Political violence rises in EU driven by extremism and disillusionment

stormesp, 29 days ago

Im sure a lot of countries doing nothing against the rise of neo nazis/fascists parties and the fake news they promote has nothing to do with this.

drkt, 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago)

I could point out why, but I’d probably get banned

e: this is a dumb comment and I regret making it. What I was referring to was literally right in the opening of the article:

Eric Maurice, researcher at the European Policy Centre, said there are numerous factors behind the discontent.

‘‘It’s true that on the one hand, we can see in the election results a rise in the extremes, in the radical forces, on both the right and the left, with an increasingly uninhibited political language, in verbal violence, in ad hominem attacks in political debate too. And then a radicalisation, a polarisation of society and a difficulty in debating with political adversaries who often become enemies,’’ he said.

I read the title, made a bunch of assumptions and then posted my comment without reading the article.

xmunk, 29 days ago

Go ahead - people don’t tend to get banned unless they’re assholes or spouting baseless conspiracies.

saltesc, 29 days ago

Besides, getting banned is a good thing. It means you probably didn’t want to be around those kinds of people anyway and the nosebleeds should stop.

xmunk, 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago)

This isn’t an uncommon view, but I think it’s pretty socially unhealthy for us to glorify discord. Sentiments like “The down votes mean I’m right” or “Bans prove they were speaking the truth” erode our ability to have a discussion and share our knowledge.