Comment on FBI Labels Anti-Fascists and Anti-Racists as Violent Extremists

• negativeyoda@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not untrue, but antifa in general would cease to exist if fascists stopped coming to cities to menace people

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• explodicle@local106.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In this context they’re using “extremist” to mean “goes too far”.

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  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do they? It didn’t really seem like a value judgment to me.

    But you can also be right and go to far. I don’t know if these groups do go to far, but nuclear annihilation for example would definitely be too far.

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    • explodicle@local106.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, they do.

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      • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The site doesn’t refute violent extremist beliefs point by point or discuss matters of faith or politics. Instead, it makes teens aware of the destructive reality of various forms of violent extremism, including hateful attacks based on race, religion, or other factors. Through its Don’t Be a Puppet theme, the program encourages teens to think for themselves and display a healthy skepticism if they come across anyone who appears to be advocating extremist violence.

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    • explodicle@local106.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In that case they’d be right about just the problem, but not right in their entire position which includes a solution. Nobody who thinks we should nuke the world for anything is right.

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