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“Conservatives don’t speak out?”

I’m a center-right libertarian. One of the arguments I hear most from my left wing friends often is that “conservatives don’t speak out against the far-right” like liberals do. I’m no alt-righter, but my first reaction was to conclude that that wouldn’t do any good. Radicals on both the left and the right are hard to “convert” for lack of a better term. Plus the center-left rarely speaks out against the radical left either.

Then one of my friends pointed to the fact that people often have “spoken out” with positive results. Look at people like MLK, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, etc. They used protests and free speech to lead to amazing results. The problem arises when they go beyond free speech and start acting violently, like rioting, looting, and even wars.

Anyway, should center-right people speak out against the far-right, and if so, how? How can we do it in a productive and non-violent way? I know there were plenty of “never Trump” Republicans in 2016, but they kind of died out.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
[quote]Plus the center-left rarely speaks out against the radical left either.[/quote]

Wow, this is far wide of the mark. The British institutional center-left has spent the last five years destroying Jeremy Corbyn to the extent that it's been much more of a focus than any kind of opposition against the right. Also, see the quite relentless criticism that Bernie Sanders and AOC receive from the American center-left. None of the above people are even particularly radical in my view.

I don't think the polarisation you speak of is symmetrical. You wouldn't get Biden or even AOC telling Antifa to 'Stand down and stand by.' Also, don't get me started on the conspiracy theories, the number of which is quite staggering on the America right. The extremism is mainstream now with 70% of Republicans refusing to accept an election result and the same number thinking Obama was born in Kenya.
RopinTexan · 31-35, M
@Burnley123 Fair enough about Bernie, but every Democrat I know absolutely loves AOC.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@RopinTexan She gets artacked a lot by sections of the liberal media and politics. She is only a social democrat anyway.