KillingTimeItself comments on The problem with not voting

That is a better way of putting it, thanks. Not just outside the status quo but pushing to change it. I still think it carries a milder connotation than neo-Nazis or Anarchists and different language should be used for the fringe than just further-than-mainstream politics.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't know many honest people for whom the current system is working great, so I'd warrant that not being some kind of radical might be the more extreme position

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[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You wouldn't be the first to float some form of "centrism is an extreme position" and I can't say I disagree.

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

if we're talking extremists we're talking our boy the unambomber, and uh, the people that bombed abortion clinics, maybe.

I dont actually have a good second handle for extremists on the right lol. I guess hate criming nazis? That kind of shit.

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[–] Soggy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

"Terrorist" works fine.

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago

i was thinking explicit actions, more so than vague terms, kind of defeats the whole point of describing "radical right/left wing" if we simply go back to using another vague term doesnt it?

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