Society/Culture Can we please stop equating the risk posed by left wing extremists with that of right wing extremists?

[Mofra]

Not sure why every can't just agree that both sides at their extremist levels are just as ******* bad as each other

Burning down a police station - ok to alt left, wrong to alt right
Storming capitol hill - bad for alt left, ok for alt right

When realistically both are examples are ******* bad and should be condemned

It seems that the way the extreme sides of left and right were positioning have just been exacerbated by the almost year long corona virus lock down. During hard times being always seem to lash out

Absolutely both are bad. The police response to both is vastly different which is a huge cause for concern.

 

[Gough]

Absolutely both are bad. The police response to both is vastly different which is a huge cause for concern.

Anyone pushing the both sides argument now is a f***ing idiot, there's no left wing equivalent of the Trump window lickers. It might be the only way people can try to defend what happened yesterday but in the end it's disingenuous bollocks.

 

[00Stinger]

Absolutely both are bad. The police response to both is vastly different which is a huge cause for concern.

in some cases yes. In others cases no

In many Democrate run areas the police were told to stand down and let the BLM protesters just ran sack stores and do as they please. Hell Portland even allowed them to have their own city blocks to do as they please

The police response is just another symbol of the great political division.

Alt left have basically said any officer who has a badge is a racist nazi. The alt right did the usual extreme alternative and hailed any police officer with a badge a hero even if they had committed heinous crimes

 

[Gough]

in some cases yes. In others cases no

In many Democrate run areas the police were told to stand down and let the BLM protesters just ran sack stores and do as they please. Hell Portland even allowed them to have their own city blocks to do as they please

The police response is just another symbol of the great political division.

Alt left have basically said any officer who has a badge is a racist nazi. The alt right did the usual extreme alternative and hailed any police officer with a badge a hero even if they had committed heinous crimes

There's no whataboutism when it comes to what happened yesterday as much as you'd like there to be.

 

[00Stinger]

There's no whataboutism when it comes to what happened yesterday as much as you'd like there to be.

No whataboutism here

I was pretty open to saying what happened yesterday was ****ed up

 

[Pessimistic]

The overall vibe was comedic. If anything the totally ineffectual ‘coup’ might have dissipated some heat of resentment from the trump hoards

 

[Ghost Patrol]

in some cases yes. In others cases no

In many Democrate run areas the police were told to stand down and let the BLM protesters just ran sack stores and do as they please. Hell Portland even allowed them to have their own city blocks to do as they please

The police response is just another symbol of the great political division.

Alt left have basically said any officer who has a badge is a racist nazi. The alt right did the usual extreme alternative and hailed any police officer with a badge a hero even if they had committed heinous crimes

There isn't really an alt left, militant vegans or hippies chained to trees are the closest thing.

I'd suggest plenty of centrists, even right leaners, support BLM and the idea behind Antifa. Mainly because the right has shifted so far right....

 

[Gethelred]

in some cases yes. In others cases no

In many Democrate run areas the police were told to stand down and let the BLM protesters just ran sack stores and do as they please. Hell Portland even allowed them to have their own city blocks to do as they please

The police response is just another symbol of the great political division.

Alt left have basically said any officer who has a badge is a racist nazi. The alt right did the usual extreme alternative and hailed any police officer with a badge a hero even if they had committed heinous crimes

This might've been a spelling mistake, but it's also the most apt piece of political satire ever written on this website.

The Democrates: a soulless, corporate front marketing themselves as 'progressive', 'left wing'. It's the crate for the corporatism and the neoliberalism - and the conservatism - that comes inside.

 

[Chief]

urning down a police station - ok to alt left, wrong to alt right

Stop trying to make “alt-left” a thing. It’s not going to be a thing.

 

[RedVest4]

But they get smashed by cops and the army.

The far right are invited into the house of reps.

Taking selfie's with the security, being half naked on the speakers stand, stealing the podium, using Nacys computer...

No they didn’t. They were and still are allowed to ride roughshod through the country with little to no resistance

 

[RedVest4]

Stop trying to make “alt-left” a thing. It’s not going to be a thing.

Use Antifa / BLM / radical socialists then

 

[Marcel Proust]

No they didn’t. They were and still are allowed to ride roughshod through the country with little to no resistance

Are you sure? I read if blm touched a random fence they got shot with rubber bullets let alone having a play with Pelosis computer in her office.

The top post of reddit currently - is a cop waving in the terrorists to come into the house of reps and run a muck.

Slightly different treatment by the authorities compared to other protesting groups?

The facade is fading

 

[Engimal v3]

This isn't some crazy new idea, but I'm so ******* tired of everything being left vs right. The amount of whataboutism that stems from it is very tiresome, and embarrassing.

When people acknowledge that the events of yesterday were ****ed up, they shouldn't have to reply to 10 dropkicks saying "b-but what about ANTIFA! What about BLM!!!"

It's the lowest IQ argument imaginable. It's the political equivalent of me posting that Adelaide Crows aren't very good, and then someone replying "oh yeah, well U go for NORF!"

 

[Marcel Proust]

This isn't some crazy new idea, but I'm so ******* tired of everything being left vs right. The amount of whataboutism that stems from it is very tiresome, and embarrassing.

When people acknowledge that the events of yesterday were f’ed up, they shouldn't have to reply to 10 dropkicks saying "b-but what about ANTIFA! What about BLM!!!"

It's the lowest IQ argument imaginable. It's the political equivalent of me posting that Adelaide Crows aren't very good, and then someone replying "oh yeah, well U go for NORF!"

 

[Ghost Patrol]

No they didn’t. They were and still are allowed to ride roughshod through the country with little to no resistance

 

[ferball]

yes, yes I see what you mean

Leeda makes more sense than people here give him or her credit. Just sees things from a different pov.

 

[ferball]

Not sure why every can't just agree that both sides at their extremist levels are just as ******* bad as each other

Burning down a police station - ok to alt left, wrong to alt right
Storming capitol hill - bad for alt left, ok for alt right

When realistically both are examples are ******* bad and should be condemned

It seems that the way the extreme sides of left and right were positioning have just been exacerbated by the almost year long corona virus lock down. During hard times being always seem to lash out

If you believe the police are an oppressive occupational force then of course you'll burn a cop shop down.

Like it or not alot of black americans see things that way, especially after the last decade.

 

[Chief]

Use Antifa / BLM / radical socialists then

They're not the same thing.

 

[ferball]

The overall vibe was comedic. If anything the totally ineffectual ‘coup’ might have dissipated some heat of resentment from the trump hoards

It reminded me of schoolies more than the Cronulla riots.

Tho I doubt the people who were there when it kicked off felt that way.

 

[Chief]

That’s coz you are deliberately obtuse and swallow everything you are told by CNN. You probably also believe he didn’t condemn white supremacy in his “fine people on both sides” speech

They condemn begrudgingly, and praise fulsomely. Often in the same speech.

This gives two messages. One to egg on their supporters, the other allows them to later say they didn't.

 

[ferball]

They're not the same thing.

Yes they are!11! and if you don't see them that way you must be one (or all) of them!!1!!!!1

 

[Chief]

Yes they are!11! and if you don't see them that way you must be one (or all) of them!!1!!!!1

You North Melbourne/Essendon supporters would say that!

 

[Malifice]

BLM get smashed by cops and the army.

The far right are invited into the house of reps.

 

[Rob]

Boy has this exposed some rank hypocrisy within both sides of politics.

Always remember that the political spectrum is not a straight line, it's a circle. The troglodytes that stormed the building yesterday are a lot closer to Antifa et al than they are the mainstream.

 

[00Stinger]

If you believe the police are an oppressive occupational force then of course you'll burn a cop shop down.

Like it or not alot of black americans see things that way, especially after the last decade.

That is stupid logic though

That is the same dickhead logic that could be used yesterday. Lots of people feel the government is being oppressive.