@Rochelle: I think this applies to all extreme wingers, far left/right, anarchists, antifa, KKK, third wave feminists, religious kooks, extreme trumpets, putin fans, the 56 gender brigade – all of these are sad and angry basement dwellers with usually very little to show in their professional lives and always looking for someone to blame for their personal failures.

@Rochelle: pretty much bang on

@Dermot Lane: And you would praise the l%er’s? so your up for the few and not the many. that makes no sense.

@Sean Conway: what?

@Dermot Lane: Like Trump and his followers elite bashing? Silly comment, it’s a common trend on the left and right these days to bash the elite.

@Chris Hammond: That’s exactly what he said. He agreed with the initial comment and said it was the same on the extreme left.

@Chris Hammond: It’s actually a much more common tactic of those on the far left to blame the elite or the patriarchy for their own lack of achievement in life. My big problem with the whole situation is that it’s clear to me (and pretty much everyone here) that the people in this video are brainwashed with a reprehensible ideology and frankly, are losers. But people on the far left are just as bad and their ideology is far more insidious because it’s under the guise of being virtuous. So everyone can agree that people on the far right are beyond the pale, but meanwhile the far left ideology is being mainstreamed.

@Rochelle: And the afterlife patrick little has very educational YT vids u should c though the reality that dem nazi’s weren’t created/funded by the subjects in question is a major taboo. The history channel did try:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm1xLCOLVkY

@Edmund Spencer: I’ll see your far left ideology being mainstreamed and raise you a far right president FFS

@Peadar117: were

@Edmund Spencer: What has definitely been mainstreamed is the paranoia around multiculturalism, feminism and Soros to a point where the centre right feel they need to become radical to combat the imaginary threats.

@Rochelle: I would argue that the far left has been among the main recruiters for the far right.
The political spectrum is a frameshift 3 notches to the left where, what would otherwise be a centre-left opinion reads as a centre-right opinion and what would otherwise be a reasonable centrist opinion tends to read as far-right. And if you’re centre-right then good luck, because you’re a Nazi.
There are much more productive ways to go about fighting for a cause than shouting down anyone who doesn’t agree with you.

@Dave O Keeffe: And Trump is routinely criticised (and often intentionally misrepresented) by the mainstream media on a daily basis. Also, the quality of candidates in the 2016 election wasn’t exactly sublime.

@Edmund Spencer: i would argue that you should maybe stop spouting conspiracy theory BS, and start living in the real world

@Edmund Spencer: But the reality is you’re referencing vocal people on twitter or on blogs, not actual political power or elite society. The right have used sentiment against those people to convince their followers otherwise with catch all non-specific sort of slogans like MAGA or Brexit’s “take back control” which allows them to insert their paranoia of choice as motivation.
I suspect in a few years it’ll be considered that the main recruiter for the far left will be the consequences from those irrational decisions to elect Trump and vote for Brexit.

@Edmund Spencer: The top earners gave themselves a rise of 11% while we struggle to keep up with inflation!! and your a cheerleader for them?

@Rochelle: That depends on what you mean by “elite society”. The ideology has firmly infiltrated celebrity culture, for example. It’s also very prominent in education (especially at third level). It’s definitely a vocal minority, which is precisely the reason it hasn’t made it into politics in the same way. Anyone who vocally opposes the ideology is publicly shamed, but you can privately vote for whoever or whatever you want without being shamed for it. This is why Trump and the Leave vote were considered impossible scenarios by the mainstream media, but in reality, reflected how society felt on a larger scale. The left and the right have often used the inadequacies of extremists on the other side to gain supporters over the years. My point is that it’s a lot easier to categorise people on the right as “extremists” when they hold blatantly racist opinions like the guys in this video whereas the extreme leftists can pretend to be fighting the good fight even though their opinions are just as deplorable.

@Sean Conway: Mate, that’s the second time you’ve missed the boat in this comments thread. I’m not a right winger. Maybe it’s time to hang up the keyboard – it’s not your day.

@Edmund Spencer: there were better candidates on the right. There was a better candidate on the left.

@Edmund Spencer: you sure do spout a lot of BS, eh?