I think it's important to give a platform to fascists, so their ideas can be scrutinised, and defeated with debate.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
That doesn't work though, they just gain popularity and end up having influence. See Farage, Trump etc.
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Replying to @vspearson85
Fair point. But suppressing them is even worse (cf. the Streisand effect). Trump won because he was dismissed by mainstream.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I think that's an oversimplification. If it were just down to that, Corbyn would be wildly popular.
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Replying to @vspearson85
He kinda is popular tho, isn't he? I think polls severely underestimate him, a la Brexit and Trump.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
and if we keep normalising hate speech in TV, no way someone like Corbyn can win. He doesn't grab at that proto fascist vote.
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Replying to @vspearson85
I think Corb's problem is ignoring needs of white working class. They are afraid of extremism and refugees taking jobs.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Agreed, and he needs a thorough plan to win that vote. Otherwise there will be a fascist surge here.
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Replying to @vspearson85
I think political correctness is a big danger of the left too. trying to police people's language: the first hint of tyranny.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I can see that view, but it's a balance between that and protecting the vulnerable.
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Indeed. I hope you blocked that imbecile Findlaech; people like him are the reason we're all gonna die.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I tend to mute rather than block. Gives them no satisfaction, leaving them screaming into the wind.
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