I must admit I have never really paid attention to these various internet subcultures, and the 'YouTubers' I've met thanks to covering the Count Dankula case (Sargon, @GSpellchecker, Meechan himself) all seem to be fairly centrist, mildly right or left.
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Replying to @_HelenDale @SexyIsntSexist and
I no longer find "centrist" a useful term because it refers to the Left-Right spectrum and so much of the conflict now is more along the Authoritarian-Liberty access which it doesn't traditionally refer to. I think most of these do now tend mildly Right but I think that's because
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Replying to @OldmanOfTheWeb @_HelenDale and
the Left have predominantly become more Authoritarian and the Right is either remaining free or becoming more so. Maybe it always was? You get people like Eric
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Replying to @OldmanOfTheWeb @_HelenDale and
positions anymore there, they keep finding themselves aligning with Rightists. It may be perception bias as I identify as Right wing myself so there's that. But I see it as Identity Politics on the Right is a fringe whilst on the Left it's the mainstream.
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Replying to @OldmanOfTheWeb @_HelenDale and
I do tend to hang out with people who talk about ideas and aren’t fixated on the melanin content of my skin, my Y-Chromosome, or my lucky country of birth. How that became “the Right” is beyond me. I missed the mother of all memos it would seem.
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Replying to @EricRWeinstein @OldmanOfTheWeb and
I’ve been a classical liberal in the British tradition (Hume, Smith, Mill) blended with Burkean conservatism for a long time & the political reconfiguration currently in process is...strange. I’m old enough to recall arguing against conservatives who supported censorship.
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Replying to @_HelenDale @OldmanOfTheWeb and
Do you have a theory? It seems like some reprogramming happened at scale that no one can put his or her finger on.
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Replying to @EricRWeinstein @_HelenDale and
I am also old enough to remember when those on the left were liberal...where did it all go wrong?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @TheAlchemist235 and
Eric, actually yes - if anyone has a developed set of ideas on the question you’re asking it’s Helen Pluckrose. I’ll leave her to link her preferred pieces, but I know she’s thought a lot about this issue.
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Well, if you insist...https://conatusnews.com/care-much-hypocrisy-now/ …
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