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The far left are very racist

The far left assume every "minority" group must have their hand held through life and can't possibly function without their help , they practice the racism of low expectations which of course is extremely racist but they are so blinded by self righteousness they can't see it.

No, they don't tend to be far right, that's a lie. And calling everyone far right / nazi only serves to dilute and normalize the term - when everyone you disagree with is far right then no one really is.

Posters can glance over how extreme some of the views of posters who claim to be not far right are. Their posting histories are not moderate. 🤣

I would refer you to the chart I've just posted - views that are now considered far right they used to be viewed as common sense not too long ago.

Well, only if you take the maximalist interpretation of tolerance. I think it's been discussed to death that maximalist tolerance is impractical. So expecting them to live up to an impossible standard that you imposed on them, isn't sensible.

YouYou're entitled to impose any standards you want on other people, of course. But it's a bit foolish to act surprised when people don't live up to them.

You did suggest you had "numbers and statistics". Do you plan to share them or are they a secret?

racism, homophobia, misogyny and transphobia are routinely known to be far right ideologies

That's not true - they are not ideologies, certainly not not political ideologies, and just as common among far left and right.

Since you've moved past it, can we acknowledge that your claim to have numbers and statistics to back up your point, was made up? In the heat of the moment you pretended to have stats to back up your opinion. But they didn't exist. Can you acknowledge that before moving on?

That not all votes should be regarded as equal. Weighting by life-expectancy remaining. Young people have much more stake in the nation's future than the old do. For the country to get policies with a longer time horizon we need people to be willing to pay for something a decade or more in coming to fruition, Not just a promise of a handout this winter, the future be damned,.

The rise of chatbots illustrates that some people seem to be desperate to have others do their thinking for them. This is quite dangerous as the owners of these things are not neutral, benevolent people. They actively want to take human knowledge and culture behind a paywall.

I think the pandemic broke some people in certain ways. Like, having to stay inside and/or wear masks for the safety of others just changed them for the worse. The levels of hatred and outrage provoked by the words "Be kind" are quite illuminating.

1.2 to2.2 million killed by Pol Pot (far left)

40-80 million killed by Mao Zedong (far left)

6-9 Million killed under Stalin (far left)

So you're reduced to competing on whether Mao, Stalin, Hitler etc were worse? You are cherry picking to suit your agenda. Also the Christian right across the globe has caused considerable harm including here that includes abuse, homophobia, misogyny but I guess that wouldn't suit the argument.

Personally I'm not sympathetic to either far left or far right regimes btw. You are extreme btw and the kinds of arguments you're making only serve to support this fact.

Nazi means Natiional Socialist. Their society bore all the hallmarks of a left wing government i.e. authoritarian, state control, censorship, lack of free speech, lack of diversity etc etc. They were as left wing as the USSR, but with some additional extreme racism throw in.

You just pointed out another characteristic of socialist ststes e.g. East Germany called itself the German Democratic Republic even though it was neither democratic or a republic.