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>Seems like a typical mythos of most political movements these days, doesn't it? E.g., "the far-right is our greatest threat".

>Though I'm sure right-wing groups believe themselves to be tolerant of one-another and their allies and others with similar aims, and that groups that oppose them are intolerant and therefore must be met with intolerance.

>Other side will call them intolerant racists too, it is also pretty clear to them.

These would be the statements where they were creating a false equivalence. The things being compared are not equivalent but they are given rhetorical treatment to make them seem equivalent.

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