People like you always help the far-right, because you like to hurt people, and you like to talk about how bad people are and all their personal failings.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People like you help the far-right by hurting others and focusing on personal failings.
- In plain terms
- Criticizing others helps harmful politics.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on issues not character.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we debate fairly?
- What is the role of criticism?
Another view
This assumes one-sided blame.
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