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How would you define extremism?
1 posted on 05/21/2023 10:02:47 AM PDT by Habanero
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To: Habanero

It’s all in the Durham report.


2 posted on 05/21/2023 10:08:41 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: Habanero
I thought it was the other end of the political spectrum, never your own.

I'm kidding.
Sort of.

3 posted on 05/21/2023 10:13:11 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Habanero

According to the media, anyone who is a Patriot or slightly right of Chairman Mao.


4 posted on 05/21/2023 10:13:13 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Habanero

The extremists always accuse others of extremism.


5 posted on 05/21/2023 10:19:02 AM PDT by VinnieCCT
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To: Habanero

Not the definition but some added food for thought:

“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!”

——Sen. Barry Goldwater presidential nomination acceptance speech written by speechwriter Karl Hess.


7 posted on 05/21/2023 10:22:42 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Habanero

“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!”. — Barry Goldwater.


8 posted on 05/21/2023 10:28:55 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Habanero

Rush Limbaugh summed up an important point we can choose to ignore at our peril.
(paraphrased by me) Liberals are “bigots.” Bigots are not simply old time deputies with snarling German Shepards on short leashes barking at civil rights demonstrators. They include closed minded Democrats who think only their ideas and their viewpoints have any possible merit and anyone in disagreement should be denounced or locked up without rights.


Today we would say “Leftist” or “woke types.” In noticed the archaic term “liberal” is still used by Dennis Prager and Dan Bongino.


9 posted on 05/21/2023 10:28:55 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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This is a clue to the underlying conspiracy to subvert America to create a Marxist state:

If one searches “defining political extremism” as I did just now as a test case, the Google search results include the top ones denouncing the right and one giving the ADL view.
Google is shaping that ONLY the conservative and “alt right” is extremist and their socialist, Communist, climate change, woke, BLM and Dem side is “normal” and “correct.”

If you rub elbows with Dem relatives and coworkers I am certain you will find they all agree with that side they were brainwashed to believe. Fools or misguided naive types will defend it all.


11 posted on 05/21/2023 10:34:56 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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There is an old profane joke that goes like this:

Q: What is the difference between a slut and a bitch?
A: A slut will sleep with anyone; a bitch will sleep with anyone but YOU.
To paraphrase that joke:

A moderate will agree with anyone. An extremist will agree with anyone but YOU.

-PJ

12 posted on 05/21/2023 10:36:14 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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When you threaten to use violence against people who really do not want to be involved in your fight.

For example, the perverts want to force me to vocally approve of their perversions. Or the people who want to drag me into their little tussle in Europe when it is none of my business. Or the people who demand that I must give money to their protection racket or be branded as a "racist".

Go Away.

14 posted on 05/21/2023 10:45:23 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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Extremism is when someone is so invested in their rigid belief in a cause or ideology that they reject any other viewpoint and are willing to use abusive and harmful tactics to shut down those they believe to be in their way. Aggressive defense of their ideology may include violence to enforce their belief system.

Unless you're a liberal. In that case, you're not an "extremist", you're an "activist."

15 posted on 05/21/2023 10:47:38 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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That’s my SIL.


18 posted on 05/21/2023 10:53:29 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Habanero

The 114th through 116th sessions of Congress.


21 posted on 05/21/2023 11:09:20 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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Extremism is the other guy's ism.

Right? {snicker}

22 posted on 05/21/2023 12:12:47 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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I think an extremIST person or philosophy is one which is willing to or advocates the use of violence—actual physical violence, or criminal activity.

Because most people think of extremists as being willing to use violence, the extremists on the left are assiduously promoting mere speech as violence, and opinions as genocide.

This is slander; slander is illegal, therefore those people are extremists.


23 posted on 05/21/2023 12:13:37 PM PDT by Chicory
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In the eyes of 2023 demoncrats, JKF’s overall platform was extremist.

In their eyes, extremism comes in two flavors.
1. Anyone who opposes them and stands a chance of diminishing their power is automatically branded extremist.
2. Anyone who is a) clearly unhinged b) not a member of their movement is branded extremist so as to make the victims of Rule #1 (above) guilty by association.

As example of #2, there is nothing “right-wing” about the Neo-Nazis (except their appreciation of firearms) yet the Marxists/demoncrats [pick one] brand them “far right-wing extremists,” in the hope that the stigma attached to them will rub off on other groups, like Oath Keepers and 3%ers, who they disingenuously label “extremist” for promoting traditional American values.


24 posted on 05/21/2023 12:22:03 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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Politicians always portray their opponents as outside the mainstream — as radicals or extremists, far left or far right — so it’s hard to give a definition.

But I knows one when I sees one.


25 posted on 05/21/2023 12:35:05 PM PDT by x
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If you believe in constitution you’re an extremist.


26 posted on 05/21/2023 12:40:12 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: Habanero

Extremism is a propaganda word to marginalize people with “wrong” opinions.


27 posted on 05/21/2023 12:42:36 PM PDT by BRL
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Extremism begins with a philosophy that is outside the bounds of rationality; and it proceeds to go outside the bounds of the law.


29 posted on 05/21/2023 3:08:30 PM PDT by Migraine
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