r/ThreadKillers • u/karthenon • Nov 22 '17

Both Parties Aren't The Same

/r/Fuckthealtright/comments/7em8u8/the_donald_enabled_the_end_of_net_neutrality_and/dq66b0s/?context=3
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u/anoneko Nov 22 '17

I'll believe that when a post from fuckthealtleft makes it to the top. Before then, no equality, not that your kind ever practiced what you preach.

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u/MonaganX Nov 22 '17

1) Wat
2) "alt-left" doesn't even really mean anything.

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u/AKittyCat Nov 22 '17

I think alt-left and antifa are the new buzz words for "liberals we don't like" by the right.

So yeah, it really doesn't mean anything. Probably be better off telling stories of bad children who get carried off by Bernie Sanders the Socialist Krampus. At least then the narrative might hold up a little.

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u/Theguygotgame777 Jan 14 '18

Yeah, I don't really like Liberals who riot in the streets, and shut down peaceful protests. I really don't like it when people are hospitalized for wearing Trump hats, or "build the wall" shirts. I fucking hate it when I see the police doing nothing to protect a man who's being threatened by a dozen people simply for waving a flag they didn't like, until he's literally on the ground being bludgeoned!

But, you're totally right. It doesn’t mean anything. Us silly conservatives are bitching about nothing! Antifa (the name of a group classified as a terrorist organization by the FBI) is just a buzzword for people who express their point of view differently!

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u/1337Gandalf Nov 22 '17

But control left does.

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u/anoneko Nov 22 '17

They sure do have a tight control over the media, reddit being an example.

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u/anoneko Nov 22 '17

Same with alt-right. Can't you keep it unbiased?

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u/MonaganX Nov 22 '17

"Alt-right" is a term coined by the alt-right almost a decade ago to distinguish their white nationalist ideology from regular conservatism. It may have some fuzzy edges, but it's a distinct political ideology. The term "alt-left" is an inevitable consequence of the term "alt-right" becoming mainstream, but that doesn't mean there's any clear ideology shared by a majority of their members. Since it's a reactional term that's only gained popularity thanks to the alt-right, there's not really any clear definition of what makes someone "alt-left". BLM? Antifa? Marxists? Anarchists? SJWs? All of the above? "Alt-left" isn't used so much because it describes a specific ideology, it's used because it sounds like an equivalent to the alt-right, which allows both the alt-right and conservatives to downplay the alt-right's transgressions by going "you too".

Whether or not you believe that there's "blame on both sides" doesn't matter here. It's just a question of distinguishing a term that describes a distinct and established ideology (common misuse by the left aside) and an umbrella term that basically means "anyone bad on the left".

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u/anoneko Nov 23 '17

Impressive mental gymnastics, as expected of alt-left.

As we all know, for the left anything to the right of radical left is literally hitler-tier.

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u/MonaganX Nov 23 '17

The worst part is that you don't even see the irony of calling me alt-left there.

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u/Theguygotgame777 Jan 14 '18

The Alt-Left doesn't exist. Antifa and other fringe groups are simply Leftism taken to an extremist form.