Nazis did the same, more or less.

They do coordinate with right wing media, so they're trying to get that way I guess.

The idea that cultures inherently deserve respect always bothered me for this reason. Individuals generally deserve respect until they've shown themselves unworthy, but respect should be the default. Culture and beliefs need to be criticized. They are not the individual and can be actively harmful to the individual and society as a whole.

Oxygen in sufficient quantities isn't too bad of an indicator, from what I understand? There are other natural processes that create it, but usually it winds up binding up with other things rather than collecting in quantities like we see on Earth. Usually.

Or so i've read. I'm not an expert. I just have google and was curious a while back. May or may not apply to gas worlds. Periods of specific activity may create false positives, but seem to recall the article saying those are usually brief, geologically speaking.

Of course, if the life isn't oxygen breathing/producing then idk.