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This is increasingly the far-right playbook. Get a big audience all worked up about something via a steady stream of lies and outrage, and then pretend like yo

by RajT88 3y ago

This is increasingly the far-right playbook. Get a big audience all worked up about something via a steady stream of lies and outrage, and then pretend like you had nothing to do with it when one of your followers does something illegal. We have such groups around me which have resulted in vandalism of businesses and multiple bomb threats sent to multiple libraries. These assholes for a while were monopolizing the citizen comments section of city council meetings at any city which was allowing any kind of drag show or drag themed event (think drag queen story hour) in town. The notable case of vandalism was a coffee shop not only with broken windows, but they also keep finding feces in corners of the place.

logicprog 3y ago
It's sad, because I think a lot of the conservative rage thats being misdirected into the culture war actually ultimately comes from a pretty fair place, which is the economic gutting out that they've been facing, and the complete and utter lack of care or efficacy of the Democratic party in trying to help working people (and the Dem's classist disdain for them), and I'd like to team up with them to help with that, but it's not really possible when they would want me dead instead. If they could simply put aside their bigotry and work with people it would be a lot easier.
bruceb 3y ago
"monopolizing the citizen comments section of city council meetings" That is democracy, giving feedback to elected officials, even if you don't like it. Vandalism, is hardly exclusive to "the far-right". There are plenty of self described "anti-fascists" publicly smashing things they don't like. Call out violence when it happens no matter who is doing it.
- RajT88 3y ago
  It's democracy, but also they are acting like assholes. > Vandalism, is hardly exclusive to "the far-right". Getting your followers to call in bomb threats over trans-friendly content and events, however, is exclusive to the far right. Which is what this article is about. > There are plenty of self described "anti-fascists" publicly smashing things they don't like. This is what-aboutism and threadjacking.

by RajT88 3y ago

logicprog 3y ago

It's sad, because I think a lot of the conservative rage thats being misdirected into the culture war actually ultimately comes from a pretty fair place, which is the economic gutting out that they've been facing, and the complete and utter lack of care or efficacy of the Democratic party in trying to help working people (and the Dem's classist disdain for them), and I'd like to team up with them to help with that, but it's not really possible when they would want me dead instead. If they could simply put aside their bigotry and work with people it would be a lot easier.

bruceb 3y ago

"monopolizing the citizen comments section of city council meetings" That is democracy, giving feedback to elected officials, even if you don't like it. Vandalism, is hardly exclusive to "the far-right". There are plenty of self described "anti-fascists" publicly smashing things they don't like. Call out violence when it happens no matter who is doing it.

RajT88 3y ago
It's democracy, but also they are acting like assholes. > Vandalism, is hardly exclusive to "the far-right". Getting your followers to call in bomb threats over trans-friendly content and events, however, is exclusive to the far right. Which is what this article is about. > There are plenty of self described "anti-fascists" publicly smashing things they don't like. This is what-aboutism and threadjacking.