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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Those on the further reaches of the left tend to be absolutely vile online in my experience.
In my experience some are tetchy, middle class, obsessively PC social justice warriors who don't even attempt to engage in reasoned debate but run their spiel about why every viewpoint apart from their own is wrong, then run away to their safe place.
Others are also tetchy and obsessively PC, but add to that the extra charm of throwing hateful bile rather than just running a miniature manifesto at you. Then having thrown that bile will leave with some insult about how a person isn't worth speaking to.
What both have in common is their utter refusal to engage with anyone with a viewpoint that doesn't match their own, a disdain for basic liberties such as freedom of speech, deeming it far less valuable than their own 'right' to not be offended or challenged, and a strong preference for the prevailing group think.
Regrettably this point of view seems rather common in younger generations especially. Previously that's where free thinkers were; now it's where the group think, political correctness and an entitlement to not be challenged are.
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I agree. I have seen some of them on my Twitter feed and it's not nice. At the moment it's about the expulsion of the Blairites (read: moderates) if they win the leadership of the Labour party. It's the type of person for whom 'Tory' is the worst epithet they can award someone. At no point does it occur to any of them then they should be expanding the Labour electorate rather than diminishing it until it's just them and their little club.
The whole idea of the social justice warriors and safe spaces is a bizarre internet subculture that exists only online or in some Universities. Most of the time online however they seek out the other idiots on the other side of the debate (i.e MRAs) and they all then fight an pointless battle than no one can relate too (gamergate) so they're more an interesting little group than a problem with society.
Also let's not pretend it's a problem just with the left either. The equivalent on the right are the Britain First memes that get spread around or even just the plain racist, xenophobic and misogynistic comments than you can find.
The internet just amplifies the fringes.