Lucy Brown,Yaxley-Lennon's erstwhile pal, is participating in the #greatnorthrun, raising money for @Kepplewray
Brown is connected with a host of neo nazi outfits/individuals. Let's hope this charity's Trustees tell her where to stick her money.
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In all fairness I think Tom is right. I am reading a new book by activists and intellectuals from the Alt-Right and race is absolutely foundational to their world view, summarised by the '14 words' (see page ix in the introduction).pic.twitter.com/3FgCjLAHfF
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That’s the “internal” definition of the alt right, I think the publics is broader, and includes stuff like Peterson or any non mainstream take on similar issues. I actually think that’s a more useful definition as a social phenomenon than a few thousand neo-Nazis
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I prefer the tighter definition otherwise it dissolves into an amorphous mist.
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I think it’s interesting and relevant because it’s amorphous - it’s the first decentralised, Internet-era political event. It absolutely does include the WN element but they are a small part, who inflate their own relevance (for obvious reasons)...
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... many are “ambivalent” to racism or support ideas of racial inequality without agreeing with racial political organisation, and then many others adopt essentially anti-racialist “stop talking about this” / anti-identity politics stances. The unifier isn’t race...
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... it’s opposition to a progressive / liberal mainstream, and their “inquisition” method of enforcing it. Which is why it’s odd the hard left sees the alt-right as its main enemy and not liberalism. Divide and rule
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The new fascists are not just in the right. Most are on the liberal left.
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Tom, you are the epitome of the new 'alt right.' Educated, middle class, dabbling in politics and adrift from your former allies in GI. What do you want, what is your endgame?
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Tom, do you seek inequality of outcome and opportunity for a group in society?
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Not of opportunity for group or individual, but everyone isn’t equally suited to the same opportunities, so a large part of the education system is about identifying where to put people. I wouldn’t base that on group membership, but don’t care about inequality of group outcomes
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Like the grammar school system before it was abolished? Did you go to a private school Tom?
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Grammar school in Kent. Good old days never ended down there
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So why were you ever a member of GI if you don't seek inequality of outcome for a group?
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Was never part of the platform. Can’t speak for what’s happened since I left / what goes on abroad but my time there was mostly about knife crime, immigraion and cows
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So you put the blame for the knife crime on the Tories?
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