This also means the political viewpoint would change on it if we wanted to talk about it as a "far-right" view. - I think the label of far-right is applied much too wide. Far-right & far-left (both in extremes) want the same things, just with different justifications... (imo)
Yes. It doesn't matter why there is more of it. And I;m certainly not claiming it;s less extreme or that it has worth! I am saying that it is why I am more interested in studying it in depth than anything happening on the right. I have been asked to justify this.
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I still feel we are at cross-purposes. Do you get that my point is the reason I criticise left-wing ideology much more than right-wing ideology is because there is a load of scholarship and complicated and ever-evolving ideology on the left to hold my interest?
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I feel like you think I am saying more than this very simple point that 'interest' is what motivates me to look at one side of the political spectrum more than the other, not tribalism (ie a secret bias to the right)
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I don't think you should even comment on that, to be honest. If you want to question yourself that is ofc fine but you don't need to justify why you go after one or the other. If I get asked I always say because it is against enlightenment to speak lies. And that works for me.
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I think I need to because people I respect are asking me why I focus so exclusively on the left when awful things are happening on the right too and worrying that I will strengthen the worst of the right in this way and that I have a secret rightwing bias.
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I felt the need for a thread explaining the intellectual interest and why it is there for the left in a way that it isn't for the right. I would be bored if I spent much time arguing against rightwing views. I'd rather identify problems on the left and try to make it stronger.
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You will always have people who criticise you for not doing enough or doing what they wanted you to do. If they are so keen on getting something done they should spare the time themselves and just do it! They don't! And most will never do it. So be yourself and do what is fun ;)
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That said I also have a totally different approach if it's about feminism for instance because as a "male" you need to argue differently to not be dismissed on the spot ;)
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