Thoughts on RW fixation with “violent” Left.
Besides being pure projection, there’s a history of brutal movements/regimes accusing opponents of horrific crimes. QAnon not the first to claim foes eat children. 1/
Besides being pure projection, there’s a history of brutal movements/regimes accusing opponents of horrific crimes. QAnon not the first to claim foes eat children. 1/
Medieval Christians murdered Jewish neighbors for supposedly drinking the blood of Christian children in bizarre rituals. These pogroms (anti-Semitic riots) cost tens of thousands of innocent lives, if not more 2/
More recently, fascists used tales of Lefty violence, real and imagined, to whip up their base. The Nazi attack on Jews known as Kristallnacht (also called the November Pogrom) was triggered by the murder of a German diplomat in Paris by a Jew. 3/
Ironically, the diplomat, Ernst vom Rath, was being investigated by the Gestapo for harboring anti-Nazi views. Didn’t matter to Nazis who seized on the killing as evidence that Jews were animals inclined to violence
What does one do to vermin? Extermination
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What does one do to vermin? Extermination
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In the Spanish Civil War, fascists accused Republicans (supporters of the Spanish Republic) of raping thousands of nuns, despite the absence of a single first-hand account. Truth doesn’t matter when the lie fits one’s preconceptions. 5/
To be sure, atrocities were committed by both sides in Spanish CIvil War, but the fascists were literally ten times worse. The body count they racked up in murdered POWs and suspected collaborators was in the 100s of thousands.
Violence is part and parcel of fascism. 6/
Violence is part and parcel of fascism. 6/
RWers fixation with Antifa violence seems silly to those who know it’s a RW fever dream. Again, it all comes down to projection. Who is more likely to kill their fellow Americans; BLM activists or FoxNews addicts w arsenals who think lib elites abuse and eat kids? 7/end
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