Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely...
by tstrimple on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @02:56PM
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> They are fringe extremists.
Roughly 1/3rd of Republicans believe QAnon nonsense. They are actively electing QAnon representatives like MTG and Boebert. The wife of a Supreme Court Justice is a QAnon fanatic.
The "fringe extremists" are taking over the Republican party and aren't all that fringe anymore.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/05/27/nearly-30-...
You're referring to Qanon type people? They are fringe extremists. Why would you group all republicans in with them?
Compare to r/politics section of Reddit, which is a much more mainstream group of people. On that website there are regularly top-voted comments with thousands of "likes" saying all republicans are pedophiles/fascists/racists etc.
The article correctly identifies such rhetoric as poison for the societal good. But both the left and the right have to acknowledge that it exists everywhere in the online discourse.