re: #224 Sharmuta

The common theme is authoritarianism. Authoritarians will run with whatever ideology they think will put them in power. And not just from the left, but from the right too. To think otherwise is intellectually dishonest.

Building on that:

A thought: It is OK to acknowledge that one’s beliefs, taken to an absurd and violent extreme, would be very bad, without thinking the beliefs themselves are bad.

An example: A person can think that the U.S. should have more stringently enforced border policy without being a bad person. A person cannot start shooting illegal immigrants in the desert out of anger without being a bad person.

Therefore: It’s OK to admit that bad people can be ‘right-wing’. This does not mean that good right-wing people are bad. You don’t have to take responsibility for Hitler if you call him a right-wing evil dictator.

Just an idea. FOr the folks who seem confused.