Mind you, I don't think we should trust or support liberals either, and of course we should be opposed to any laws they might push to strengthen the police state, or any other new laws that could otherwise harm us. However, I think the attack against the right that's likely coming might be a strategically good thing for the left, for the following reasons:

  1. Just my opinion, but support for free speech should probably end with people who are organizing so they can murder me, you, and the people we care deeply about. None of these people would support our free speech or even basic human rights if they ever got full control over the government.

  2. Corporations never cared about free speech anyway. Those saying that social media will come after leftists next are naively ignorant of the fact that they already have and will do so in the future. It's not as if going after the right will somehow open up a new door for them as far as this goes, but at the very least, denying fascists a platform is still a good thing.

  3. If the liberal establishment ever actually grew a spine and decided to confront the right using federal law enforcement (most likely FBI), the efforts towards this could help tie up resources and deflect attention away from organizing on the left.

  4. Since most people in local police departments and some federal agencies are in full support of racism and/or fascism, attempts by liberals to address this would likely be a difficult battle for both law enforcement and the liberal establishment, which would benefit the left for obvious reasons.

I've seen some comments on twitter leaning towards supporting the supposed rights of Trump protestors because "free speech" and because it would somehow open the door to targeting the left. This strikes me as naive, since they would do that anyway with the tools they have, but I'd love to hear your opinions on this.

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    4 years ago

    i can see the humor in it, but i draw the line at the perverted freaks who identify in some sense with the powers enacting this anemic form of "justice."

    conversation about what the bourgeois state oughta do to or about the fash is irrelevant. we don't have power over them. every gap toothed neo bircherite hick they execute in the public square is intended as a reminder to me, you, and your flag waving buddies that threats to the existing order will be dealt with swiftly and mercilessly.

    attempts by liberals to address this would likely be a difficult battle for both law enforcement and the liberal establishment

    they are just going to give them more guns and money. to liberal pundits and lawmakers, the threatening part of "fascist insurrectionists" isn't the fascist part, it's the insurrectionist. at no point is this going to result in a leftward shift of the Overton Window. if you hate America, you are already as bad as a nazi to your average NPR listener.