Posted by tangplay on 4/12/2020 5:52:00 PM (view original):
I don't bring up Charlottesville to demonize the right, or to say that it was indicative of Conservatism. However, I will demonize the alt-right, and I think that's where some of the Republican base is headed. Specifically, I refer to the Qultists and the OAN fanboys.
(And yes, I understand that you can replace "Conservatism" with "Liberalism" and "Alt-right" with "Progressivism" but the difference is that the alt right is actually dangerous. Furthermore, I reject the idea that antifa is even comparable to actual Nazi groups. For one, they are far less dangerous statistically, and secondly, they are reactionary. The nazis have a reactionary ideology, but if they gain strength, they would actually put policies in place.)
I must have threatened someone's authoritarian bubble. They gave my first post a thumbs down.
I have never heard of OAN or the Qultists? I guess I read too much European stuff. Don't explain it to me...I can only guess.
I agree with the name switching part of your last paragraph. Labels are becoming meaningless. About the rest, it all depends on how you define "dangerous." There is plenty of "dangerous" rhetoric coming out of left-wing groups. I just picked those two out of a hat (PETA deserves more crap than I could sling. I'm going to have a porterhouse steak to prove my point.) Climate change theory, multiculturalism, identity politics, globalization, reparations, universal health care, green new deal, etc, just to name a few, can be thought of as dangerous if not outright destructive...depending on your point of view. The definition of "dangerous" is increasingly arbitrary these days.