Same here. I’m also sick of the left being framed as the most illiberal side.
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Replying to @Claire_Voltaire
a lot of people on the 'left' hand it to them too which sucks. like dankula's case for example- everyone who supported him was labeled right wing by people on the left. it looks like the right basically owns the concept of free speech and are the only people who care.
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Replying to @shoe0nhead @Claire_Voltaire
"Everyone who supported him" really? I don't think that fair, but you also can't ignore that he is buddy buddy with Tommy Robinson, Lauren Southern, Britt Pettibone etc. That kinda pushes any Leftists away & muddies the waters around everyone else who wants to defend him. :\
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Replying to @RationalDis @Claire_Voltaire
it pushes them away because they're obsessed with purity testing and guilt by association. the principle and issue at hand should be MUCH more important.
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purity testing. lol.
When it comes to pieces of garbage like Tommy Robinson and Pettibone and Lauren southern, I consider it more like sewage disposal, and that is much more important.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
i mean purity testing of people like dankula because those people supported his fight. pay attention.
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Wait, it isn't because they support him off in the distance. It's because he is friends with them, makes videos with them, hangs out with them, & he defends them.
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but it's not even about him though. the point is he literally got arrested for making fun of nazis. for making a youtube video. why does anything else matter? why should you care who he talks to in order to support him? i don't get it.
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Right, I don't agree with him being arrested or convicted. I think his joke was kinda funny, the "gas the Jews" shit went too far, but I don't think he should have been arrested. The problem is that if you aren't careful you help the Far Right by pushing their narrative.
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This is how they work. They have worked REALLY hard to tie themselves to him, & he went along with it. Now it's hard for Leftists to make sure that they separate the two when talking about it & a lot of people just don't want to bother sticking up for him -
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When he is working & cool with people who spread hateful propaganda about people all the time & who hijacked the narrative so they can continue to push that hate.
I can't understand why people feel alienated by the associations he has happily made. 
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