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Can you define what "leftist" that should be surveilled when literally all politics is a spectrum of left to right? Certainly in the US the majority of politica
by olliej 3y ago
Can you define what "leftist" that should be surveilled when literally all politics is a spectrum of left to right? Certainly in the US the majority of politically motivated violence for decades has been by people explicitly on the right end of the spectrum.
Based on my experience in the US the use of the specific label "leftist" is generally used on people who support policies that are common in much of the liberal world, so coalescing "leftist" with people who promote killing people is a pretty gross choice. Do you want to reconsider your phrasing? Especially given you then say you disagree with surveillance because of "simple beliefs or religions" which is directly in opposition to "surveil all the leftists".
- RamblingCTO 3y agoYou were quite close but then decided not to do the final proper mental step. When I put leftists in a line with nazis, what kind of leftists could I possibly mean? Also, I'm German, so I mean people like this for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction There are plenty anti-state leftists group, even in the US. And you probably very well know it, so I'm kind of annoyed at your question tbh. > Do you want to reconsider your phrasing? Absolutely not. Leftist means in support of left politics. You imply that the political left has no extreme wing this way. Same as with muslims, there's a range of beliefs, and a subset of those groups are not ok.