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It's because they have begun to eat themselves. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 15/06/2017 02:14:23 PM

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You basically beat me to it.

I'm one of the most left-leaning and progressive-esque people on this site these days. I'm pretty much the typical SJW bogeyman. But more and more I feel like the fringe of the progressive movement (it's largely not the left, incidentally; these people don't give a shit about labor) is becoming a caricature of itself.

I spent the last two weeks arguing with multiple people on Facebook that using violence as a political tool could only end badly for the progressive cause.

For all of the screeching about "not needing allies" that these people do, they're going to find themselves really lonely at the barricades if they keep this up.


The Soviet Communists did this to themselves too in the 20s and 30s once they had defeated the "Whites". All in the name of ideological purity. It will only get worse. Denouncements. Political violence. Ostracism. Death. It will be interesting to see how this progresses. The stuff I read about college campuses is chilling. The lack of respect for free speech is especially quite troubling. Having read so much European history, I know where this can go and I do wonder if the extreme ideological militants have read their history too. Or even care if they have.

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The Left Won’t Rest Until Someone Gets Killed - 14/06/2017 02:47:58 PM 1608 Views
Totally agreed with this article... - 14/06/2017 03:58:40 PM 885 Views
The funny thing about violence is you can't control it. - 14/06/2017 04:31:35 PM 829 Views
So you thought that would scare me Tom? - 14/06/2017 09:30:34 PM 825 Views
especially since the gunman has been identified - 14/06/2017 05:42:14 PM 875 Views
And the penny drops... *NM* - 14/06/2017 05:59:30 PM 495 Views
Bernie isn't a Democrat, though - 14/06/2017 06:31:28 PM 854 Views
How embarrassing that he accidentally ran for their presidential nomination! - 14/06/2017 07:18:57 PM 773 Views
Not an accident - 14/06/2017 07:28:12 PM 754 Views
And in Wonder Woman the Movie they wore different hats!!! - 14/06/2017 09:09:57 PM 749 Views
You mean the Clinton cabal stopped him - 15/06/2017 04:22:41 AM 740 Views
I think you give too much credit to the Clintons - 15/06/2017 04:49:26 AM 846 Views
I would have actually respected her more... - 15/06/2017 07:07:08 PM 713 Views
well no other democrats wanted to run against her there was an opening *NM* - 15/06/2017 09:41:50 PM 513 Views
There are valid points, but rather a lot of bullshit inbetween for my taste. - 14/06/2017 07:07:10 PM 977 Views
Obviously excessive hyperbole is a problem from both sides - 14/06/2017 07:20:59 PM 821 Views
Sure, I will admit that. - 14/06/2017 07:23:24 PM 780 Views
There you go again. - 14/06/2017 07:52:47 PM 811 Views
Yeah, that part sucked.... - 14/06/2017 09:14:10 PM 695 Views
You know what I did? - 15/06/2017 04:16:08 AM 823 Views
Good Idea.... - 15/06/2017 06:59:47 PM 726 Views
Yup. Isn't it shocking? - 14/06/2017 09:18:45 PM 786 Views
I find myself drifting more and more to the right - 14/06/2017 08:26:26 PM 738 Views
I don't, or at least not in an American context, but I agree about the dead horse. - 14/06/2017 09:32:23 PM 851 Views
That's not correct. - 15/06/2017 04:19:06 AM 845 Views
I agree with Tom's premise, if not the content. - 15/06/2017 09:46:57 AM 806 Views
I really should post more. We're letting Tom and Cannoli get away with far too much. *NM* - 15/06/2017 10:12:53 AM 431 Views
YES, YOU SHOULD - 15/06/2017 11:09:34 AM 736 Views
Agreed. *NM* - 15/06/2017 02:45:40 PM 846 Views
It would still be a pretty right-wing site - 15/06/2017 02:58:30 PM 825 Views
funny you would say that - 15/06/2017 03:20:58 PM 808 Views
I so miss Camilla. - 15/06/2017 08:50:36 PM 754 Views
Camilla and the Aussies were our lefty leaders - 15/06/2017 09:04:12 PM 838 Views
God I miss Wads - 15/06/2017 10:29:38 PM 853 Views
D'oh! *NM* - 15/06/2017 03:20:58 PM 478 Views
*NM* - 15/06/2017 04:37:56 PM 523 Views
I never could tell when you were being sarcastic and when not. On the whole I'm thinking yes. *NM* - 15/06/2017 08:48:54 PM 403 Views
Hmm... I miss Camilla too. - 15/06/2017 08:55:04 PM 637 Views
Sad but true - the left is truly unhinged, full of violence and hate - 15/06/2017 03:36:20 AM 744 Views
I was considering making a post called "what the fuck is wrong with progressives?" - 15/06/2017 06:49:10 AM 839 Views
It's because they have begun to eat themselves. - 15/06/2017 02:14:23 PM 774 Views
Yeah, but... - 15/06/2017 02:46:51 PM 825 Views
yes, that - 15/06/2017 03:20:00 PM 742 Views
The day I realized that I didn't know every damned thing was when I at last gained a little wisdom. - 15/06/2017 03:30:07 PM 729 Views
I get where you're coming from, but... - 15/06/2017 05:01:13 PM 752 Views
Isn't that a good characterization of much of the Left? - 15/06/2017 04:09:10 PM 691 Views
Maybe? A large section of the academic left, anyway - 15/06/2017 05:17:14 PM 676 Views
Well, yeah - 15/06/2017 04:36:37 PM 771 Views
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass... - 15/06/2017 10:40:42 PM 834 Views
I can promise you they haven't read their history. - 16/06/2017 12:25:56 AM 635 Views
No offense intended, but have *you* read it carefully? - 16/06/2017 01:41:19 AM 913 Views
I've read it somewhat carefully. I think I said my point poorly, though. - 16/06/2017 03:23:26 AM 757 Views
An obsession with the rule of law in Weimar Germany? - 16/06/2017 04:26:30 AM 686 Views
She blocked me after telling me to go fuck myself. - 16/06/2017 04:38:43 AM 657 Views
Sounds like a winner, that one - 16/06/2017 02:20:19 PM 795 Views
Poor Weimar. - 16/06/2017 12:32:09 PM 732 Views
Ha! - 16/06/2017 03:00:38 PM 698 Views
Their shenanigans actually hurt their cause. - 15/06/2017 03:32:09 PM 793 Views
Also, they're just puerile. Pussy hats? Seriously? If you want to be taken seriously, dress properly - 16/06/2017 12:36:36 AM 821 Views
A short webcomic for you ghavrel - 16/06/2017 01:54:00 AM 772 Views
Most Americans laugh at "microaggressions" and phrases like "toxic masculinity" - 16/06/2017 04:31:40 AM 640 Views
I unironically use some of those - 16/06/2017 04:42:21 AM 862 Views
Quit gaslighting me, dude *NM* - 16/06/2017 02:18:17 PM 443 Views
Why do you hate the word gaslighting? - 16/06/2017 08:42:34 PM 686 Views
It's used by progressives whenever someone disagrees with them. - 16/06/2017 11:24:03 PM 832 Views
So let me come at this from a different angle - 17/06/2017 04:48:37 AM 757 Views
You're overthinking this. - 17/06/2017 10:28:47 AM 819 Views
What are you even talking about? - 17/06/2017 11:01:42 AM 864 Views
POC - 16/06/2017 01:54:31 PM 716 Views
I would assume "POC" meant "piece of crap" - 16/06/2017 02:17:07 PM 710 Views
Point of Contact - 16/06/2017 03:09:26 PM 923 Views
WTF? "Good needs"? That doesn't even make any sense! - 16/06/2017 05:55:45 PM 799 Views
I have some good needs - 16/06/2017 06:07:35 PM 716 Views
I'll just bet you do. *NM* - 16/06/2017 06:13:23 PM 438 Views
Neither does "handicapped", honestly - 16/06/2017 07:18:15 PM 761 Views
It will stop, the robots will one day take over - 16/06/2017 08:41:03 PM 802 Views
My opinion on this - 16/06/2017 08:39:40 PM 949 Views
No - 17/06/2017 07:11:17 AM 709 Views
Belas, a rhetorical question, where do monsters come from? *NM* - 17/06/2017 08:58:00 AM 444 Views
These come from institutions of higher "learning" *NM* - 17/06/2017 05:07:47 PM 502 Views
under the bed or in the bedroom closet. d'uh. *NM* - 17/06/2017 05:30:05 PM 442 Views
POP - 16/06/2017 09:07:28 PM 804 Views
Thought you were going to make a People of Penes / Penii joke - 16/06/2017 09:43:31 PM 765 Views
That is the way I started to feel about the conserative movement - 15/06/2017 09:41:07 PM 731 Views
President Mike Pence - 15/06/2017 03:53:15 PM 750 Views
LOL - 15/06/2017 03:56:37 PM 714 Views
Too much Jacobin. Not enough Jacques. - 15/06/2017 09:58:27 PM 812 Views
RAWR, bows down to the sexiness - 15/06/2017 10:45:41 PM 715 Views

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