Your first paragraph is true but also, what do you expect when politics is exactly the same. You're given and us Vs them narrative and if you fall on the wrong

Your first paragraph is true but also, what do you expect when politics is exactly the same. You're given and us Vs them narrative and if you fall on the wrong classification by whoever decides they want to apply a label, any harm you can come to is delightful and cherished. Violence is justified too. "Words are violence" so violence can be used to "defend" against it. I think it goes well beyond Reddit and has all to do with creating a context of righteousness and dehumanization to be able to justify mob behaviour and, ultimately, violence. Power, in one word.