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The woke don't just tolerate violent rhetoric of extremists on their side, they intentionally elevate and encourage it as a political strategy.
They "use the radical fringe to move the overton window" (pic 1) by elevating extremists so they look tame by comparison. (Pic 2)
The woke don't just tolerate violent rhetoric of extremists on their side, they intentionally elevate and encourage it as a political strategy.
They "use the radical fringe to move the overton window" (pic 1) by elevating extremists so they look tame by comparison. (Pic 2)
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The "overton window" is the window, or range of acceptable ideas in society. These are the ideas people are willing to give serious considerstion to.
As you can see in the diagram, move too far left or right and you end up outside the overton window.
What the woke do is....
The "overton window" is the window, or range of acceptable ideas in society. These are the ideas people are willing to give serious considerstion to.
As you can see in the diagram, move too far left or right and you end up outside the overton window.
What the woke do is....
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The woke encourage the most extreme, violent, hate-filled views from the extreme left, and then elevate them and broadcast them to the world.
Why?
Because by elevating extreme leftist voices woke people hope to to make themselves look reasonable by comparison.
The woke encourage the most extreme, violent, hate-filled views from the extreme left, and then elevate them and broadcast them to the world.
Why?
Because by elevating extreme leftist voices woke people hope to to make themselves look reasonable by comparison.
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This is why the woke will always condemn the right for their extremism, but never condemn the rhetoric of the extreme leftist "bombthrowers" and "shock troops."
This isn't random hypocrisy, it's a well thought out, carefully planned, completely intentional political strategy.
This is why the woke will always condemn the right for their extremism, but never condemn the rhetoric of the extreme leftist "bombthrowers" and "shock troops."
This isn't random hypocrisy, it's a well thought out, carefully planned, completely intentional political strategy.
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If you wonder why the woke never condemn the rhetoric of those who say "opposing gender surgery for minors is Trans Genocide," or "anyone who votes republican is a facsist," this is why.
The woke cynically elevate their extreme fringe to make themselves look more reasonable.
If you wonder why the woke never condemn the rhetoric of those who say "opposing gender surgery for minors is Trans Genocide," or "anyone who votes republican is a facsist," this is why.
The woke cynically elevate their extreme fringe to make themselves look more reasonable.
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The woke don't care about violent rhetoric, or rhetoric that raises the stakes, stirs the pot, or increases the temprature.
They are concerned when that rhetoric comes from the right.
Why?
Because they want to do the opposite move on the right as they do on themselves....
The woke don't care about violent rhetoric, or rhetoric that raises the stakes, stirs the pot, or increases the temprature.
They are concerned when that rhetoric comes from the right.
Why?
Because they want to do the opposite move on the right as they do on themselves....
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The want to use the fringe extreme left as the edge of the left to make themselves look more reasonable. But they want to silence the extreme fringe of the right so that the regular right becomes the edge and thus looks more out of touch.
In other words, their "concern"...
The want to use the fringe extreme left as the edge of the left to make themselves look more reasonable. But they want to silence the extreme fringe of the right so that the regular right becomes the edge and thus looks more out of touch.
In other words, their "concern"...
8/ about rhetoric is a cynical and opportunistic strategy they are employing in order to manipulate the terms of acceptable mainstream debate.
I am not saying elevste fringe right wing or violent right wing people as a counter to the woke strategy.
That's a bad idea...
I am not saying elevste fringe right wing or violent right wing people as a counter to the woke strategy.
That's a bad idea...
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What I "AM" saying is that we need to be aware of this strategy amd figure out ways of making them pay for employing it.
/fin
What I "AM" saying is that we need to be aware of this strategy amd figure out ways of making them pay for employing it.
/fin
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