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It is not wrong to be suspicious of someone clearly trying to minimize the extremely negative aspects inherent in a political ideology in order to make it appea
by Eisenstein 4y ago
It is not wrong to be suspicious of someone clearly trying to minimize the extremely negative aspects inherent in a political ideology in order to make it appear reasonable, especially when personal experience is contradictory. If the loud extremists are making all the noise then why are the pragmatic ones not doing anything about it? You seem more intent on convincing people how reasonable you can be instead of distancing yourself from the crazies. There is no reason to latch on to a term that you have to constantly defend because people misinterpret it due to others using it as you do not. I know I am Godwin'ing this thread now but the term National Socialists might key you in to the dangers of not fleeing a right-wing take-over of your group.
- commoner 4y agoThe Pew Research survey is real data on what self-described libertarians in the U.S. actually believe. Your personal anecdotal experiences may be different, but frankly, your opinion is a minority view on HN (which leans libertarian compared to the general population), and I'm going to trust Pew Research's survey over your word. > convincing people how reasonable you can be instead of distancing yourself from the crazies Again, I did not express any political ideology. When I saw you making comments conflating libertarianism with anarcho-capitalism, I explained the difference and brought in evidence to show that self-described libertarians generally do not hold the radical views that you believe they do. Equating libertarianism to anarcho-capitalism makes as much sense as conservatives equating progressivism to antifa and warning of a far-left takeover.