Italy’s Matteo Salvini is back on his racist bullshit again

The person in question, who seems to have been banned, was using that fallacious line about liberals bringing in “slaves” and then using that to excuse the actions of victimisers. The mods and owners of this site have made it clear that victim-blaming is not ok, which means in turn that making excuses for perpetrators of abuse of those victims is also not ok.

It’s fine to speculate about why right-wing populism appeals to poorly educated or insecure or entitled people, but if the reasons given are self-serving right-wing BS conspiracy theories (“it’s the liberals|rootless cosmopolitans|NWO|gay agenda|feminists|etc.”) then they’re going to be flagged by the community and shut down by the mods.

Short version: the mods and owners and much of the site’s community believe that making excuses for the likes of Salvini and his supporters, especially when they’re based in BS, contributes in large part to their gaining power in the first place.

Also, to avoid going further off topic I’d suggest taking any specific complaints or disappointment in BB in this regard to the General Moderation Topic the mods have set up. They’re very willing to discuss their policies.

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