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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
If you think they're important, don't ignore them. Point out why they're wrong. If they're "gaining popularity", if they're becoming mainstream, then you're not doing a good enough job of making your own point. Figure out what the heck appeal they have and acknowledge it, and hopefully learn from it and adapt.
Personally though I think you're overestimating the impact of Breitbart. That's a group that never really has any hope of gaining mainstream appeal, in my view. Just far too out there. Hell, they're deliberately out there. All the horrible stuff they say is almost entirely to piss people off. They're trolls. That does appeal to some people, especially on the internet which is why 4chan was a thing but it doesn't appeal to the broader public.
Yes? Which threats are you referring to? There was the "second amendment solution" thing. That was pretty terrible. But I don't know of any stories being published on Breitbart about how Black Lives Matter activists or feminists should be killed... granted, I haven't looked. I'd suspect that if such stories do exist they're deliberately worded to get a rise out of people. That seems to be about 75% of what the alt right is aimed at, honestly, which is itself a pretty good reason to ignore them. They're basically bratty children.
I'm not sure how you get to this conclusion, unless you're taking the view that me saying "don't be moralistic and self-righteous" is itself moralistic and self-righteous, which... I don't know what to tell you.
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Quick point about bolded: Didn't Hillary identify their "appeal" and basically "acknowledged" it with her deplorables comment? It was an opening salvo, the type that identifies this issue and hopefully carry a discussion. Also, that these people exist, what can the Dems do to "appeal" to them? Become more racist, homophobic, misogynistic, bigoted? I.. my mind.. just... whaT?