On the UK riots, Joan Westenberg suggests: "Think about it this way: if someone broke into your house & started smashing your belongings, you wouldn't describe them as an "interior design critic." You'd call them what they are: a criminal. So why the fuck are we bending over backwards to find polite terms for people who are, quite literally, advocating for the destruction of entire communities?
When we use euphemisms like "protestor" to describe rioting, rabid, dogshit neo-Nazis, we're not just being inaccurate – we're actively contributing to the normalization of their ideology.
This tendency to soften our language when it comes to extremist ideologies isn't evenly applied. We don't hesitate to use harsh, condemnatory language when talking about other forms of violent extremism. We don't call ISIS members "religious freedom activists" or refer to cartel enforcers as "pharmaceutical distribution protestors." So why the kid gloves when it comes to neo-Nazis?"
https://joanwestenberg.com/nazis-arent-protestors-theyre-wankers
Nazis Aren’t Protestors. They’re Wankers.

There's a dangerous game of verbal gymnastics being played out in the public sphere, and it's high time we called it what it is: a steaming pile of i...

(hint: it's because the newspapers are owned by Nazis)

@KeithDJohnson #Nazis should not be called "wankers". Wanking is a normal, innocent and generally benign human behaviour; the VAST majority of adult humans wank.

Fomenting racial hatred for political gain is not at all normal and not at all benign.

@KeithDJohnson it's been a long while since I heard the W word. And it brings pleasure to my ears. They are Nazi Wankers.

And to be fair I did hear a UK government or police spokesman (I forget which) talk about how they are considering terrorism charges now. So that would make them terrorists. Nazi terrorist wankers!

@enmodo @KeithDJohnson try to burn down a hotel full of people and trap those people inside. that's terror. plain and simple.

@KeithDJohnson
Rage farmers. These divisions, this hatred has been created by the media and social media for their own benefit.

In a pay per click world, angry people click more.

@KeithDJohnson Domestic terrorists is what they are - and for those that are caught or caught on film, their faces should be streamed continuously under every news programme and bulletin, published in the papers, plastered onto billboards, let their employers, their family, their friends, everyone see the disgusting filth they are

...meanwhile on the streets I think we can all see that whatever tactics the police are employing whether it is reactive or proactive policing, it is not working.

@Keitwhat the hell is going on in the [email protected]
@KeithDJohnson let's also stop calling people crossing the channel "immigrants" and start calling them what they actually are, which is "refugees".
@pavsmith @KeithDJohnson the correct term your searching for is "Humans"
@KeithDJohnson I think "wankers" is a decent candidate if "weird" gets worn out.
@KeithDJohnson I wonder if they are trying to establish a connection between what they are doing and the word "protestor" to discourage legitimate protest.
@KeithDJohnson It's amazing that we ordinary people have to school professional journalists on this, isn't it?
@KeithDJohnson forget all that shit. they tried to trap a hotel full of people inside the hotel, and then burn the hotel down with those people inside. this is an act of terror. they might be nazis, but that's tinker toys next to attempted mass murder. *especially* by fire.
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https://magatmap.com
MAGAt Map

@KeithDJohnson because the #FarageRiots have a foghorn championing them, and he can afford libel lawyers....
@KeithDJohnson "we" who the fuck is "we". There is nothing in MSM at either end of the spectrum that even closely resembles or represents most people. The media , like lawyers understands language, words are critical. How they can ply the public with the subtle, slick and slippery use of words.
@KeithDJohnson
Fear of attacks from them. Fear that the media will be physically attacked by them.