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Originally Posted by 13ball
Right. People with white nationalist tendencies are going to be upset by minorities agitating for political power. That doesn't mean that agitating for political power is wrong.
I guess you'd have to define "militant authoritarian SJWs" because I don't see them as a major problem at all. Nor do they have any real power, whereas the Alt Right has been emboldened by the Trump administration, who have even hired alt-right people like Steve Bannon.
Voter ID laws, responses to immigration and de facto police policies are what I was thinking of. As for voter ID, we've had at east two federal courts rule that Voter ID laws were deliberately targeting minorities. But even if it weren't deliberate, Voter ID laws affect minorities disproportionately.
I wouldn't say agitating for political power is wrong until the moment you start infringing on peoples right to free speech or segregating people based on their skin color. Which by the way only helps vindicate the alt right and help them recruit.
And its not just white nationalism that is on the rise but also moderate conservatives and centrists. There has been a spike in conservative student groups in the US and the UK so in a way their tactics have back fired. And right now moderate conservatives sound alot more reasonable than many of the militant SJWs do and that should worry the **** out of anyone who cares about the left.
The free speech issue on university campuses is a lot more widespread it seems and even if they have no legal obligation to do so I think they have a moral obligation to uphold the right that has made places like the US and the UK such great places to live relative to places that do not have free speech.
And I disagree when you say they have no power, when you have a a strangle hold on university's and you are shaping the minds of young people that will run the world in the next few decades you have alot of power.
Im not sure what you mean by the alt right, if you mean the race separatists then no I dont think they have alot of power.
I agree that those polices affect the poorest in society and as a result affect minorities disproportionately. I also think that the US should have universal health care and try to bridge the gap between the richest and poorest regardless of color. I despise identity politics so have little time for the alt right or SJWs.
Last edited by superslug; 05-20-2017 at 09:18 AM.