Beep boop.

But They are here to talk, I'll talk.

I can go find that paper if you don't believe me.

I'm just honestly surprised by the blatant hypocrisy, especially since the dangers presented 'from the left' are vastly overstated

Now you're just deflecting.

@Ace K as an non american. My perspective of the american two part system is that the parties does function more like electoral groups. They both span a multitude of what would be considered independent parties in europe. For example i saw a yt vid claiming there are 14 distinct groupings in the US republican party, and I think the same goes for the Democratic party. I find it interesting that “socialist” group in the dems is gaining power and pushing out the classical liberals, embodied by JFK. Of those that leave the majority is going independent/abstaining and a minority of the are going republican.

Dangers from the right is vastly overstated

@4AM_critter 🐉 that's very much how it tends to work actually.

Because there's only 2 parties, people with semi-similar interests tend to group up.

That's also why you hear about "single issue voters"

@Poppy Rider I believe @Ace K

That's mostly because the parties are becoming ideologically homogenous, @4AM_critter 🐉

@Rjfenix With respect to?

@Rjfenix In what

Sorry. Phone is fucked up let me get my laptop

https://niskanencenter.org/blog/there-is-no-campus-free-speech-crisis-a-close-look-at-the-evidence/

article 1: https://heterodoxacademy.org/the-skeptics-are-wrong-part-2/

Also for those not in the know, Niskanen is a left-of-center think tank.

Campus are charging hundreds of thousands of dollars for ppl to speak in case the Left starts burning shit.

heterodox is a non-partisan organization dedicated to free speech and ideological diversity.

Left-leaning libertarian, Pratel

Whatever.

Here's the other parts. https://heterodoxacademy.org/skeptics-are-wrong-about-campus-speech/

https://heterodoxacademy.org/the-skeptics-are-wrong-part-3-intolerance-levels-are-high/

That Niskansen article was one of a number that showed up in places like Vox almost all at once to try and argue that the mobs going around on campus smashing up right-of-center displays, harrassing right-leaning students and even terrifying left-leaning faculty were "just normal"

It wasn't at all convincing if you'd followed all the dis-invitation attempts and shout-downs.

And the surveys of students have been pretty clear that most feel intimidated, primarily by other students.

so as i was trying to say. @Poppy Rider i believe @Ace K was saying was not defending the far left. but the center left. they *are* victims to far left attacks. the Far Left have attacked everyone.

That is correct.

The far left took control and is terrifying and harrassing everyone.

But increasingly, unfortunately, the far left *is* the left because it has organization and institutional control.

And no one feels really empowered to push back against it.

The center left are the biggest victims.

The far-left is dangerous, but the fact that people here are ignoring that the far-right is increasingly becoming the norm for the right is just downright troubling.

I just don't see that though.

What is "the far right"?

The right disavows the Nazis whenever it gets the chance (unless you just read /r/politics).

90% of the "far right" is false flags and misidentification

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@Rjfenix I would tend to agree but when you look at the students at Evergreen these kids aren't 'far-left' they are left wing authoritarians.

Which makes it worse, because when people are calling you a nazi...you begin to get curious.