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agreed, the giveaway is the label "far right" to describe anyone who doesn't agree with their politics.

So are they not allowed to write about the "far right" or doesn't it exist according to you?

What a massive strawman.

As someone mentioned somewhere, there are more articles in mainstream media mentioning Ku Klux Klan than there actually are KKK members.

The far right exists and is potentially dangerous, but overconcentrating on it will let other dangers fly under the radar.

To respond to your first point, I mean there are more articles mentioning members of congress than there are members of congress. Or more articles mentioning Taylor Swift than there are Taylor Swifts. Not sure how quantity of articles is a unit of measurement here.

True, but the Congress has enormous power and Taylor Swift is at least creative enough to merit some attention.

And the KKK has caused harm to thousands of people, I would say that merits some attention.

I don't get how reporting it equals over reacting to an actual real life thread where even you admit that it is potentially (why "potentially" though?) dangerous.

FYI: this is not just the US. Far right groups organise all over the world there.

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