this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
75 points (97.5% liked)
ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM
225 readers
1 users here now
The goal of this community is to point out the hypocrisy of the centrist types who often align with (sometimes extreme) right wing views.
Rules
-
This is a leftist community. You should know how to treat people.
-
No personal information
-
No brigading
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I dunno... I'd say that the position, "I view this person's opinions to be such a threat that they should be killed" really is rightly seen to be a significant part of the problem with fascists, so it is a position I can't take, and that I don't like to see people with whom I otherwise agree take.
I think it's near certain that throughout history, the most harm hasn't been done by people who were knowingly evil, but by people who were absolutely convinced that they were good, and that they were fighting against evil.
There is a huge difference between wanting to kill people due to their "differences of opinion"/race/nationality/sexuality/religion/ect. and fighting to stop fascists from committing genocide or oppressing marginalized groups.
Fascists will never be interested in stopping to compromise or listen to reason.