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Comment by krapp

9 years ago

I believe you have the right to express your views freely and I agree with you that violence on any end of the spectrum is unacceptable. Groups like Antifa and BLM have legitimate grievances which their violent actions completely undermine in my eyes. The narrative of the "middle class rural uprising" we've been presented with as the reason for Trump's election has, at its core, exposed perfectly understandable issues regarding middle American economic and political disenfranchisement, which have unfortunately been taken up as a banner by white supremacists, and twisted into a justification of their ideals.

However, I have to object to what I see as an attempt to portray yourself as a politically unbiased observer:

>Friends of mine are members of both Left and Right-wing political parties in my country, and I refuse to be associated with either, because parties and wings create division and move us further apart, and distract us from the same values that we do share.

Prior to this, you assert that "the Left" is "the only group wanting to stop freedom of speech, and impose tyranny on all others." Earlier, you refer to the "tyrannical Left" and mention that you consider James Damore to have been a victim of censorship, and their "(obviously) intellectually lazy and inaccurate narrative."

You may reject political parties but you appear to disagree with one ideological wing far less than the other. Such language only serves to poison the well, and encourage exactly the distraction and emotionally charged polarity you claim to oppose.