> It's weird how you're pretending to make a statement about political activism in general, while only casting aspersions on progressive and leftist activism,[.

> It's weird how you're pretending to make a statement about political activism in general, while only casting aspersions on progressive and leftist activism,[...] > using popular right-wing pejoratives ("mostly peaceful protestors")[...] The 06 January Capitol protestors were mostly peaceful, too. I chose an open-ended phrase open ended for a reason, notwithstanding the fact that many committed leftists I speak to seem unaware that riot police and tear gas were used against Capitol protestors just like the urban rioters last summer.[1] Besides, the right is entirely disorganized and has essentially no activism to speak of. When the Buffalo guy was arrested, there was no bail fund to go get him out. He's rotting in a jail cell to this day. It's a plain fact, regardless of position on the political spectrum, that the Right today is basically a joke. > [...]and even "election fortifiers" which is I believe a QAnon meme. Your belief is incorrect. I kindly ask you to retract your defamatory statement. "Fortifying" was used in a Time Magazine article entitled "The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election"[2]: > That’s why the participants want the secret history of the 2020 election told, even though it sounds like a paranoid fever dream–a well-funded cabal of powerful people, ranging across industries and ideologies, working together behind the scenes to influence perceptions, change rules and laws, steer media coverage and control the flow of information. They were not rigging the election; they were fortifying it. And they believe the public needs to understand the system’s fragility in order to ensure that democracy in America endures. > It isn't at all. Pretending to be apolitical while shitting on the left is so common it's practically banal around here. I'm not sure where I pretended to be apolitical. I'm merely non-ideological, and thus reject political activism (of the contemporary American type). And the idea that HN is some right-wing troll farm is laughably funny. If only you could see the downvotes. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-dc/2021/01/06/58afc0b8-504b-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-supporters-storm-... [2] https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/ https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/