1. This is a good question. I'll offer up some thoughts in response.https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/912509033403252736 …
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I guess I don't know what bearing that has on whether that taxonomy is correct.
It implies that, while they share some traits in common, there are important and perfectly clear distinctions between the groups.
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Not trying to be a jerk here; it sounds like you agree with the definition but the number of people it includes makes you uncomfortable.
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Your psychoanalytical skills aren't required to understand how I straightforwardly described the definition as used in the paper of record:pic.twitter.com/7UxyNLtY6R
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This is an argument from authority, not a definition and papers often avoid using charged terms in ways that could be considered partisan
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The definition you've offered is a tautology that doesn't describe an real belief but can only be used to refer to the politically marginal.
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Anyway I appreciate the attempt at clarification. I hope you understand why many people don't find that definition persuasive.
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I think you're making decent points. But you agree there are important differences between conservative, alt-right, and KKK/Nazi.
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The common threads matter, but having one term ("white supremacist") to describe them all collapses distinctions, with bad consequences.
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and I assume you'd agree that the logic of "if white supremacists support you, you are one" is bad reasoning.
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Except that the Venn diagram of the two groups is just a circle
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Is explicit vs implicit white supremacy really that important of a distinction?
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White supremacists talk about white supremacy. Plenty of con refuse to acknowledge (even to themselves) many of their policies foster it
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