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johnnyFive  ·  1620 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Nick Cave on ideology

    but the reason I want to nail him to the cross is because of his characterization of Nazis/Antifa and New Atheists/Fundamentalists as being the same.

This is the problem. Saying that they're equivalent in one way doesn't mean he's saying they're equivalent in all ways. What you're saying is that once you're a member of a certain group (that you happen to agree with), you become immune from self-reflection. You also seem to be saying that the ends justify the means; that it's okay to be shitty to someone provided that it's for the right cause.