Now I know some people get a bit hot under the collar when I say right-wing extremists are dangerous and probably one of the other main threats to us/our societies and our countries, but hear me out. I was thinking, so what is it about right-wing extremists and extremists in general I don't like.. and I hit on a simple explanation I thought I would share..
The thing about extremists that worries me is.... that they are extremist! It's that their views are *extreme* and usually violently so. Their views are, by definition, NOT normal, they are not part of the norm and how normal people think. There may be a fair few of them, and their numbers may be increasing, but they are NOT the majority. However, the DO seek to influence the majority and they do seek to convert people to their way of thinking..and as that thinking is often very racist and violent - AND they seek to *punish* those who disagree with them or who are *different* to their ideal - that has to be a thing we feel is either worrying or even dangerous right?
Perhaps those of our friends in the States who seem so vociferously in favour of racism and feeling it's acceptable, quoting free speech* etc as justification, don't EVER intend or want to encourage violence against minorities, or unfairness but using hate filled words and discrimination surely IS a step along that path. (*btw we have free speech to, we just generally make sure that what we say is polite and doesn't call people names or incite violence.. so we can SAY what we like we just have to say it reasonably)
Here in the UK we tend to be pretty much in favour of for equality and fair treatment of all, and find racism and openly supporting racist views quite shocking, but here's a story from the UK today about why extremist right-wing movements very much ARE dangerous when they seek to recruit and influence others... btw Jo Cox, killed in the name of right wing extremism is, as you can see, WHITE.
Neo-Nazis face ban after Cox murder http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/neo-nazis-face-ban-after-cox-murder-0hgm3r93q?shareToken=397ad4599af87e93e2813233f5ebdfe5
@TrumpianDunningKruger -- To paraphrase you, words mean what they say you mean. And if you spend a thousand times as much attention on some Muslim zealot who beheads someone as you do on the fact the US dumped more bombs in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict than all combatants in WWII, the fact you acknowledge it means your focus on TEH EBIL MUSLIMS is justified.
"Objective reality" my left foot.
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