I'm finding this conversation interesting, on a number of levels. I'd need a detailed definition of "far-right views" before I could join in a dialogue of whether it's "blindingly obvious" that they are wrong/don't have any substance.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/979764760009994241 …
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Replying to @annaellis_net
Could you suggest a far-right view which does have theoretical, ideological depth and complexity?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @annaellis_net
Do things like "support for 2nd amendment" or "opposition to (unregulated) abortion" qualify as "Far Right"? They don't in the US (at least i don't think so), but i suspect they might be seen that way in UK.pic.twitter.com/Krz1MzYFhA
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Replying to @Bugs_Meany @HPluckrose
This is *exactly* why I'm not prepared to debate this topic until we have an agreed definition of the term. Social conservatism is not, to my mind, "far-right" per se. Neither is fiscal conservatism.
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Replying to @annaellis_net @HPluckrose
Conception of Left-Right spectrum is, obviously, calibrated quite differently outside the US You see the term "Far"-Right applied to things in Europe that often describe, "Nativist, Xenophobic, (but otherwise heavily-union-influenced, big-govt, welfare supporting)"-parties.pic.twitter.com/quW7YZ2lK5
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This is the problem when you try to get into airtight definitions. People will pick something, eg ethnonationalism and say 'but this happens on the left too' (Yes, the other lunatic fringe) and there are moderate views and scholarship on race. Best to stick with lunatic fringe.
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