Theodoric writes:
Even though most of these people would deny being a part of the alt-right, the usual line being that they are advocates of facts, not politics — they, intentionally or not, do court the alt-right movement. They offer legitimacy and support for their ideas and fuel for the movement.
I just picked this out because it seems the most pertinent.
First off Sam Harris is liberal. He would deny being alt right because he very obviously isn't. He's a defender of science and evidence based thinking andy has built a reputation on it. I really can't take these alt right accusations seriously.
And it seems his opponents don't either; their actual complaint is that he's an 'enabler'. Well that's a wonderful accusation. Basically it means that if an idea or a piece of evidence that can be used and abused by a real arsehole to promote their bad ideas it most go unsaid - even if true. That's a total nonsense.
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