Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Honestly, it is the behavior of the righwing that is making me edge towards being a militant leftist. If they are going to lie and persecute the innocent, at what point should they be shielded by civility?

    I think when the left’s emotional dam breaks, the conservatives would have to face the consequences for their actions.

    • bampop@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      The word “militant” is interesting, particularly its use as a vague slur. It suggests something extremist or violent without requiring evidence of such (for example 20 years ago the term “militant atheist” got flung around a lot, referring to people who didn’t believe in God and were outspoken and unashamed of it).

      It came to my attention when encountering the Italian counterpart “militante” which means anyone who gets off their ass for the sake of something they believe in. Carrying a sign in a protest would be definitely “militante”. And as such it’s not a slur, or suggestive of anything scary. I guess the meaning in English isn’t so different but for the bourgeois fear of activism which it conveys.