I'd never thought of it like that! A bit like no one says they need to do more to listen to and engage with their opponents (e.g. immigrants, LGBT+, lefties) either. It's always, always been an axiom that we have to accomodate the right, and only the right.

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The political/media class *chose* not to make a big deal out of Jenrick associating with a Neo-Nazi, precisely because it disrupted their scripted narratives about what these protests are and what they mean, precisely because violent Hitler fanatics being involved *is salient* to 'bystanders'

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Honestly pretty naive to imagine it's worthwhile giving chant advice when you're lining up against a solid phalanx of mass media, Reform, Cons, Labour, all singing from the same hymn sheet about what the protests mean.

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Noone gives this take the other way round, do they? No one advises conservatives that calling their enemies communists, extremists, anti-semites, Britain haters etc. "doesn't work" Because political name calling plainly *does* work, if done regularly at sufficient volume with a big enough platform

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She's like the fifth best Tami Lehren impersonator.

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