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    1. Bari Weiss‏Verified account @bariweiss 11 May 2018
      Replying to @nhannahjones @nytimes

      Hi there. What I'm saying that failing to draw distinctions between people like Sam Harris and people like Richard Spencer strips the designation "alt-right" of its power and meaning. That has two main effects, as I see it.

      114 replies 51 retweets 585 likes
    2. Bari Weiss‏Verified account @bariweiss 11 May 2018
      Replying to @bariweiss @nhannahjones @nytimes

      First: When that label is used promiscuously, people start to take it less seriously. And we should be taking the actual alt right seriously.

      47 replies 26 retweets 361 likes
    3. Bari Weiss‏Verified account @bariweiss 11 May 2018
      Replying to @bariweiss @nhannahjones @nytimes

      Second: When conservatives, classical liberals or libertarians are told by the progressive chattering class that they--or those they read--are alt-right, the very common response is to say: Screw it. They think everyone is alt-right. And then those people move further right.

      1,088 replies 59 retweets 434 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2018
      Replying to @bariweiss @nhannahjones @nytimes

      Let me suggest that if being called alt-right makes you more sympathetic to the alt-right (i.e. racist) then the original accusation had some truth to it.

      3 replies 28 retweets 519 likes
    5. Cathy Young  🇺🇦‏Verified account @CathyYoung63 11 May 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet @oneunderscore__ and

      Do you feel the same way about the argument that "All Muslims are dangerous fanatics" rhetoric can drive radicalization?

      5 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
    6. Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd‏ @dr_blatnoyd 11 May 2018
      Replying to @CathyYoung63 @HeerJeet and

      @CathyYoung63 that’s not an accurate analogue. The correct analogy is: if calling someone a dangerous fanatic moves that person to dangerous fanaticism, perhaps the original accusation had some truth to it. There’s a big difference.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. Cathy Young  🇺🇦‏Verified account @CathyYoung63 11 May 2018
      Replying to @dr_blatnoyd @HeerJeet and

      It's also possible that people change and evolve. Many, esp the young & unsophisticated, can easily succumb to bad influences when alienated. Maybe a significant number of people have the potential to become dangerous fringe fanatics. Do we want to encourage or discourage that?

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    8. The Classical Conservative  🐵‏ @Xenos_RIFS 11 May 2018
      Replying to @CathyYoung63 @HeerJeet and

      It's amazing how this need for political correctness only applies when dealing with the feelings of conservatives.

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd‏ @dr_blatnoyd 11 May 2018
      Replying to @Xenos_RIFS @CathyYoung63 and

      God, so much this. The sheer hypocrisy of the snowflake-calling, sage-space mocking calling out racist-curious right for being racist is really rich.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. Cathy Young  🇺🇦‏Verified account @CathyYoung63 11 May 2018
      Replying to @dr_blatnoyd @Xenos_RIFS and

      LOL, I love how "Maybe it's not a good idea to call Steven Pinker a Nazi" is a call for political correctness now

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2018
      Replying to @CathyYoung63 @Xenos_RIFS and

      It's a bad idea to call Pinker a Nazi because he's not a Nazi. It's a lie & offensive rhetoric. I don't think we need the extra argument that it contributes to radicalization.

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        2. Cathy Young  🇺🇦‏Verified account @CathyYoung63 11 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Xenos_RIFS and

          Mainly yes, but I'm not sure why it's bad to also raise the point that such rhetoric is likely to push some people in a radical direction.

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        3. Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd‏ @dr_blatnoyd 11 May 2018
          Replying to @CathyYoung63 @HeerJeet and

          Is there any evidence to back that assertion?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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