the alt-right/lite spheres (even Steve Bannon) were pretty straightforward about their desire to provoke strong SJW reactions, for obvious reasons. And I can recall some left critics pointing out "the logic of Twitter identity politics could be easily twisted around in reverse"
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I feel like there's a moral point about something like "blaming anti-racists for white nationalism," which gets conflated with a more matter-of-fact point that "hardline behavior turns off moderates and predictably inspires a reaction"
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Intentions matter more than outcomes. You learn this first day of human school.
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