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.
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First: When that label is used promiscuously, people start to take it less seriously. And we should be taking the actual alt right seriously.
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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.
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You seem to be admitting that these people were either alt right adjacent or already alt right to begin with and needed only the tiniest of nudges to go full racist alt right. And, make no mistake, being called "alt right" by your critics is the tiniest of nudges.
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You're making the mistake of assuming that they much care what liberals think in the first place.
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