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The far left extremists on Twitter are still there, spreading hate, and never got banned. Why so much attention to the far-right?
by hker999 4y ago
The far left extremists on Twitter are still there, spreading hate, and never got banned.
Why so much attention to the far-right?
- yaddaor 4y agoLeft and right are useless categories, trying to compare them is moot.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y agoIn general, yes. In this case - no, they're quite clearly defined.
- ButterWashed 4y agoI'm not on Twitter and yet I'm probably aware of far-right commentary on the platform. I can't say I'm aware of any "far left extremists" as you call them. Who are the "far left extremists" that you mention? Isn't there more attention to far-right Twitter accounts due to the increase in violence taking place in the name of far-right politics?
- andrew_ 4y agothat may be true. it's also an indicator of the bubble you're a part of, if true.
- cypress66 4y agoIt's not really a left vs right case, but there are many instances in both Twitter and Reddit of women openly hating men, which isn't censored, while the opposite (men openly hating women) is censored or punished. I don't want to name individual Twitter users, but you can check the r/FemaleDatingStrategy subreddit to have an idea. Edit: I've done a quick Google search on reddit of "I hate men" and "I hate women" and they both seem to be quite prevalent, so maybe there isn't that much of a bias in terms of banning users. Although I still believe there is bias in terms of which subreddits have been deleted, quarantined, or allowed to continue.
- Overtonwindow 4y agoThe far-left fights ideas it does not like with censorship and cancellation. The far-right is more aggressive at defending their beliefs. One says you must be silenced, the other says come at me bro.
- watwut 4y agoBS. Far right is both openly pro censorship and also works hard at silencing opposition. They also complained about being treated unfairly even when they are given much more leeway then their opposition
- gfsdgfsdgfsdg 4y ago4chan is considered "far right" because they don't censor speech
- klyrs 4y agoDrag story hour is speech. Far right activists have been showing up and physically assaulting people to silence them, moderate right politicians are trying to pass laws against them or simply defund libraries to silence the speech they find repugnant. So called bastions of free speech: Gab, Parler, Truth: they all silence anything to the left of their worldview.
- gfsdgfsdgfsdg 4y agoWhat percentage of Republicans physically assault people to silence them?
- tablespoon 4y ago> Why so much attention to the far-right? Because elite media is left-ish, and has great power to focus attention on some things but not on others.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago> Because elite media is left-ish, and has great power to focus attention on some things but not on others. I wouldn't say "elite", just mainstream. And they're not leftish, just left - for a variety of reasons, many of them being valid. Such as respecting minorities, promoting equality, etc. I think the problem happens when some people go to the extreme - and this immediately causes uproar on the opposite side. Unfortunately, social media amplify this conflict between the extremes. But most people are in the middle.
- klyrs 4y agoFox news is elite mainstream media.
- cudgy 4y ago“respecting minorities, promoting equality” Branding people left and right based on these qualities is lazy. There are people from both the left and right that exhibit these qualities. Also, there are racists that are left and right. I would even argue that “respecting majorities” is equally desired and exists for both left and right.
- watwut 4y agoBecause it is more frequent and more aggressive. And also because it has many pretend-to-be-moderate types working hard to maintainstream them.
- felix_n 4y ago
- gfsdgfsdgfsdg 4y agoThere are literally attacks against the Asian community everyday but these attacks aren't reported in the national news.
- trs8080 4y agoAre you saying that leftists are behind "attacks against the Asian community"?
- klyrs 4y agoI keep reading about them in the national news. A quick google for "Asian hate crime" gets me articles from NBC, CNN, new york times, the guardian, CBC, the Toronto Star, PubMed, the Brookings institute, nyc.gov, and justice.gov; that's just the first page. I'd suggest your bubble as the issue, but you're clearly aware of this somehow. Did you learn about this on a news site that convinced you that other news sources are failing to report on this issue depsite evidence to the contrary?
- sn0w_crash 4y agoDarrell brooks drove a car into a crowd of people.
- JSchmoe 4y agohttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/darrell-brooks-waukesha-parade-christmas-attack-b2211170.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/darr... Never heard of this so looked it up. Dude had an argument with his ex while in a car, hit her a few times, she managed to escape, he drove into a parade some time later. The motive behind the attack is unknown. What does this have to do with the parent post?
- sn0w_crash 4y ago
- oliwarner 4y agoWhat is far-left extremism? Marxism, cancel culture, environmental cultures (eg Just Stop Oil, Degrowth) etc all seem to focus on behaviour rather than the biological traits that attract far right attention. I'm sure there are exceptions but being a dick isn't a protected class, so people attacking you for it aren't kicked off.
- oliwarner 4y agoThe votes on this comment are a disaster. I've seen it go up to +2, and down to zero more than once. Clearly a few people think I'm wrong but a downvote doesn't tell me or others why. I know Left and Right are tribal lines, but in the context of a conversation, consider that downvoting something because it attacks something you identify with might not be as effective as engaging in that conversation. I'm probably too late with this reply to catch anyone, but I can only hope.