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Justice Brandeis

(298 posts) Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:42 PM Sep 15

Are the Groypers so far right that sometimes they sound like far leftists? [View all]

Forgive me here because I don't know much about the Groypers, but there can be a point at which you are so far right that you start to resemble the far left. Vice versa too, that you can be so far left that you start to sound like the far right. Anti-Semitism is a good example of this phenomenon.

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Are the Groypers so far right that sometimes they sound like far leftists? [View all] Justice Brandeis Sep 15 OP

Ultra extremism can make strange bedfellows. John1956PA Sep 15 #1

It can indeed. DFW Sep 16 #36

what exactly IS "far left" Skittles Sep 15 #2

Can you post some far left quotes? leftstreet Sep 15 #3

"From the river to the sea". " Down with the pigs" marybourg Sep 15 #4

Anarco syndalists say that? Communists? leftstreet Sep 15 #5

"Down with the pigs?" vanlassie Sep 16 #25

I consider the "far left" to be those who are true extremists - Ocelot II Sep 15 #7

Party for Socialism and Liberation are out there. Along with some anarchists and Black Bloc LeftInTX Sep 15 #8

The extremes of both sides can come full circle and result in totalitarianism. Ocelot II Sep 15 #6

It's hard to get more far right than Netanyahu and genocide. I don't know anyone on the left Gaugamela Sep 15 #9

There is a radical left in the US, but it's small and inconsequential and none are violent, Ocelot II Sep 15 #10

Of course, I'm well aware of the SLS and the Weather Underground, but they dissolved Gaugamela Sep 15 #12

I remember as a college student dating a poli. sci. major AllyCat Sep 15 #11

I'm not a poli sci, but politics is at least two-dimensional and probably more Bernardo de La Paz Sep 16 #24

Makes sense too. It definitely doesn't seem linear to me AllyCat Sep 16 #37

I think a lot of the resemblance is superficial Mosby Sep 15 #13

The far left and far right would agree that "government-run child protective services" should be abolished Justice Brandeis Sep 15 #17

Not sure if you understand what "far left" is, then muriel_volestrangler Sep 16 #35

Raw milk is also very popular on the far left and far right Justice Brandeis Sep 15 #18

Sounds serious Torchlight Sep 16 #33

40 years ago a Professor of mine said... WarGamer Sep 15 #14

Right and left ideologies markodochartaigh Sep 15 #15

To a MAGA - the far left is Obama's tan suit. KentuckyWoman Sep 15 #16

No they are not Locutusofborg Sep 15 #19

They's just too lovey-dovey with their white skin. And Fuentes, sheesh dude, you're sounding a little like Jim Jones! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 15 #20

Neither did I until today...watch this explanation, makes a lot of sense!!! BigmanPigman Sep 16 #21

The anti Israel and anti Jewish thing and conspiracy theories JI7 Sep 16 #22

I think of it as "extreme right" and "fringe left" Blasphemer Sep 16 #23

Hell no....................... Lovie777 Sep 16 #26

No. They've co-opted "Antifa" and call people "Nazi" as an ironic projection and groupthink underpants Sep 16 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author ZDU Sep 16 #28

I think the issue is meme culture... regnaD kciN Sep 16 #29

Insightful ZDU Sep 16 #30

MINO MAGA In Name Only no_hypocrisy Sep 16 #31

Sounds like some stay the course yargle bargle. GreenWave Sep 16 #32

Fuck no. marble falls Sep 16 #34

Agree. Smells somewhat of B.See Sep 16 #38