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In reply to the discussion: Are the Groypers so far right that sometimes they sound like far leftists? [View all]Mosby
(19,045 posts)13. I think a lot of the resemblance is superficial
They can share some characteristics like coercion for example but are still quite different.
Compare these statements:
The problem is, there is zero advantage to marriage in the Western world for a man, if you use your mind, if you use your head instead of your heart, and you look at the advantages to getting married, there are absolutely none. Andrew Tate
"Having children is more important than having a good career. And I would also tell young ladies, you can always go back to your career later, that there is a window where you primarily should pursue marriage and having children, and that is a beautiful thing, Charlie Kirk
"In addition to the abolition of family policing [government-run child protective services], we argue for abolition of the family in general and say that the institution of the family acts as part of the carceral system in that it reinforces children as property". Olivia Katbi
"The only real difference between marriage and prostitution is the price and the duration of the contract". Emily Janakiram
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Are the Groypers so far right that sometimes they sound like far leftists? [View all]
Justice Brandeis
Monday
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Party for Socialism and Liberation are out there. Along with some anarchists and Black Bloc
LeftInTX
Monday
#8
It's hard to get more far right than Netanyahu and genocide. I don't know anyone on the left
Gaugamela
Monday
#9
There is a radical left in the US, but it's small and inconsequential and none are violent,
Ocelot II
Monday
#10
Of course, I'm well aware of the SLS and the Weather Underground, but they dissolved
Gaugamela
Monday
#12
I'm not a poli sci, but politics is at least two-dimensional and probably more
Bernardo de La Paz
Tuesday
#24
The far left and far right would agree that "government-run child protective services" should be abolished
Justice Brandeis
Monday
#17
They's just too lovey-dovey with their white skin. And Fuentes, sheesh dude, you're sounding a little like Jim Jones!
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
Monday
#20
Neither did I until today...watch this explanation, makes a lot of sense!!!
BigmanPigman
Tuesday
#21
No. They've co-opted "Antifa" and call people "Nazi" as an ironic projection and groupthink
underpants
Tuesday
#27