• masquenox@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    What is it with libs and their inability to understand what the term “radicalize” mean?

    It’s really simple. The white supremacist content this little alt-right child terrorist was watching wasn’t radical - it was reactionary. Ie, right-wing and therefore anti-radical.

    Come on libs, tell me… is this really so hard to get?

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      11 months ago

      Radical politics denotes the intent to transform or replace the fundamental principles of a society or political system, often through social change, structural change, revolution or radical reform.[1] The process of adopting radical views is termed radicalisation.

      The word radical derives from the Latin radix (“root”) and Late Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, radical”). Historically, political use of the term referred exclusively to a form of progressive electoral reformism, known as Radicalism, that had developed in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. **However, the denotation has changed since its 18th century coinage to comprehend the entire political spectrum, **though retaining the connotation of “change at the root”.[1]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_politics

      Seems like the word fits for his politics.