• dantheclamman
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    104 months ago

    It is remarkable how allergic some far-right people in America are to being called far-right. Even Richard Spencer often refers to himself as a moderate. I think it originates from their inability to understand the views of other people and place their own in context (sometimes, of course, they are just acting in bad faith, but I think there is a real undercurrent of far-right folks who just can’t see their views for what they are).

    • @[email protected]
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      54 months ago

      I think they often do that because they want to be "normal” and of course dislike the “abnormal” (in their eyes) parts of society.

      Honestly I think a lot of trumpers are that way too. They don’t need to look into his policies and background. They just know he’s the one their Republican friends and family like now. He’s the normal/conformist choice in their messed up world.

      • @aidan
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        14 months ago

        Maybe now, but in 2016 he definitely was not the conformist choice