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sundin13 said:

curl-6 said:

Horseshoe theory is definitely a thing in that the far left is every bit as hateful, intolerant, and authoritarian as the right, they just direct it at different groups.

The far left for example are very open about calling for murder, rape, and torture of those who disagree with their opinions about gender, are openly racist towards white and Asian people, (who they label as "white adjacent") openly sexist towards men, openly ageist towards older people, and try to destroy the lives of pretty much anybody who doesn't conform to their beliefs, to the point of trying to get people fired from their jobs or harassing and doxing people for expressing non-left views.

Thankfully, the far left currently holds fewer positions of official power compared to the right, in the US anyway, but they're just as big a threat to society and if they had their way we'd be living in a totalitarian dystopia.

Ehhhhh... While I don't disagree that there are people on the left who express these positions, I think saying "the far left are very open about calling for murder, etc" kind of implies the opinions of a group of radicals (I'll leave out personal judgements on the size of that group) are inherent to far left ideology. 

Some on the far-left support violence. Some don't. Some on the far-right support violence. Some don't. Some in the center support violence. Some don't. If American politics as a whole were to move to the far-left, there would be ample opportunity to do so in a way which does not amplify the voices of those who support this violence. There is a lot of space on the far-left that is inherently and vehemently opposed to violence, including that which is widely accepted in our society (such as our policing system or the death penalty). It would not be inconsistent with leftism to be non-violent...

Yeah that is a fair point.

I probably should have been more clear in that I am referring to the extremists, not "everyone on the far left is like this."