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Baked Alaska says he became an Alt-Right racist because someone said, "Hey bro, that's cultural appropriation."pic.twitter.com/yJJPJe5KWC
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The thing is, though, the approach BA describes is hardly "you're a bad person!" It's "hey bro, that's not cool"
Like, how much more gentle about it could they be? With a lot of people it's not just over-harsh crit that turns them away, it's any crit
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I've seen people flip over *implied* critique. "Oh, so you don't eat meat HUH?? I guess you think I'm a bad person then, HUH???"
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yeah, people can be v sensitive. which is why i don't think criticizing people is always the best approach. discussion much more effective.
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Its not the criticism, its the content of the criticism that leads to ever shrinking space for speech and thought and action.
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I've couched things as gently as possible only to be accused of making somebody else walk on eggshells around me.
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