Well said, that’s a good explanation of the pitfalls of this tactic. I’ve enjoyed many of your previous comments as well and I think you’re a cogent independent thinker, which is increasingly rare to find.
My only quibble is that I don’t quite agree that you’re being threatened with violence in this situation. It raises an interesting concept, which is that the internet allows us to essentially act out these debates and conflicts without the implicit threat of violence that has historically accompanied them, due to our anonymity.
Yes it’s true: I do have anonymity here and so any threats of violence are not that alarming.
But I am being threatened with violence here, given this thread contains two things:
- A call for violence against fascists
- A claim that I am a fascist
If you don’t see how those two things add up to a call for violence against me, I don’t know how to draw the connection for you.
