RE: Far-Right Extremism Is a Global Problem
February 7, 2021 at 7:10 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2021 at 7:24 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
Quote:I'm sure glad atheists in the US have had the freedom to express their thoughts, because as of 2016, they were still the most hated religious minority in the US https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/...inority-usDoes Atheism inherently promote bigotry and fundamentally undermining of basic human rights, no? But white nationalism does as does white supremacy. Again you confuse unpopular speech with evil ideologies.
Quote:The membership of the KKK used to be massive, but is now a tiny fraction of what it used to be and a half black president was elected.You realize the KKK was designated a terrorist group and they were widely fought on all front again and again. They didn't just disappear magically one day, And the struggle to get to a point where we could get a black president was one of society saying NO! to white nationalists and bigots and rendering their obscene views unacceptable in polite society, And he still faced racism and bigotry.
Quote: This happened without the need to label people as terrorists.It happened by making their views unacceptable to society and fighting their bullshit attempts to promote their idealogy.
Quote:This shows you're wrong that we need protection from scary thoughts being expressed.No, it really doesn't in fact the opposite( And I never used the word protection please stop the strawmen) I love how to turn white nationalism into simply a "scary" as if it's just taboo rather than fundamentally dehumanizing and affront to morality itself.
Quote:Progress will happen without the need to label people as terrorists.Progress is society's eternal struggle against evil. It doesn't just happen and it can just as easily go the other way. This is why vigilance is needed because the monsters are always clawing at the gate waiting for weakness.
Quote:Support for abortion and gay marriage is way up, and people didn't need to be designated as terrorists to make that happen.People had to fight for all of that. It didn't just happen. They told homophobes and misogynists NO! and made their views unacceptable to society.
Quote:Progress has and will continue to happen without that.Wrong people must fight for progress and the forces of regression are always there trying to take us backward. History shown over and over again a small group of nutbars can undo a generation of progress.
Quote:We don't need to be protected from the types who say the holocaust never happened or from scary tiki torches.Society has struggled against people just like them and people just like them have undone progress before. Progress is NOT INEVITABLE and regression can always happen.
(And I never used the word protection please stop the strawmen)
Quote: We really don't. We'll be ok.Laughably naive and ignorant. Thank goodness all those who fought for progress and defended it didn't take your view.
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–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM