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There is an increasing (and worrying) trend among liberals to call racist or misogynist anyone who doesn't demonstrate enthusiasm for the cause of the day. Concerns about being censored when accused of racism isn't exactly irrational paranoia.

A recent example of what appears to be a moderate, democrat voting professor experiencing it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4546704/Professor-ca...

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rmc8y ago· 2 in thread

That's the Daily Mail, a newspaper that supported Hitler during the 1930s, and today is not accepted as a source in Wikipedia due to "the Daily Mail’s reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism and flat-out fabrication"¹. So you'll forgive me if I'm skeptical.

Secondly there is nothing in that article about neo-Nazism, so I don't know why you brought it up? I'm talking about neo-Nazi sites, not general racism/etc.

--- ¹ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/08/wikipedia...

cm2187OP8y ago

If reading the daily mail offends you, there was a long column in the FT last week end about this phenomenon [1] but you will find references in various newspapers [2] [3] (and dozens others if you google it).

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/902581a0-99ff-11e7-b83c-9588e5148...

[2]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/education/edlife/internet...

[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/student-protestors-and-t...

rmc8y ago

> If reading the daily mail offends you

It doesn't offend me. It's just not a reliable source.

And those links don't address my second point. There is no reference to neo-Nazism. I'm suggesting neo-Nazi website be taken offline/

yahna8y ago· 2 in thread

> There is an increasing (and worrying) trend

No there isn't. That's like saying there is an increased trend among conservatives in general towards being Nazis.

There is an increase in the activity of the lunatic fringes on both sides. Ranging from hardcore tea party people to "OMG white people are the worst" morons all the way to antifa and neo-nazis.

rmc8y ago

> That's like saying there is an increased trend among conservatives in general towards being Nazis.

Someone compared the election manifesto from the British National Party (who are basically neo-Nazi) for the 2005 UK election, and the 2017 manifesto from the Conservative party, the main centre-right party in the UK.

And there were an awful lot of similarities which the Conservatives wouldn't have put in before.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/04/23/compared-tories-polic...

cm2187OP8y ago

There is an irony in you posting two answers within minutes, one likening a british political party to neo-nazis, and the other highlighting that you make a distinction between neo-nazis and other forms of racism.

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rmc8y ago· 2 in thread

Secondly there is nothing in that article about neo-Nazism, so I don't know why you brought it up? I'm talking about neo-Nazi sites, not general racism/etc.

--- ¹ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/08/wikipedia...

cm2187OP8y ago

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/902581a0-99ff-11e7-b83c-9588e5148...

[2]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/education/edlife/internet...

[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/student-protestors-and-t...

rmc8y ago

> If reading the daily mail offends you

It doesn't offend me. It's just not a reliable source.

And those links don't address my second point. There is no reference to neo-Nazism. I'm suggesting neo-Nazi website be taken offline/

yahna8y ago· 2 in thread

> There is an increasing (and worrying) trend

No there isn't. That's like saying there is an increased trend among conservatives in general towards being Nazis.

There is an increase in the activity of the lunatic fringes on both sides. Ranging from hardcore tea party people to "OMG white people are the worst" morons all the way to antifa and neo-nazis.

rmc8y ago

> That's like saying there is an increased trend among conservatives in general towards being Nazis.

And there were an awful lot of similarities which the Conservatives wouldn't have put in before.

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/04/23/compared-tories-polic...

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