When we set out to look at far-right extremism in Upstate New York, we had a few basic questions. First, we wanted to know the status of the far-right movement here. What do people believe in? What groups and militias have been active? We found that all...
The only ones to blame for the rise of fascism are the fascists. They choose to support an ideology of bigotry and genocide. They choose to act that way.
All you’re doing is enabling them by making them out to look like victims when they are anything but.
I remember when trump was first elected and the media was hand wringing about how it was democrats fault for being mean to republicans, calling them deplorable and such and that rural voters were dealing with “economic anxiety”. Fucking trash elects trash…why did the left do this? Makes my blood boil.
Because decades of nonviolence used as propaganda made them easy to manipulate and abuse. That’s why.
I know it’s easy to see things that way but the reality is they’re people and if we went to move into a better future then we’re going to have to work out how to convince people to move forward with us.
It saddens me how many purportedly on the left seem to want nothing but conflict and violence. It feels like they’re working to try and make things worse simply so they can feel some foolish sense of pride at being right or play out some childish freedom fighter fantasy.
Yep it’s definitely a fantasy and not a reaction to the rapidly growing percentage of Americans openly calling for violence against us. Preparing to defend oneself is not the same.
They’re gonna be rounding up people and throwing bodies in ditches and you enlightened centrists will still be running defense for these fascists.