In the same way you don't need to donate to charity.
> And no, these kinds of people don't teach my children.
So you think some of these 1 million or so people aren't functioning members of society? How would you ever know if they hold these views privately and express them online under an alias? These are just the people who somehow collected onto this platform, I imagine many more exist (I happen to know many who are not online - and also far-right teachers (it's possible to do a job and not express politics)).
> And yes, "joke" is in quotes for a reason. It's not a new
The "alt-right" is just a fuzzy term without any real meaning [0]: "The term is ill-defined, having been used in different ways by various self-described "alt-rightists", media commentators, and academics." It's a convenient bogey-man for people to claim they know the exact cause of some poorly defined group. Helps in writing articles and publishing papers I guess.
This whole subject is quite complex and I don't know how anybody could possibly effectively police "jokes" vs jokes without implementing their own bias, especially inside jokes. "I wouldn't spend so long replying to HN comments if they all just dropped dead". Is it a death threat, sarcasm, an inside joke, me spreading my anti-HN ideology? Who knows without context.
> It's not about politics, man. I was very clear.
Wikipedia: "Fascism is a form of radical right-wing, authoritarian ultranationalism" [1]. Fascism is a political ideology. But it's really besides the point.
You’re misunderstanding me. I have nothing to say to people who want to argue in bad faith about racism and other nonsense as if they have any valid scientific footing.
Please don’t cherry pick my remarks to make like there’s an argument to be had here.
By the way, that article is referencing a revival of a strategy employed much earlier on in the 20th century. It doesn’t hinge on “alt right” or anything else. Just bigots making an effort to normalize their bigotry.
Have a good weekend. It’s a long one here as we celebrate Canada Day.
> You’re misunderstanding me. I have nothing to say to people
> who want to argue in bad faith about racism and other
> nonsense as if they have any valid scientific footing.
Are you suggesting that I'm acting in bad faith, or the commenter on Gab? I all honesty I think we're misunderstanding each other, that's always been the challenge of writing.
> Please don’t cherry pick my remarks to make like there’s
> an argument to be had here.
Please quote specifically what you think I've cherry picked, I haven't done so on purpose.
> By the way, that article is referencing a revival of a
> strategy employed much earlier on in the 20th century. It
> doesn’t hinge on “alt right” or anything else. Just bigots
> making an effort to normalize their bigotry.
Normalization of speech through sarcasm? I'm British, sarcasm/"jokes" is the language most of us speak normally anyway, it's how we laugh about our shared troubles.
> Have a good weekend. It’s a long one here as we celebrate
In the same way you don't need to donate to charity.
> And no, these kinds of people don't teach my children.
So you think some of these 1 million or so people aren't functioning members of society? How would you ever know if they hold these views privately and express them online under an alias? These are just the people who somehow collected onto this platform, I imagine many more exist (I happen to know many who are not online - and also far-right teachers (it's possible to do a job and not express politics)).
> And yes, "joke" is in quotes for a reason. It's not a new
> phenomenon:
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/23/alt-right...
The "alt-right" is just a fuzzy term without any real meaning [0]: "The term is ill-defined, having been used in different ways by various self-described "alt-rightists", media commentators, and academics." It's a convenient bogey-man for people to claim they know the exact cause of some poorly defined group. Helps in writing articles and publishing papers I guess.
This whole subject is quite complex and I don't know how anybody could possibly effectively police "jokes" vs jokes without implementing their own bias, especially inside jokes. "I wouldn't spend so long replying to HN comments if they all just dropped dead". Is it a death threat, sarcasm, an inside joke, me spreading my anti-HN ideology? Who knows without context.
> It's not about politics, man. I was very clear.
Wikipedia: "Fascism is a form of radical right-wing, authoritarian ultranationalism" [1]. Fascism is a political ideology. But it's really besides the point.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism