I think one of the saddest things on Twitter is seeing people share altright rhetoric without realising.
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I've some really flagrant neoreactionary rhetoric posted by academics over the years. The problem is so many of the altright talking points
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have been incorporated into centrism and liberalism that to explain to these people would take too long — much longer than I'm willing to
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spend explaining and with no reward or even a high chance of success. One thing I'll do is share this — a godsend: https://youtu.be/Sx4BVGPkdzk
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All this being said, there's quite a few people on twitter, and in academia, who post altright stuff explicitly. On purpose. For them...
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well, all I can say is that quite a few people notice and disagree.
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Regardless, for both these types of people, I think a healthy reaction is whatever you feel like. Call them out if you feel like it, ignore,
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tell others, mute/unfollow them, whatever keeps you saner than not on this hellsite. Educating people either way isn't expected of you.
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Oh, and one last thing. To those out there who are/would be directly affected by altright, fascist, etc., views: I've got your back.
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