A couple of things...

The use of 'hard left' is increasingly used to label anyone who has a vague interest in social justice or progressive issues.

Accusations of anti-semitism against the Left are often used to try and undermine criticisms of the actions of the state of Israel. It is a deliberate tactic to conflate Jewish people with the actions of the government. In many cases it is quite succesful. This is quite a good summary from a US perspective: User Posted Link

Posted By: Knitted Jesus on August 6th 2024 at 11:46:21

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Can you guys help me out on hatez groups? (General Chat) - usacanary, Aug 6, 09:47:31
- Well that got some Froth going...... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Aug 6, 17:01:19
- A couple of things... (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 6, 11:46:21
  - Would that be like (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 11:56:21
    - Who on earth does that? (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 6, 13:02:00
      - I'd be grateful! Report back when you've done that. (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 6, 13:19:46
        
        Ok, I will (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 13:22:00
        
        Great - although it shouldn't really take that long should it? (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 6, 13:29:18
      - Gosh, let me think (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 13:11:09
        
        We could be here a while (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 6, 13:29:04
        
        I'm here for it. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 6, 13:30:45
- What extreme left wing groups? (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Aug 6, 11:06:26
  - Owen Jones and his followers? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 6, 11:12:27
    - A soft social democrat and the people who follow him on twitter? (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Aug 6, 11:15:55
      - Do you mean this sort of thing? (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 11:34:05
        
        Do you think the Labour Party is an extreme left-wing group? (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Aug 6, 11:45:54
        
        i think they are more left wing .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 6, 13:45:23
        
        I certainly hope so (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 6, 13:56:48
        
        Anything other (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 14:02:04
        
        But according to your hero, there's no such thing as society so (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 6, 14:44:27
        
        Blaming Labour for the social breakdown is laughable (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 6, 14:18:49
        
        yes you are right but..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 6, 15:17:36
        
        Inclusive words to those who try and burn people alive in hotels? (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 6, 15:25:45
        
        They missed "cunts" - 100% (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 6, 16:01:39
        
        🎯 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 6, 15:35:19
        
        What kind of inclusive words did you have in mind? (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 6, 15:21:19
        
        You asked for evidence of anti semitism (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 11:49:28
        
        When you typed expelled did you not understand what the word meant? (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 6, 16:15:51
        
        No I didn't. (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Aug 6, 12:01:04
        
        Any evidence that you didn't ask for any evidence? (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Aug 6, 12:44:26
        
        I must say (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 12:50:47
        
        The context was accepting that Owen Jones and his followers are a far left extreme group (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Aug 6, 13:31:06
        
        "Any evidence of antisemitism? For this "extreme left wing group"?... being (General Chat) - Pixelman, Aug 6, 13:27:03
        
        FYI, nearly every case of "antisemitism" was an accusation when someone criticised Israel (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Aug 6, 14:33:02
        
        the actual cases found to have a basis were vanishingly small, like 8 in total (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Aug 6, 14:33:57
        
        and as for the cases mentioned by that boggle-eyed loon Luciana Berger, they were from the (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Aug 6, 14:34:46
        
        Having trouble with your finglers? 🤣🤣🤣 (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 23:41:47
        
        far right. Fucking keyboard has the enter in the wrong place (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Aug 6, 14:36:06
        
        Evidence we’ve got a right wing government (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 6, 14:40:27
        
        Unless you mean the previous election (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 6, 14:41:23
        
        He did (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 6, 14:48:03
        
        Well if you ever need any, now you know where to start (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Aug 6, 12:15:29
        
        VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 6, 12:07:11
      - Agree they’re pretty ineffective (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 6, 11:21:05
        
        He's not a communist though which I'd argue is the starting point for extreme left? (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Aug 6, 11:25:18

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