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They did try to defend it. They were what was meant by the "good people on both sides" remark. They are up against an increasingly consolidated media empire tha
by lr4444lr 7y ago
They did try to defend it. They were what was meant by the "good people on both sides" remark. They are up against an increasingly consolidated media empire that generally does not like the man who made that comment. It's unfair to put the onus of successful promulgation of a message against a wave of misinformation and misappropriation, and condemn them for failing at that.
- ethbro 7y agoFor my example, I've lived in the south for 30 years. I don't hear much about the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy loudly denouncing racism.
- lr4444lr 7y agoThat's not its unified mission. I don't hear the BDS movement speaking out that much against suicide bomb attacks on civilians either, but that doesn't automatically delegitimize all of their arguments about the Israeli occupation.
- ethbro 7y agoIt doesn't, but IMHO it does delegitimize their position a bit by not doing so. If you're tangential to violence and hate, and you don't denounce it strongly and frequently, people are going to wonder.