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There's only one political party in the US right now that routinely uses labels such as "racists", "Nazis" and "white supremacists" against their opponents to d

There's only one political party in the US right now that routinely uses labels such as "racists", "Nazis" and "white supremacists" against their opponents to dehumanize them and justify physical violence. Haven't seen anything like it from the other side.

zapita 7y ago
Does it bother you that the same could have been said in defense of the actual Nazi party?
- golergka 7y ago
  No, because 99% of the time these labels have no basis in reality and those who use these labels don't bother to even try to prove these accusations. They became just fighting words for dehumanization, used without a second thought.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y ago
  I don't think it could have been said. The Nazis were, from the start, clearly and enthusiastically in favor of violence against their political opponents. Their first attempt at a violent coup happened only a couple years after they were founded.
- Frondo 7y ago
  Sounds like he's trying to talk about Antifa, but as we all know, Antifa has killed as many people as weed, i.e. none. Casting a slightly wider net: "Over the past decade, extremists of every stripe have killed 372 Americans. 74 percent of those killings were committed by right wing extremists. Only 2 percent of those deaths were at the hands of left wing extremists." https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/08/17/are-antifa-and-the-alt-right-equally-violent/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/08/17/are-antifa-and-the-al... But "both sides" and all.
pell 7y ago
Donald Trump went on an interview with Telemundo and claimed he's uniting families and Obama was the one who separated them. In this kind of reality distortion, it seems people are more concerned with being called "racist" than owning up to being racist. It is absolutely rich that the party that argued no soap for detained children, separated from their parents, creating trauma by the minute lasting decades, is feeling dehumanized by an adjective. The Republican party is morally bankrupt. This is not a partisan idea, but a very obvious fact. For this to be clear to you, you don't have to be a fan of the Democrats at all.
xyz0 7y ago
The people who perpetuate right wing, white supremacist violence (read: murder, not property damage) overwhelmingly identify with one of the two dominant political parties in the US.
Mountain_Skies 7y ago
They didn't go as far as Antifa does but the TEA Party certainly was guilty of many of the same things. Lots of threats to bring "Second amendment solutions" to political disagreements. They certainly engaged in dehumanizing their opponents. Seems like whoever is out of power does this and each cycle it gets ratcheted up another notch. It's worrying what the reaction in some quarters might be if someone like Bernie Sanders, who openly calls himself a Democratic Socialist, wins the presidency.
int_19h 7y ago
That's because the other party mostly uses different derogatory labels, such as "communists". Although when it comes to foreign policy issues that affect Israel, "racists" also gets thrown around a fair bit.

zapita 7y ago

Does it bother you that the same could have been said in defense of the actual Nazi party?

golergka 7y ago
No, because 99% of the time these labels have no basis in reality and those who use these labels don't bother to even try to prove these accusations. They became just fighting words for dehumanization, used without a second thought.
SpicyLemonZest 7y ago
I don't think it could have been said. The Nazis were, from the start, clearly and enthusiastically in favor of violence against their political opponents. Their first attempt at a violent coup happened only a couple years after they were founded.
Frondo 7y ago
Sounds like he's trying to talk about Antifa, but as we all know, Antifa has killed as many people as weed, i.e. none. Casting a slightly wider net: "Over the past decade, extremists of every stripe have killed 372 Americans. 74 percent of those killings were committed by right wing extremists. Only 2 percent of those deaths were at the hands of left wing extremists." https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/08/17/are-antifa-and-the-alt-right-equally-violent/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/08/17/are-antifa-and-the-al... But "both sides" and all.

pell 7y ago

Donald Trump went on an interview with Telemundo and claimed he's uniting families and Obama was the one who separated them. In this kind of reality distortion, it seems people are more concerned with being called "racist" than owning up to being racist. It is absolutely rich that the party that argued no soap for detained children, separated from their parents, creating trauma by the minute lasting decades, is feeling dehumanized by an adjective. The Republican party is morally bankrupt. This is not a partisan idea, but a very obvious fact. For this to be clear to you, you don't have to be a fan of the Democrats at all.

xyz0 7y ago

The people who perpetuate right wing, white supremacist violence (read: murder, not property damage) overwhelmingly identify with one of the two dominant political parties in the US.

Mountain_Skies 7y ago

They didn't go as far as Antifa does but the TEA Party certainly was guilty of many of the same things. Lots of threats to bring "Second amendment solutions" to political disagreements. They certainly engaged in dehumanizing their opponents. Seems like whoever is out of power does this and each cycle it gets ratcheted up another notch. It's worrying what the reaction in some quarters might be if someone like Bernie Sanders, who openly calls himself a Democratic Socialist, wins the presidency.

int_19h 7y ago

That's because the other party mostly uses different derogatory labels, such as "communists". Although when it comes to foreign policy issues that affect Israel, "racists" also gets thrown around a fair bit.