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[–] abertausend@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

A few years ago, FFF were dangerous, lazy idiots blind to reality who just want to skip school and who scare people unnecessarily.

FFF today is often portrayed as moderate and reasonable.

Why the change? Does FFF now seem acceptable because they are relatively quiet and marginalized and clearly no threat to the status quo?

Suppose theoretically, FFF held the same large, constant demonstrations as they did a few years ago. Suppose they looked like they could actually influence politics. Wouldn't they again be seen as suspicious and impossible to support for decent reasonable people?