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I'm not sure why you think the poster (or me) is trying to change anyone's mind who already believe that the Alt-right or Bannon are good people. There is room
by SamBam 10y ago
I'm not sure why you think the poster (or me) is trying to change anyone's mind who already believe that the Alt-right or Bannon are good people.
There is room for such arguments, of course, but not every discussion needs to be framed as winning over the Alt-right.
In this case, I think what people are trying to achieve is to say to those who are generally liberal: "No! Don't normalize Trump and his allies' behavior. Don't say that everything is ok when it is not. Because then you start to ignore it when it becomes true in way that are subtler than you expected, like banning Muslims without using a scary-sounding "Muslim Registry" [1]"
The normalization of this president is part of what allowed so many people to sit out the election. See also https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/15/dangerous-fantasy-donald-trump-normalisation-us-president-elect-barbarism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/15/dangerous-fa...
[1] http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13649764/trump-muslim-register-database http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13649764/t...
- PuffinBlue 10y agoI didn't necessarily think you/OP were trying to influence (I did mention that the OP might just be sharing an opinion). I was just interested in kicking off a more on-topic discussion about 'influence' and how one might do that, and less about the specific politics. Not that it matters much as the post has been flagged now anyway.