groups were mostly active in the 20th century as opposition to governments while right-wing extremists have been the government of many countries, including the US until recently.
Re:Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab
by common_crow on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:31PM
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Yes, I agree that it's very noteworthy. These groups generally appear in response to right governments. Which means I suspect we'll see more of them in coming years.
I am all for fighting far-right extremists. I am very against innocent civilians being killed, oppressed, or censored in the process.
True. Remember all the lynchings of white people in the South by the BBB, for offenses sometimes as minor as drinking from the wrong water fountain?
Or when BLM marched, with torches in hand, chanting "Blood and soil" and "You will not replace us"? There was even a Neonazi woman who was ran over by a BLM activist driving a car.
And what about the day when BLM terrorists invaded the Capitol threatening to kill everyone who wouldn't break the law and vote Obama back into the presidency? That day was wild.