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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Why is the far-right so dominant on the internet?
 
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Party Plane Jones
Jul 1, 2007

by Reene
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SaTaMaS posted:

The left does have a group that's just as dominant on the internet. Yet the far right was able to translate their dominance into actual power. Could it possibly be because the far right used everything OP described to criticize their opposition and get people riled up to vote, while the far left used the same techniques to criticize their own party and get people discouraged enough to stay home?

The difference between the two is being for something for the left (for LGBT rights, for greater access to healthcare, for expanded voting rights) while the right is against something (against LGBT rights, against regulations, against 'radical islamic terror', against immigration). It's easier to be an antithesis to something as the bar is much lower for success.

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