I dunno, when people make racist slurs at me, as alt-right often does, I see some ideological valence there.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
There's pre-existing ideological valence there but this will accelerate its cohesion into something more unified/tangible.
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Replying to @mtracey
I'd say Trump campaign has done a fair bit into making alt-right unified & tangible but constantly echoing their message
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Sure, but an enemy explicitly attacking and elevating you accelerates the process.
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Replying to @mtracey
If a major party candidate is echoing the neo-Nazi right, then shouldn't the opposition call attention to that & condemn?
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Replying to @HeerJeet
If the opposition does that, it will inevitably embolden/strengthen the noxious forces in question. Seems pretty straight-forward.
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Replying to @mtracey
So earlier presidential candidates shouldn't have condemned lynching or KKK because it would've strengthened racism?
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I'm not opining on what HRC should or should not do, just commenting on the likely effect of her doing it.
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Replying to @mtracey
Did earlier political condemnations of KKK strengthen KKK or help marginalize it?
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KKK was an organized, physical political force, so didn't need any prominent condemnations to "cohere." Disanalagous.
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Replying to @mtracey
1920s Klan was much more mainstream than that. Almost took over Democratic party.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Right, whereas the alt-right is a bunch of trolls on the internet sharing memes. So they are completely disanalogous situations.
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