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Other way around. Alt-right is attempting to co-opt "freedom of speech" the same way they've co-opted "patriot".
by lostcolony 6y ago
Other way around. Alt-right is attempting to co-opt "freedom of speech" the same way they've co-opted "patriot".
- ardy42 6y ago> Other way around. Alt-right is attempting to co-opt "freedom of speech" the same way they've co-opted "patriot". This is it. Also, the main result of these efforts is mainly to stain the term try to co-opt. It only delivers a brief window of enhanced rhetorical effectiveness before everyone else gets wise, and starts treating those who use the term with a lot more skepticism.
- refurb 6y agoI think you missed their point. Alt-right ceases to mean anything other than “bad people we need to stop”.
- Chris2048 6y agoIt's not right-wingers mocking people with "freeze peach!"
- lostcolony 6y agoWhat's your point? "Mocking" is literally mimicking to make fun of. So, yes, of course it's not right-wingers mocking themselves with that phrase; it's people mocking the cries right-wingers are making.
- Chris2048 6y agoYes, mocking their affinity for free speech.
- lostcolony 6y agoNo, mocking their claim that it's about free speech.
- luxuryballs 6y agoI’m not sure I agree that if someone wants freedom of speech it means they are co-opting it. But it does seem like freedom of speech as a whole is being attacked because some people don’t like what a tiny fraction of people are saying.