Originally Posted By: Tim
How does that compare to any critics of Obama automatically being labeled a racist?

Or any supporters of Trump being immediately declared as a racist, xenophobic, homophobic, antisemitic misogynist? (The Electors in AZ have been getting extensive abuse from people telling them to not vote for Trump - one said he was called antisemitic which confused him, because he is Jewish).

The hate isn't limited to one set of beliefs or politics. The anonymity of the Internet brings out the ugly in a lot of people.


This false equivalency is maddening, and it's precisely how we in the US have gotten into this mess. A handful of electors being harassed cannot be credibly compared to the mainstreaming of the so-called "alt-right" that has built a movement so powerful that it's taken ownership of one of our two major political parties and now controls the levers of power. Some of Trump's voters wanted a fascist strongman, some didn't, but we're all about to get one, and if you can't see the Trumpist base as something unique and far more problematic than a few people sending nasty emails in a desperate attempt to stop him from taking power, well, talk to me in a couple of years.
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