They were forced to admit that designation was baseless precisely because we can attempt objective standards for defining such things.

Fascists are always willing to minimize the harm they do while exaggerating anything done to them, even if it’s more inconvenience than anything, as something beyond the pale that demands a response.

The “Problem Solvers Caucus” is up there with “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” when it comes to misnomers. They never solve anything, they just align themselves with Republicans. If anyone can name a good policy that group of spineless centrism-fetishists has shepherded into law I’d like to hear it. Mostly they…

I think you’re significantly overestimating the role of the media in these kinds of networks. Most of it happens through forums and social media. Facebook groups. Twitter threads. I’ve spent a lot of time watching far-right networks on social media and the actual media, even far-right sites like the Daily Caller and…

This is worse than doing nothing. This is outright giving him and other bigoted politicians special treatment. You’ve taken away even the hint of enforcing the rules against them. 

That guy is on his third account that I’ve seen in the past few days. Every time it uses a commenter in the burner name. It’s incredibly dumb. I’m sure we’ll see another one soon. 

Except when it concerns Islamists, the huge exception that a lot of people seem to be ignoring. What makes some Atomwaffen shithead different from a Daesh chud, except that one is perceived as “foreign”?

Germany’s anti-Nazi laws sure as hell don’t seem to have broken their democracy. Every time I raise this debate I see a lot of well-meaning people taking fundamentalist positions who don’t seem to have fully analyzed the evidence out there. 

Congrats, but nothing in your whiny comment suggests to me you’ve made any attempt to actually think on this issue with nuance or depth. It just sounds like a reflexive knee-jerk reaction that lets you feel superior to others, aka me, that you just called a “fucking evil fascist”.

See this argument, this argument is incredibly flimsy. You really think it’s impossible to distinguish a violent neo-Nazi group from disfavored political actors? You’re assuming it is, that there’s no metric out there that can distinguish the two. But we do it when it comes to Islamist radicals. So why do neo-Nazis…

Bloody hell, calm down. Rational people can disagree with expansive free-speech absolutism interpretations. There’s a logical case that the US has been too consistently friendly to the margins in a way that has enabled the growth and spread of radicalizing fringe groups. You can disagree that anything should be…

Most voters don’t pay attention. It doesn’t really matter whether an attack is fair, just whether it sticks. I should’ve noted that when I wrote, cause I thought about it after I did.

There are real problems with VAR. I don’t read a ton of soccer coverage here, but I see it often enough. I’m not a hardcore pro or anti-VAR person either. But I’m a DC United fan, and we’ve had a couple of good goals called back on iffy or outright wrong calls (PRO admitted it a few times). I’m sure fans of other…

It’s definitely a far-right hate group within intent to cause trouble, but if the law says they can’t deny a permit because they’re a bunch of abusive shitheads their hands are tied. 

You can’t maintain a bad, bloated, and often harmful system because some people don’t want to look for a new job. Imagine you’re talking about coal miners, saying the exact same thing. Should their industry be propped up, despite the harm it does, because they’re concerned about transitioning to a new field?

She’s been knocked on seeming half-hearted on this, so that’s likely to show up in some ads later. It’s a good way to knock out the “but is she actually supporting Medicare for All” questions that have already been bounced around. 

Looks like the pissant dismissed my response to his empty posturing. That’s a very coward thing to do. 

I get the feeling this was written before a second goal was wiped out by VAR on a dubious-at-best call, which makes it even funnier. 

Please ban the fake Russian “Information Channel 4" too. That fucking troll is up to some creepy harassment shit at the moment. Wouldn’t be shocked if it’s a sock for one of the usual far-right types. Certainly seems to be making an effort to engage other trolls. 

Hey, staff. I know you guys are busy and don’t read the comments a lot, but this is the second burner I’ve seen this violent far-right sack of shit use and I think maybe you should drop a brick on this one.