What battle are you expecting to win with this ****?
The battle I am endeavoring to win is that it is wrong and not at all helpful to demonize half the country.
When the Buffalo shooter calls himself an eco-fascist socialist, I think to myself "yeah, that fits". It fits because that is who these lunatics are. I keep going back to Richard Spencer because of all of these type of people, he's the one I've listened to most.
Richard Spencer is ideologically socialist. The single biggest difference between white nationalist Richard Spencer and the Squad is that Richard Spencer believes the social programs he envisions will collapse financially if they are extended to everyone who wants to come whenever they need something. Like most socialists, he's got the fixed pie, zero sum view of economics and obsesses on how to divide it up equitably. He believes the people who contribute taxes and build America should have exclusive access to the social programs provided by the fruits of that labor. When Trump said that he'd build a wall before the 2016 election, Spencer's group of socialists all jumped on the train because a wall lasts longer than a President. They get their wall, then they vote in their socialist agenda.
By comparison, the Squad is every bit as racist. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have both been more antisemitic than Spencer, and Cori Bush's anti-white racism is every bit the equal of Spencer's pro-white racism. They may disagree on which skin colors go where but they agree on treating people differently based on race. The single biggest difference between Richard Spencer's socialism and the Squad's socialism that that the Squad seems to believe you can spend as much money as you want forever. If anyone in the world wants healthcare then come and we'll pay for you to get healthcare.
There is nothing about Richard Spencer's brand of socialism that would place him on the political right and this is where the real problem becomes apparent. So many people on the political left believe Richard Spencer is extreme right wing solely because they know he is racist AF and they believe being racist is the single central tent pole of the political right. It isn't just Red. I've seen JazzGal author similar sentiments with quips about being pro-life meaning more black and brown babies. This idea coming from the left that racism and right-wing are the same thing and they don't want anything to do with racism so by extension they don't want anything to do with anyone on the political right is not helpful. It also isn't true. Racists can be right-wing and they can be left wing. Racists can be of European ancestry or East Asian, African, or anywhere else.
When I point out that Richard Spencer wants a socialism that echoes AOC's green new deal, endorses Democrats, and voted for Biden, I'm trying to show that bigoted world view of racism and right-wing being the same thing doesn't stand up to the evidence at hand. Instead what I've proven is that when I show pretty undeniable evidence proving the concept false, that people run for the ignore button to block out any evidence they might be mistaken.
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