Well that was the most out to lunch comment I’ve read this week I think.
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Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 4 weeks agoLeftist lean is a bit of an understatement. It’s not just Reddit. In general, the radical left is being recognized for the violence and chaos they’ve spread over the last decade and the government is realizing they were left unchecked for too long.
Now they’re just being treated the same as the radical right.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
What violence and chaos has the radical left spread in the last decade, pray tell
Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is unhinged. The so called “radical left” is largely a scapegoat for the people that currently run the government. The “radical left” isn’t going around shooting up synagogues and black churches. Even the one act of violence the “radical left” supports was committed by somebody who clearly was more of a “radical centrist”
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’d not be dismayed to see a bit of violence and chaos from the radical left but I’m struggling to think of examples - do you have some?
Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
BLM, Pro-Palestine, George Floyd… three big ones that come to mind
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Okay, what violence did the pro-palestine movement spread, exactly?
I can accept that some buildings got torched and property values temporarily reduced during the George Floyd protests, but when I hear violence, I think harm against flesh and blood, which the police did much, much more of. I can’t think of many instances where the protestors did that.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
How many people died in those?
Gotta sat, I feel like being opposed to police brutality and a genocide seems kinda… non radical.
stardust@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Those just come off as regular left to me.
When I think of radical left I think tanky types who are full on nationalists and pro authoritarian governments that suppress free think that they are indistinguishable from the far right other than just differences when it comes to stuff like government assisted programs.
pogmommy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Yeah man the radical left’s crazy violent agenda like… Free healthcare, and decent standards of living? No wait I mean the erosion of systems of inequality fuck wait no I mean uh labor rights and empowree workers wait shit no
I’m starting to think the radical let’s crazy agenda is actually far less violent than the status quo
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Advocating for the death of all gay people is by no means the same scale of issue as the radical left.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Rights you probably take for granted were won by people blowing stuff up or attacking and even killing people.
Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Through war not chaos.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Can you elaborate please?
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
We absolutely see lots of news about these violent communist uprisings. Definitely not something you’re imagining. Not at all.
torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I don’t see the radical left being courted by the president, so I think your comment is presenting a bit of a false equivalence, champ.
Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
It’s crazy that a pendulum swings drastically back and forth isn’t it? Not a false equivalency if you have any understanding of historical geopolitics.
If you marginalized and de platform an entire half of your voter base, and cancel people for taking a centrist stance, they’re more likely to band together against your cause, doing more harm long term than if you just toed a rational line.
IE. Because the right were treated the way you are now being treated for so long, they’re were polarized and radicalized to the result of who your president is now.
Also, not American, this isn’t just an American thing. This is happening globally.
torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Can you name one person that got cancelled for taking a centrist stance?
Bzdalderon@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Here is a great example of the “if you’re not with us you’re against us” mentality: theguardian.com/…/centrism-insidious-bias-unjust-…
Reasonable views being cancelled:
Bari Weiss: A former opinion editor and writer at The New York Times, Weiss is known for her centrist views, often critiquing both the far-left and far-right. In July 2020, she resigned from the newspaper, citing a hostile work environment and alleging that her centrist stances led to bullying by colleagues.
Example of extremes people will go to silence the moderates…
Stefan Gelbhaar: A member of Germany’s Green Party, Gelbhaar, associated with the party’s more centrist “Realo” wing, was forced to withdraw from the federal election race following false sexual harassment allegations. An investigation later revealed that the accusations came from a fictitious persona created by a local Green official, leading to internal tensions within the party.