I think you’re conflating an explanation with excusing behaviour. I believe Bret has done the former, not latter
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I think he’s explaining (with limited characters to do so) how tribalism & exclusion fuels further tribalism. It’d be silly to read further into it than that, knowing how opposed to racism & supremacism of any kind Bret is
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I'm not suggesting Bret is in any way racist. I'm saying that his belief that white nationalism is a natural response to reading a few anti-white opinions online is incredibly simplistic and misleading.
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I think the point is that once the mere idea that: 'These people pose an existential threat to people like me/us.' Is seeded in someone’s mind, THEN they can quickly become more militant. The finer points of ideology can take years to form. They don’t adopt a manifesto day one.
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The people we are talking about generally aren’t high intelligence and critical thinkers. They are reacting to what they perceive as an attack on their self determination. Right wing reactionaries are typically the other side of the double edged sword of radicalism.
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Oh god I wasn't thinking of that. If it was a choice between two racial supremacists the world would be so fucked. That would definitely lead to a race war. That would be so depressing. Let's hope that never happens.
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Unfortunately, for some people, that IS all it takes.
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As someone who almost went that route, it’s not just a few tweets. It’s a whole subculture that has been building and gaining momentum for almost a decade. It’s not uncommon to run across disparaging remarks about white people. Especially as it starts weeping into mainstream.
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A few is now an impressive amount of antiwhite propaganda
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