What do you think of freepers who lead the charge by labelling other freepers ‘nazis, KKKers, brown-shirt thugs...?
Sometimes the shoe fits, though -- at least insofar as a particular post or thread is concerned. FReepers ought to be self-policing, and other FReepers ought to call out folks whose behavior is beyond the pale. It's the only way FR can avoid having the "hate site" label stick.
FWIW, I never call anybody a nazi ... but I do point out that sometimes FReepers will say or suggest something that sounds like something a nazi would say or do.
For example, many of our resident keyboard kommandos are prone to suggesting that we wipe out entire Iraqi villages in reprisal, whenever American troops are killed by terrorists. It's simply true that that is the sort of behavior for which the nazis and Soviets were infamous, and it's worthwhile pointing that out to FReepers who suggest it.
Then again, there are numerous threads about heinous crimes where some FReepers figuratively nod grimly and knowingly when it turns out the perp is a black guy ... and sometimes one gets the feeling that they think it's the fellow's color that caused the crime. Would an outsider be justified in wondering whether such posts are made by a KKKer?
I can't recall ever seeing anybody accusing somebody of being a "brown-shirt thug." There is, however, that class of FReepers who are prone to disparaging police officers as Jack Boot Thugs, and the like. That particular crowd is nuts, IMO -- but they can make FR look pretty bad.