I agree for the most part, except for the use of the terms “fascist” and “racist.” Those terms are used far too quickly and far too often. This weakens and normalizes them.
Not everyone who criticizes migration is automatically a racist. Not everyone who loves capitalism and liberalism is automatically a fascist.
That’s no justification for DHH and his supporters. My point is simply that these days, people are far too quick to throw around extreme terms online without thinking things through, just because someone has a different opinion. Just as, for the right wing, everything is always immediately labeled as socialism and/or communism.
As a result, the lines of conflict keep drifting further apart, making dialogue impossible—and that only strengthens the true extremists.
I agree for the most part, except for the use of the terms “fascist” and “racist.” Those terms are used far too quickly and far too often. This weakens and normalizes them.
Not everyone who criticizes migration is automatically a racist. Not everyone who loves capitalism and liberalism is automatically a fascist.
That’s no justification for DHH and his supporters. My point is simply that these days, people are far too quick to throw around extreme terms online without thinking things through, just because someone has a different opinion. Just as, for the right wing, everything is always immediately labeled as socialism and/or communism.
As a result, the lines of conflict keep drifting further apart, making dialogue impossible—and that only strengthens the true extremists.