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I dunno, go look through any popular subreddit and it's all about "extreme" leftist politics, even /r/funny, etc. But sure, some fantasy about neo nazis discus

I dunno, go look through any popular subreddit and it's all about "extreme" leftist politics, even /r/funny, etc. But sure, some fantasy about neo nazis discussing tv shows that I'm sure GP totally saw and didn't just make up is relevant. I guess my point is, yes, it can happen but it happens on both sides. Mostly, people just want a nice place to hang out amongst their like minded peers, and no that doesn't mean discussing Jews 24/7 believe it or not. GP talks like someone who has never talked with someone on the other "side". We're all people, stop dehumanizing the other political spectrum because you don't understand them. tldr: the most extreme people on the right probably discuss Soros/Jews as much as the most extreme people on the left discuss Trump/MAGA. That doesn't represent anyone else.

dtjb 5y ago
wait, patriots.win isn't extremist but r/funny is?
- hunterb123 5y ago
  extremist != extreme extreme is used to denote it's a far swing in the spectrum, extremist alludes to terrorism.
  - shkkmo 5y ago
    While "extremist" might have connatations of violence/terrorism, those connotations are not inherent in the meaning of the word. I would argue that it behooves us to push back against such a connotation because it really only serves to delegitimize people who don't have mainstream beliefs by implying that they intend violence without having to justify an actually disprovable statement.
    - hunterb123 5y ago
      Sure. I don't like the word, most of my argument is infact arguing against the use of the word "extremist". I only used it once in response and I used "extreme" elsewhere which is fine to use when denoting where they are in the spectrum of the political ideology.
      - shkkmo 5y ago
        You explicitly upgraded the terrorism connotation to being part of the meaning by using it to draw a distinction between the two words categorical referents. Instead I think you should have directly questioned whether the connotation of violence was part of the point you were responding to.
        hunterb123 5y ago
        Okay so would you like the criteria for all site's users to be a "connotation of violence" to meet the extremist threshold? That is even looser than wishing death and would cover many more communities. Let's clear things up by a simple question: How do you define "extremist"?
        shkkmo 5y ago
        An extremist is one who holds extreme views. I'm not really sure what you mean by: > Okay so would you like the criteria for all site's users to be a "connotation of violence" to meet the extremist threshold?

dtjb 5y ago

wait, patriots.win isn't extremist but r/funny is?

hunterb123 5y ago
extremist != extreme extreme is used to denote it's a far swing in the spectrum, extremist alludes to terrorism.
- shkkmo 5y ago
  While "extremist" might have connatations of violence/terrorism, those connotations are not inherent in the meaning of the word. I would argue that it behooves us to push back against such a connotation because it really only serves to delegitimize people who don't have mainstream beliefs by implying that they intend violence without having to justify an actually disprovable statement.
  - hunterb123 5y ago
    Sure. I don't like the word, most of my argument is infact arguing against the use of the word "extremist". I only used it once in response and I used "extreme" elsewhere which is fine to use when denoting where they are in the spectrum of the political ideology.
    - shkkmo 5y ago
      You explicitly upgraded the terrorism connotation to being part of the meaning by using it to draw a distinction between the two words categorical referents. Instead I think you should have directly questioned whether the connotation of violence was part of the point you were responding to.
      - hunterb123 5y ago
        Okay so would you like the criteria for all site's users to be a "connotation of violence" to meet the extremist threshold? That is even looser than wishing death and would cover many more communities. Let's clear things up by a simple question: How do you define "extremist"?
        shkkmo 5y ago
        An extremist is one who holds extreme views. I'm not really sure what you mean by: > Okay so would you like the criteria for all site's users to be a "connotation of violence" to meet the extremist threshold?