I want to help them with their research, so chapos of the "post hog" and pigpoopballs poster variety, what are your thoughts on counter trolling the fash and the terf? What techniques do you use to identify the foe when they try insidious entry into a community (e.g. how norse mythos got stolen by nazis but witch aesthetic is repelling them)? What level of engagement do you use? Do you know of any other academic writing on the topic?
If they are willing to discuss in good faith then you can talk to them. But otherwise just shitpost and bully them. Fascists are very good at constantly being on the attack and making opposing party constantly need to defend themselves, so don't waste your time trying to argue against them when it won't work.
I don't have any good tips but it's something that you get with more experience. Usually you can assume good faith in the first comment (unless it's obviously bait).
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We need more bullying.
Fascists take advantage of the corruption of a power dynamic that was previously maintained on good will. Closeted fascists like to pretend they're representatives of the winning side in the global political and economic struggle because they benefit as a matter of coincidence, what they truly to believe is a consequence of their actions, politics, race...all that noise.
When we argue back it validates that world view. We give them that status. At that point we can't win because the outcome has already been decided. So it's best to fuck around the duck instead of fucking the duck directly.