They just got better at hiding it, ironically because of Gamergate. Remember how openly smug they acted during gg? They thought labeling someone a "shitlord" and "neckbeard" was all they needed to unperson someone. Remember how activists like Big Red became laughing stocks?
When those labels became ineffective, they escalated: racist, sexist, transphobe, alt-right, nazi, fascist, etc. But the desired outcome remained the same. They want us gone. "No bad tactics, only bad targets".
They became better at obfuscating their intentions, they hide behing platitudes and slogans
I think you meant violent, but the Left also spreads like a virus, so they are also virulent. All still true.
I think I'd like to add in some additional info about the history of Leftwing political violence.
I think this video of The angriest I've ever seen Michael Knowles get, shows what it looks like when a relative normie discovers the beginnings of just how bad it really is.
There have been 3 major periods of Leftist violence in America, and none of them are referred to as Leftwing terror campaigns.
All of these comprised hundreds if not thousands of shootouts, bombings, riots, assassinations, and more, normally as part of a wider terror campaign internationally. The most recent one, honestly, was the 2020 Black National Socialist Kristallnacht, which also expanded into Canada's Red Terror against Catholics and the burning of 16 churches, and the vandalization of 40 others.
Of all the major terrorist attacks or offensives in history, here's the ones nobody talks about, and were all Leftwing:
And just to be clear only The Wallstreet Bombing is even referred to as a Leftist Terrorist attack on Wikipedia.
There's so much more. It's unfathomable. Political violence from Leftist ideology represents the vast and sweeping majority of all political violence in American history. There are fucking enormous amounts of Leftist violence in America and history and absolutely none of them are affiliated with the Left. Here's a good one:
Jonestown was a Leftist suicide event. People don't even talk about the fact that Jim Jones was directly involved in California Democrat politics, including Diane Feinstein directly. Jonestown was a Leftist Commune. He decided to kill all of his followers when it appeared that the local government would have him arrested, and his appeals to the Soviet Union were rejected. When Jim Jones's men killed two US congressmen who came down to work with him on letting people go, that's when he decided to execute everyone.
I bet you no one in any documentary of any stripe ever said a word about how well Jim Jones was connected to the California Democrats, and how his cult was a Leftist organization.
Virulent can also mean: full of malice, violent, hateful, etc.
Thanks for the breakdown
I appreciate that.