Maybe it's a touchy topic. And I have not thought much about it. But democrats and people in favor of human rights were extremists in Nazi Germany or Russia labels them as foreign agents nowadays. This sounds like a relativist's take. And in my country it is dangerous to touch that because you have to be pro-democracy otherwise you can be prosecuted for violating the constitution. But I am a convinced democrat and many Americans won't understand that but I like how the German constitution works. That might sound contradictory. I support Karl Popper in his tolerance paradox. Unlimited tolerance toward intolerant ideologies can lead to the destruction of tolerance itself. This is why a constitution needs mechanisms to defend itself. But even the German system can be abused by a party which is large enough. And it might happen soon.
I think a lot of things are relative. There are people who say we are doing a mass genocide against animals. The way we industrialized the brutal way to produce meat. Maybe in some decades people will look at our generations with disgust in how we treated animals for our own pleasure.
There are people who say no human is illegal. People are dying in the Mediteranean Sea because they want a better future for their kids. And Frontex boats are partly (?) responsible for many deaths by not helping them when their lives are in danger.
Climate activists get prison time and huge fines because they fear that future generations won't be able to survive if we keep going like that. Science backs up many of their claims. The methods they use might be controversial. But nowadays the desperation is that dire that I wish Fridays for Future to be back.
The thing is if there are authoritarian leaders in powerful positions (like Trump and Putin) the label extremist becomes a weapon against people who try to contribute to a world with more equality and who stand for humanistic values.
I think a lot of things are relative. There are people who say we are doing a mass genocide against animals. The way we industrialized the brutal way to produce meat. Maybe in some decades people will look at our generations with disgust in how we treated animals for our own pleasure.
There are people who say no human is illegal. People are dying in the Mediteranean Sea because they want a better future for their kids. And Frontex boats are partly (?) responsible for many deaths by not helping them when their lives are in danger.
Climate activists get prison time and huge fines because they fear that future generations won't be able to survive if we keep going like that. Science backs up many of their claims. The methods they use might be controversial. But nowadays the desperation is that dire that I wish Fridays for Future to be back.
The thing is if there are authoritarian leaders in powerful positions (like Trump and Putin) the label extremist becomes a weapon against people who try to contribute to a world with more equality and who stand for humanistic values.
