Teaser Counterpublics aren’t automatically emancipatory. Since 2015, grievance-driven right-wing formations (Trumpism, AfD milieus) have leveraged platform affordances and movement entrepreneurship to harden into anti-pluralist publics that target queer and migrant safety. A democracy-protective design keeps speech plural and fortifies guardrails—transparent enforcement, anti-harassment norms, and election-integrity duties—so counterpublic energy can’t be converted into domination. (Internet Archive) … Continue reading 9. The roll-back: right-wing counterpublics and reactionary friction