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Do you have a source to back up your claim that Britain First have "referred to themselves as genocidal"? Extreme claims require extreme evidence, and I have no
by manfredo 8y ago
Do you have a source to back up your claim that Britain First have "referred to themselves as genocidal"? Extreme claims require extreme evidence, and I have not been able to find instances where they have referred to themselves as such. You're making a very significant claim when you say that Britian First has described themselves as genocidal (as opposed to being described as such by others).
While it may be tempting to reach for the most extreme label one can think of to try and inspire others to reject something that seriously distresses you, when it goes into the realm of hyperbole it mostly functions to decrease the crediblility of the point you're making and lessens the significance of the label you're using.
- freehunter 8y agoI was responding to the link that spaginal had posted about Daily Stormer. In that article, it says "[Daily Stormer] calls itself “The World’s Most Genocidal Republican Website.”" I am not referring to Britain First at all, and there is no hyperbole or reaching for extreme labels involved with my comment.
- manfredo 8y agoThanks for clarifying, as your previous post did not specify what group is being referred (and also talked about being banned from Facebook, which is why I inferred you were writing about Britian First).
- freehunter 8y agoDaily Stormer was in the news a lot recently after being banned from, among (many) other things, Facebook.
- spaginal 8y agoThat was simply the first example I grabbed. Gab was deplatformed amongst others in the same manner.
- freehunter 8y agoThe founder of Gab was also banned from Y Combinator after threatening and harassing minority members of the program.