Tag: radical right

politics, Resistance Tactics

Let’s Talk About Name Calling: Special Snowflake Edition

One of the favorite rhetorical strategies of the radical right is name calling. Like, they have a whole set of names that they’ve created in order to wage rhetorical war against the rest of us: Libraturd, Feminazi, Thug, Cuck, Special Snowflake, Hysterical, Unhinged, etc, etc, etc. It’s apparently one of their favorite things. The left may not be much more respectful towards the far right, … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Name Calling: Special Snowflake Edition

Rebecca Trotter1 Comment
culture, current events, life, politics

Let’s Get This Thing Started

In any conflict, it’s important to keep up with what’s going on with the other side. But between social media and the extreme unpleasantness of dealing with the radical right, a lot of people are in a bubble where they aren’t hearing the conversations taking place among those who are on “the other side”. While I totally understand the impulse to cocoon and support it … Continue reading Let’s Get This Thing Started

Rebecca Trotter9 Comments