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> Perhaps not "murder" but certainly "attack and maim". Please don't try excuse this with the "but they're only JOKING" trope - their intent is blatant and clea

> Perhaps not "murder" but certainly "attack and maim". Please don't try excuse this with the "but they're only JOKING" trope - their intent is blatant and clear. If you're looking for people talking shit about their ideological rivals on the Internet you're going to find it. We can find examples of nazis or tankies threatening people any day of the week. They're nearly always posturing. What's different about "Punch a Nazi" is that it's a widespread meme across Twitter, Facebook and Reddit. Imagine the reverse for a second. A meme called "Cut a Commie" receiving widespread acceptance from large groups of people across social media, including authority figures and celebrity endorsement. > This article has a photo with two different guys holding two different flags - that makes at least 3. Barely getting to plural! It's the same as with that NPI conference in which 3-5 people raised their arms in a Nazi salute. The rise of the 4th Reich this is not. It's possible even those people are doing it 'for a laugh'. They're edgelords. Have you any idea how many protests feature the flag with the hammer & sickle? Quite a lot more. I am not worried about Communist infiltrators interfering with my bodily fluids. They're nearly all edgelords, not Bolshevism 2.0 This is a moral panic, we have the media fanning the flames. I strongly suspect if a lot of people on this forum simply turned off their television or newsfeed they'd be in a healthier place.

zimpenfish 9y ago
> They're nearly always posturing. [...] They're edgelords. Ah, there's the "they're only joking" trope we know and love. > Imagine the reverse for a second. [...] "Cut a Commie" I know where this is going. I say "Oh, but communists aren't as bad as Nazis, that would never happen" and you bring up that wikipedia page showing that more people died under communism than nazism and we all mark you down as a "whataboutism" sympathiser and the world is a little bit shittier. > Barely getting to plural! But definitely more than "a singular item". > Have you any idea how many protests feature the flag with the hammer & sickle? Oh, there's the whataboutism.
- observation 9y ago
  > Ah, there's the "they're only joking" trope we know and love. It's not like that. I don't want to trivialize the death of the girl in Charlotte either, it's a domestic terror incident. There's a constant background hum of political violent extremism throughout Europe and America. The key indicator for which species is ascendant is whether the popular media narrative is leaning one way or the other. The validation of these group's concerns seem to give them the entitlement they need to turn rhetoric into activity. There's already been an attempt on one Congressman's life so imagine what will happen if something similar succeeds. > I know where this is going. I say "Oh, but communists aren't as bad as Nazis, that would never happen" and you bring up that wikipedia page showing that more people died under communism than nazism and we all mark you down as a "whataboutism" sympathiser and the world is a little bit shittier. I see you've been here before. We can always hold a truce and declare both groups unworthy. >> Have you any idea how many protests feature the flag with the hammer & sickle? > Oh, there's the whataboutism. It does bug me. One gets consternation. The other "meh".

zimpenfish 9y ago

> They're nearly always posturing. [...] They're edgelords. Ah, there's the "they're only joking" trope we know and love. > Imagine the reverse for a second. [...] "Cut a Commie" I know where this is going. I say "Oh, but communists aren't as bad as Nazis, that would never happen" and you bring up that wikipedia page showing that more people died under communism than nazism and we all mark you down as a "whataboutism" sympathiser and the world is a little bit shittier. > Barely getting to plural! But definitely more than "a singular item". > Have you any idea how many protests feature the flag with the hammer & sickle? Oh, there's the whataboutism.

observation 9y ago
> Ah, there's the "they're only joking" trope we know and love. It's not like that. I don't want to trivialize the death of the girl in Charlotte either, it's a domestic terror incident. There's a constant background hum of political violent extremism throughout Europe and America. The key indicator for which species is ascendant is whether the popular media narrative is leaning one way or the other. The validation of these group's concerns seem to give them the entitlement they need to turn rhetoric into activity. There's already been an attempt on one Congressman's life so imagine what will happen if something similar succeeds. > I know where this is going. I say "Oh, but communists aren't as bad as Nazis, that would never happen" and you bring up that wikipedia page showing that more people died under communism than nazism and we all mark you down as a "whataboutism" sympathiser and the world is a little bit shittier. I see you've been here before. We can always hold a truce and declare both groups unworthy. >> Have you any idea how many protests feature the flag with the hammer & sickle? > Oh, there's the whataboutism. It does bug me. One gets consternation. The other "meh".